Background The NRO Primer was referenced in a February 2003 issue of the NRO’s internal magazine called RECON. I requested the document in December of 2018, and it was released on March 29, 2019. Document Archive NRO Primer Presentation, ...
Posts by Category: Spy Satellites and the NRO
The “NRO Evolution and Overview” video, dated September 11, 1995 (Declassified from SECRET, Appears w/ Redactions)
Background This video was requested via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by John Greenewald, Jr. of The Black Vault. The FOIA Case number for reference is F-2018-00088. The video was released in five, individual files. These have been ...
DCI Task Force on the National Reconnaissance Office, Final Report (The Fuhrman Report), April 1992
Background According to the document, the purpose of this task was was to: “Advise the DCI on issues attendant to the future of the National Reconnaissance Office, including those raised by The Senate “Intelligence Reorganization Act ...
Poppy Satellite
Background POPPY is the code name given to a series of U.S. intelligence satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office. The POPPY satellites recorded ELINT data, targeting radar installations in the Soviet Union and Soviet naval ships ...
Gambit: Eye of the Eagle — National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Video
Background This video was declassified and released to The Black Vault in NRO Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Case F-2017-00169 and F-2017-00170. Both cases were answered with a single response and release of two videos — Hexagon: ...
