Science

DoD/CIA-NASA Agreement on NASA Reconnaissance Programs, 28 August 1963

The following document was first released to the National Security Archive circa 2015. There were some redactions, so The Black…

December 30, 2021

Data and Information Release Committee of the Program Review Board Meeting Summary – August 10, 1977

The below paper was declassified, in part, in 2012 to the National Security Archive. In November of 2021, The Black…

December 28, 2021

CIA Will Not Confirm or Deny If E-Mails on COVID or the Pandemic Exist Within Trump’s CIA Director’s E-mail Box

On March 31, 2020, The Black Vault filed a FOIA request with the CIA for e-mails sent to or from…

December 3, 2021

Technology Forecast: Worldwide Research on Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions Increasing and Gaining Acceptance, 13 November 2009

Scientists worldwide have been quietly investigating low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR) for the past 20 years. Researchers in this controversial field…

November 19, 2021

Spaceplane Technology and Research (STAR), August 1984

This report presents the results of the preliminary analysis of the potential of a small, new, generic type of manned…

November 13, 2021

NASA’s DART Prepares for Launch in First Planetary Defense Test Mission

Team members of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) have filled the spacecraft with fuel, have performed many of the…

November 4, 2021

NASA’s “Fragology Files” – Space Object Recovery and Analysis Records

(This page was originally published Jul 27, 2021. The date above is the last revision date.) Background Back in late…

October 13, 2021

Manned Venus Flyby (Proposal), February 1, 1967

"Manned Venus Flyby" is a technical report conducted by NASA in 1967, which explores the concept of a manned mission…

September 29, 2021

NASA Begins Air Taxi Flight Testing with Joby

(The following is NASA press release 21-111. It is archived here for reference.) NASA began flight testing Monday with Joby…

September 1, 2021

Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Infections, Including COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Infections, Associated with Large Public Gatherings — Barnstable County, Massachusetts, July 2021

In July of 2021, the CDC reversed their guidance for indoor mask wearing, regardless of vaccination status. This caused controversy,…

August 2, 2021