Former Acting DoD Inspector General Sean O’Donnell Emails: UFOs and UAP

Mr. Sean O’Donnell joined the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) as the Acting Inspector General (IG) on April 6, 2020. He was replaced by The Honorable Robert P. Storch in December of 2022.

On January 4, 2022, The Black Vault filed a FOIA request for his emails relating to various UAP and UFO related keywords. The below is the result of that case, wherein more than 400 pages were found.

A lot of that number are attachments of Congressional bills and language which included UAP references, though you will find other nuggets, as well.

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Former Acting DoD Inspector General Emails: UFOs and UAP | April 6, 2020 – January 3, 2022 [408 Pages, 112MB]

Former Acting DoD Inspector General Emails: UFOs and UAP – also AOIMSG and AARO | January 4, 2020 – January 10, 2023 [16 Pages, 4MB]


In regards to the second batch of records above, The Black Vault appealed the decision to withhold one page. That appeal was ultimately denied.

The denial letter is stored before for archival purposes.

 

 

 

 

 


 

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This post was published on March 4, 2023 6:20 am

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