This document is referenced in the 1996 Joint Inspection of the National Reconnaissance Office, Inspection Report No. 96-014, 23 July 1996.
On April 27, 2018, The Black Vault filed a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request to have it reviewed for possible release. On July 20, 2021, the NRO released the document, in full.
According to the record:
“This document is a chronological listing of the more important events in the evolution of the management of the National Reconnaissance Program, to include the internal structure of the National Reconnaissance Office as well as changes in the external environment which have affected the management of the program. It is not a complete compilation of every action on all issues, and additional material may be found in the file references and in the Management volume of the History of the NRO prepared by Robert Perry . The purpose of this chronology is to provide an overview and to permit ready recall of pertinent events and their timing.”
Follow The Black Vault on Social Media:
This post was published on August 4, 2021 2:21 pm
Today, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) of the U.S. Department of Defense provided their…
Since October 2017, The Black Vault has investigated the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP),…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GNITLBj0hM The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), tasked to investigate Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), made…
The following was the description by the DoD about KONA BLUE. It is reproduced here,…
After nearly a decade of waiting, The Black Vault has successfully acquired a document through…
These records were provided by the family of anthologist and transparency activist Russ Kick, from his…