Welcome to The Black Vault Document Archive
You’ve stumbled upon the largest privately run online repository of declassified government documents anywhere in the world. With more than 3 MILLION pages of documents to read, on nearly every government secret imaginable, The Black Vault is known worldwide for getting down to the truth… and nothing but.
Every page, photo and video you see below in this "FOIA Document Archive" was obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or through other means of accessing U.S. government public information.
Begun in 1996, at the age of 15, John Greenewald, Jr., began hammering the U.S. Government with FOIA requests to obtain information. The Black Vault is the result of that more than two decade effort. Enjoy!
The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) has published a new document addressing the impact of forced perspective and parallax effects…
On November 19, 2020, the Black Vault filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request asking for the following: “All…
This FBI file relates to bacteriological warfare. It contains investigative information gathered over several decades. Significant portions of the file…
The documents released through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, submitted by Russ Kick, reveal annual reports from the…
The Bell X-5 was the first aircraft capable of changing the sweep of its wings in flight, a pioneering technology…
The document is a declassified report from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) titled “Preliminary Analysis of Luna-9 Photography” (NPIC/R-5017/66) dated…
In a recent release under Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) case EOM-2020-00275, the CIA has provided new insights into the propaganda…