DOD

The Donald Rumsfeld “Snowflake” Collection

This collection comprises of more than 60,000 pages of records often referred to as "snowflakes." These are generally one-page memos,…

August 2, 2021

Data Destruction Reveals Larger Issue with DoD Records Retention

Six weeks ago, The Black Vault broke a story about a potentially unauthorized destruction of data by the Department of…

July 16, 2021

Did the DOD/OIG Get Correspondence From Congress That Initiated Their “Evaluation” on UAPs?

https://youtu.be/KehZVfyEMZc On May 3, 2021, a memorandum was published by the Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General. It…

May 13, 2021

The DoD Manual That Outlined UFO Photograph / Video Handling Procedures

Background In October of 2002, the Department of Defense introduced DoD 5040.6-M-1, Decision Logic Table Instructions for Recording and Handling…

May 11, 2021

Evaluation of the Air Force’s Certification of Space Launch Vehicles (DODIG-2020-126)

Background Objective The objective of this evaluation was to determine whether Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) officials…

May 5, 2021