{"id":13181,"date":"2021-02-23T23:15:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T23:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=13181"},"modified":"2021-02-23T23:17:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T23:17:25","slug":"fbi-file-ufos-and-their-crimes-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/fbi-file-ufos-and-their-crimes-file\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI File: UFOs and Their Crimes File"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>It took three years, but The Black Vault got the FBI to release their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/the-fbis-pre-processed-list-of-previously-released-files-received-august-28-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pre-Processed List of Previously Released Files<\/a>, which is a list of just that &#8211; pre-processed files that have been released before (on ALL topics) and do not require a review prior to being mailed out.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13182\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-file-11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13182 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-file-11-300x106.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-file-11-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-file-11-600x211.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-file-11-1024x361.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-file-11-150x53.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-file-11-450x158.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-file-11-768x270.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-file-11.jpg 1150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was the section of the much larger file, which referenced &#8220;UFOs and Their Crimes.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On that list was a peculiar file entitled, &#8220;UFOs and Their Crimes&#8221;. A FOIA request was filed in August of 2020, for numerous UFO related references from this list, including the &#8220;UFOs and Their Crimes&#8221; file. The request was split into multiple cases, and the &#8220;crimes&#8221; file was given FOIA case 1488310-000.<\/p>\n<p>The result of the request, after about 6 months of waiting, was that the FBI could not find the file.\u00a0It is unclear why they are unable to find this specific file, nor is it clear what it was about. The FOIA denial letter is found below.<\/p>\n<p>An appeal has been filed, and as of now, it remains to be processed.<\/p>\n<h3>Document Archive<\/h3>\n<p>The FOIA Response letter dated February 5, 2021:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-13181 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-15-PM.jpg'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-15-PM-669x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-15-PM-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-15-PM-600x919.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-15-PM-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-15-PM-150x230.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-15-PM-450x689.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-15-PM-768x1176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-15-PM.jpg 774w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-30-PM.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-30-PM-854x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-30-PM-854x1024.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-30-PM-600x720.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-30-PM-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-30-PM-150x180.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-30-PM-450x540.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-30-PM-768x921.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-23-2021-3-13-30-PM.jpg 862w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background It took three years, but The Black Vault got the FBI to release their Pre-Processed List of Previously Released Files, which is a list of just that &#8211; pre-processed files that have been released before (on ALL topics) and do not require a review prior to being mailed out. On that list was a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","transcript_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,32],"tags":[302,296],"class_list":{"0":"post-13181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-fringe","8":"category-ufo-phenomena","9":"tag-fbi","10":"tag-ufo"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-file-10.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}