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AATIP Resurfaces in 2022 TS-SCI Briefing, According to Navy FOIA Release
Two separate Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the Department of the Navy, both filed nearly a year apart and scoped differently, have yielded the same single responsive record: a chain of emails detailing a March 2022 briefing on the Advance Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) and the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization [...] The post AATIP Resurfaces in 2022 TS-SCI Briefing, According to Navy FOIA Release first appeared on The Black Vault.
Pentagon Refuses to Search for ‘Immaculate Constellation’ Emails
A recent Freedom of Information Act response issued by the Department of War raises significant questions about the government’s obligations under FOIA, after officials declined to conduct even a basic email search tied to allegations surrounding the so-called “Immaculate Constellation” program. The request, filed by The Black Vault and assigned case number 25-F-3827, sought a [...] The post Pentagon Refuses to Search for ‘Immaculate Constellation’ Emails first appeared on The Black Vault.
Closed-Door 2024 UAP Briefing: FOIA Discloses Select Media Invitees
Newly released records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show which journalists were privately invited to an embargoed, invite-only Pentagon media roundtable on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) held on March 6, 2024. This event tied to the Department of Defense’s first volume of the congressionally mandated Historical Record Report on U.S. government UAP programs. [...] The post Closed-Door 2024 UAP Briefing: FOIA Discloses Select Media Invitees first appeared on The Black...
Pentagon Denies Existence of “Yankee Blue” Memo Reported by Wall Street Journal
A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) response has raised new questions about a widely circulated Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article that described a Department of Defense (DoD) effort known as “Yankee Blue.” According to the WSJ, the Pentagon ordered an immediate halt to a practice in which military officers misled subordinates into believing they were [...] The post Pentagon Denies Existence of “Yankee Blue” Memo Reported by Wall Street Journal first appeared on The Black Vault.