Probed ingest of: Pentagon Spokesperson Christopher Sherwood Emails on UFOs, UAP, and more

A newly released Department of Defense FOIA package centers on Christopher Sherwood’s UAP-related email communications.

The release consists of internal email records tied to Pentagon spokesperson Christopher Sherwood and keyword searches for UAP-related terminology. The material is useful mainly as a public-affairs and FOIA transparency record, rather than as a standalone evidentiary claim about specific UAP incidents.

The FOIA request sought emails sent to, from, copied to, or blind-copied to Sherwood using UAP-related keywords.

The request targeted communications involving Sherwood that contained terms including “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena,” “Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon,” “UAP,” and “UAPs.” This makes the release a keyword-based slice of Pentagon communications, not a complete archive of all UAP-related public-affairs activity.

Sherwood handled UAP-related media questions during the late-2010s period covered by the source.

The Black Vault describes Sherwood as one of the Pentagon public-affairs officials responding to UAP questions from journalists during that timeframe, including inquiries from The Black Vault itself. This frames the records around media-response handling rather than operational UAP investigation.

Susan Gough later became the Pentagon’s more visible point of contact for UAP-related media inquiries.

The source states that Sherwood was later replaced in that role by Susan Gough, but does not establish why that transition occurred. The claim should be treated as a public-affairs role transition, not evidence of any broader internal policy shift by itself.

The Department of Defense identified 416 pages responsive to the FOIA request.

According to the DoD response cited in the release, the Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs conducted a search and located 416 pages determined to be responsive. This figure describes the volume of responsive material before accounting for redactions and release formatting.

Portions of the FOIA material were withheld under multiple exemptions.

The release includes redactions tied to several FOIA exemptions, including intelligence-related information, internal deliberative material, and personal privacy. The redactions limit what can be inferred from the records and make the appeal history part of the story.

The Black Vault appealed the extent of the redactions in the release.

The Black Vault challenged the scope of the withholdings after receiving the release, arguing that the redactions were extensive. This adds a second layer to the record: the published documents themselves and the ongoing dispute over how much information should have been released.