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The Black Vault released Department of Defense email records from March 11, 2018, retrieved via FOIA request to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force using UAP-related search keywords, though the documents lack substantive internal UAP discussions.
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The released records contain no significant substantive discussions of UAPs despite targeted keyword searches.
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The 1947 Twining Memo, a classified Air Force document describing UFOs as 'real and not visionary,' has been officially released by the US government.
The NSA released hundreds of pages of formerly top-secret UMBRA-classified UAP records following a FOIA appeal by the Disclosure Foundation.
The NSA has released hundreds of declassified pages of historical UAP-related records, including documents previously classified at the TOP SECRET UMBRA level.
A declassified 1953 CIA letter from Richard Drain lists members of the Scientific Advisory Panel on UFOs and discusses national security concerns and narrative control regarding sightings.
The Department of War (formerly DoD) has released the first tranche of UAP-related videos and documents to a public repository, including historical documents, recent pilot reports, and new video evidence.
The Black Vault has created a searchable archive to facilitate public access to recently released UFO files, improving discoverability compared to the original government release format.
A Freedom of Information Act request filed in 2009 was concluded after 17 years with a full denial, making it The Black Vault's longest-running case. All responsive records were withheld under national security exemptions.
NASA FOIA documents reveal internal planning and communications protocols for announcing a confirmed extraterrestrial life discovery, including a 2025 coordination meeting.
A newly released Department of War FOIA document describes the 2023 formation of a "UAP Space Tiger Team" under the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) focused on space and transmedium UAP cases.