#freedom of information act articles
Investigations, analysis and news from the community.
📖 Encyclopedia History · · 3 min read
The Black Vault
John Greenewald's online archive of government documents.
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Ground Saucer Watch
A civilian UFO group that sued the CIA for UFO records in the 1970s.
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Citizens Against UFO Secrecy
A civilian group that sued U.S. agencies for UFO records.
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Project Moon Dust
An Air Force program to locate and recover fallen foreign space objects and debris.
📖 Encyclopedia History · · 1 min read
Samuel Stratton
New York congressman who questioned the Air Force about base overflights in 1978.
📖 Encyclopedia History · · 1 min read
Jack Pickett
Aviation journalist who said he saw Air Force disc craft at MacDill AFB.
📖 Encyclopedia History · · 1 min read
John Moss
California congressman who led the push for the Freedom of Information Act.
📖 Encyclopedia History · · 3 min read
NRO Sentient system
An NRO FOIA reply describes its AI system 'Sentient' detecting a Tic Tac-shaped object in 2021.
📖 Encyclopedia History · · 2 min read
1962 nuclear test UFO records reply
A FOIA reply suggests files exist on UFOs and a 1962 nuclear test but need expert review.
📖 Encyclopedia History · · 3 min read
AAWSAP DIRD release
The DIA releases 37 research papers from the AAWSAP program.
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Navy UAP briefing cards
A Navy briefing card tells staff to say 'UAP', not 'UFO'.
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Gradisher–Gough FOIA coordination emails
A Navy spokesman's email shows efforts to coordinate FOIA replies about UAP across agencies.
📖 Encyclopedia History · · 2 min read
USS Russell drone swarm logs
Logs from the USS Russell UAP incident are heavily redacted.
📖 Encyclopedia History · · 2 min read
NRO "no UFO records" reply (2015)
The NRO tells a FOIA requester it has no UFO records.
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O'Hare Airport UFO sighting
The FAA calls a disc seen over O'Hare airport a weather phenomenon despite many reports.