John Greenewald
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| Type | Person |
|---|---|
| Also known as | John Greenewald Jr., Greenewald |
| On the Timeline | 7 events, 1976–2023 |
John Greenewald Jr. (born 1980) is an American researcher who founded The Black Vault, an online archive of declassified government documents, in 1996 at the age of 15. He has filed thousands of Freedom of Information Act requests and is one of the most prolific users of the law on UFO, intelligence and military subjects.[1][2]
The Black Vault
Greenewald began by requesting a document he had seen online, which the Defense Intelligence Agency sent him. By 2015 he had filed more than 5,000 requests, and by 2020 his site held more than two million files. Among his best-known results are 129,491 pages of Project Blue Book records posted in 2015; the Navy's September 2019 confirmation to him that its three released videos showed "unidentified aerial phenomena"; and about 2,780 pages of CIA UFO records published in 2021.[1][2][3]
Approach
Greenewald publishes not only the documents he obtains but also the government's refusals, delays and redactions, and has campaigned against excessive secrecy. He describes himself as neither a believer nor a debunker, and has criticised both government secrecy and unsupported claims by UFO promoters. He also hosts a podcast and has appeared in television documentaries.[2][4]
On the UAP Timeline
- CIA Domestic Collection Division memo (1976) (26 April 1976) — A CIA teletype says agency staff monitor UAP unofficially.
- DARPA Advanced Aerospace System Concepts (June 2008) — A DARPA budget line describing advanced aerospace concepts becomes public.
- NRO "no UFO records" reply (2015) (5 November 2015) — The NRO tells a FOIA requester it has no UFO records.
- USS Russell drone swarm logs (30 July 2019) — Logs from the USS Russell UAP incident are heavily redacted.
- Gradisher–Gough FOIA coordination emails (10 July 2020) — A Navy spokesman's email shows efforts to coordinate FOIA replies about UAP across agencies.
- AAWSAP DIRD release (25 March 2022) — The DIA releases 37 research papers from the AAWSAP program.
- NRO Sentient system (27 February 2023) — An NRO FOIA reply describes its AI system 'Sentient' detecting a Tic Tac-shaped object in 2021.
References
- The Black Vault — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- "Inside the Black Vault", Columbia Journalism Review (2020) · cjr.org · archived copy
- "Those UFO videos are real, the Navy says, but please stop saying 'UFO'", The Washington Post (18 Sep 2019) · washingtonpost.com · archived copy
- The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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