ALL UFO Videos Are Classified And Exempt From Release
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Since December of 2017, two videos that surfaced of alleged
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sightings captivated the
world. Months later, a third was released that only increased public
interest into the topic, but also strengthened their voice for
transparency about the mysterious phenomena.
Even though the military said they were not cleared for public
dissemination and considered leaked, the Navy later would officially
release copies of the same in April of 2020 to satisfy public
curiosity and calls for transparency. But, how many other videos
were there?
At that moment, The Black Vault aimed to find out just that.
So, in April of 2020, The Black Vault began a pursuit to have the
U.S. Navy release ALL of their videos that held a UAP designation.
And after nearly two and a half years, the untold number of videos
with that UAP designation have been fully denied due to national
security concerns.
This story begins on April 28, 2020, when The Black Vault filed
FOIA case DON-NAVY-2020-007226 (later renumbered in November
of 2020 after a bogus rejection and given new case number
DON-NAVY-2021-001457) to the Naval Air Systems Command
(NAVAIR), the same command that officially released the three UAP
videos one day prior.
The request was simple. It asked for all videos that were designated
"Unidentified Aerial Phenomena", just like the FLIR1, Gimbal and
GoFast videos that they had previously released and labeled as "UAP".
The FOIA case filed sought ALL of them.
It seemed plausible if there were three, there were more at NAVAIR.
However, in March of 2022, NAVAIR would deny that request stating
that they found no additional videos. It seemed strange they had
three, and only those three, but other requests had already been
filed by The Black Vault to seek out more places UAP videos might
be hiding.
On February 2, 2021, The Black Vault had also filed FOIA request
DON-NAVY-2021-001456. Given that it was recognized by Congress,
and stated in the media numerous times, this specific case was filed
with the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) which was said to be the
home for the UAP Task Force (UAPTF). Yet, it would take 17 months
for ONI to inform The Black Vault that the videos, if any designation
"UAP" should exist, would be housed at the Office of the Chief
of Naval Operations (N2/N6), and a new case needed to be filed there.
It appeared that the 17 month wait endured, was a complete waste
of time.
A new case was filed DON-NAVY-2022-010360 to N2/N6, and only
two months after that was filed on July 11, 2022, The Black Vault
received the official denial.
"The UAP Task Force has responded back to DNS-36 and have stated
that the requested videos contain sensitive information pertaining to
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) and are classified and are
exempt from disclosure in their entirety under exemption 5 U.S.C.
552 (b)(1) in accordance with Executive Order 13526 and the UAP
Security Classification Guide," Gary Cason, Deputy Director, DON
FOIA/PA Program Office, said in the response letter. "The release
of this information will harm national security as it may provide
adversaries valuable information regarding Department of Defense/Navy
operations, vulnerabilities, and/or capabilities. No portions of the
videos can be segregated for release."
Potentially seeing a justification of an appeal, the U.S. Navy
uncharacteristically gave additional details for their decision,
which cited the previous release of three UAP videos.
"While three UAP videos were released in the past, the facts specific
to those three videos are unique in that those videos were initially
released via unofficial channels before official release," Cason
stated in the letter. "Those events were discussed extensively in
the public domain; in fact, major news outlets conducted specials
on these events. Given the amount of information in the public
domain regarding these encounters, it was possible to release the
files without further damage to national security."
The Black Vault has filed an appeal seeking the release of the
videos denied.
