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Case · DAILY-001

Internal Air Force/Navy E-Mails on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Revealed

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-internal-air-force-navy-e-mails-on-unidentified-aerial-phe4 min

Document: Internal Air Force/Navy E-Mails on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Revealed Agency: United States Air Force Date: 2019 Notable: This document reveals internal communications between the Air Force and Navy regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sightings. The document was released…

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Case · DAILY-002

U.S. Army Releases Agreement with To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-u-s-army-releases-agreement-with-to-the-stars-academy-of-a5 min

U.S. Army Releases Agreement with To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science Released October 18, 2019, on The Black Vault, a website dedicated to declassified documents. The canonical PDF is available at documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/army/TTSA-ARMY-CRADA.pdf. This Cooperative Research and…

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Case · DAILY-003

Could This Be DARPA’s Project for UFO/UAP Research?

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-could-this-be-darpa-s-project-for-ufo-uap-research4 min

Document: Defense Intelligence Agency Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) Report Agency: Defense Intelligence Agency Date: January 9, 2018 Notable: This document is a list of products produced under the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) contract for the…

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Case · DAILY-004

Chief Armed Forces Medical Examiner Saved One Single 1994 UFO Article – This Was It

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-chief-armed-forces-medical-examiner-saved-one-single-1994-3 min

Cold Open: This is a 2020 release from the Defense Health Agency, Control Number 19-00434, responding to a Freedom of Information Act request from John Greenewald, Jr. of The Black Vault. The request sought a copy of the "UFO Article" listed on page 13 of a PDF document, part of the OHA 315.5 Stahl…

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Case · DAILY-005

Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force Details Posted Within Intelligence Authorization Act Supplemental Report for FY 2021

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-task-force-details-posted-wi5 min

Cold Open: We're reading from the Intelligence Authorization Act Supplemental Report for FY 2021, released on June 23, 2020. This document was made available through The Black Vault, a website that archives and publishes declassified government records. The canonical PDF can be found at…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-006

March 11th, 2020, House Armed Services Committee Received Briefing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs)

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-march-11th-2020-house-armed-services-committee-received-br3 min

March 11th, 2020, House Armed Services Committee Received Briefing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs). Released on October 28, 2020, this document is part of the House of Representatives, Committee on Armed Services, Summary of Progress of Specific Studies and Investigations for March of 2020…

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Case · DAILY-007

Project Condign – The Full Condign Report

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-project-condign-the-full-condign-report3 min

Project Condign – The Full Condign Report. Released in 2020, this document is a culmination of a study undertaken by the Defence Intelligence Analysis Staff in 2000 to determine the potential value of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sighting reports to Defence Intelligence. This document is a…

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Case · DAILY-008

The “1976 Iran Incident” – UFO Encounter over Tehran, Iran

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-the-1976-iran-incident-ufo-encounter-over-tehran-iran6 min

The "1976 Iran Incident" – UFO Encounter over Tehran, Iran. Released on December 3, 2020, this document is part of the NSA's declassified files, archived on The Black Vault website. The document was released through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, with the case number and release date…

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Case · DAILY-009

DOD/OIG Announces Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Evaluation for May 2021

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-dod-oig-announces-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-uap-evalua4 min

COLD OPEN: The Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General, released a memorandum on May 3, 2021, announcing an evaluation of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, or UAP. This evaluation, designated as Project No. D2021-DEV0SN-0116.000, aimed to assess the extent of DoD actions regarding UAP…

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Case · DAILY-010

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson Scheduled To Receive Classified UAP Briefing August 17, 2021

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-nasa-administrator-bill-nelson-scheduled-to-receive-classi5 min

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters Washington, DC 20546-0001 September 16, 2021 Reply to attn. of: Office of Communications Mr. John Greenewald 27305 W. Live Oak Road Suite #1203 Castaic, CA 91384 john@greenewald.com Re: NASA FOIA Tracking Number 21-HQ-F-00660. This is a…

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Case · DAILY-011

Newly Released NRO Documents Reveal Extent Of UAP Involvement and Contributions to UAP Task Force Report

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-newly-released-nro-documents-reveal-extent-of-uap-involvem5 min

Cold Open: This is a declassified briefing from the National Reconnaissance Office, dated April 8, 2022. The document, released through the Freedom of Information Act, reveals the extent of the NRO's involvement in Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) research and their contributions to the UAP Task…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-012

Navy CHINFO Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) Briefing Card, 24 July 2020

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-navy-chinfo-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-uaps-briefing-ca3 min

Navy CHINFO Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) Briefing Card, 24 July 2020, released 2022-04-15, via The Black Vault. This document is a briefing card from the U.S. Navy's Chief of Information (CHINFO) dated July 24, 2020, detailing the Navy's stance on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs). The…

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Case · DAILY-013

Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen/NASA Slides Relating to UAP/UFO Program, June 2022

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-dr-thomas-zurbuchen-nasa-slides-relating-to-uap-ufo-progra4 min

Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen/NASA Slides Relating to UAP/UFO Program, June 2022. Released on June 11, 2022, through The Black Vault. The document is a presentation given by Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, during the Joint ASEB & SSB Spring Meeting on…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-014

Captain Scott Chesbrough, Chief of Staff, Office of Naval Intelligence UAP/UFO E-mails

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-captain-scott-chesbrough-chief-of-staff-office-of-naval-in4 min

Document: Captain Scott Chesbrough, Chief of Staff, Office of Naval Intelligence UAP/UFO E-mails Release Date: 2022-07-12 The Black Vault Entry: https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/captain-scott-chesbrough-chief-of-staff-office-of-naval-intelligence-uap-ufo-e-mails/ Canonical PDF…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-015

FAA Releases Near Miss Reports That Reference UFOs/UAP

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-faa-releases-near-miss-reports-that-reference-ufos-uap5 min

FAA Releases Near Miss Reports That Reference UFOs/UAP. Released in 2022, this document from The Black Vault is a collection of reports from the FAA's Comprehensive Electronic Data Analysis and Reporting system, referencing Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon or Unidentified Flying Objects from 2008 to…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-016

The NSA and a 1978 MUFON Conference: More Lost UFO Material

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-the-nsa-and-a-1978-mufon-conference-more-lost-ufo-material4 min

Document: Memorandum for the Record, Subject: Information Request Solicitation Agency: National Security Agency Date: 26 May 2022 Released: 2022-08-03, The Black Vault This document, released by The Black Vault, recounts an NSA employee's experience at a 1978 MUFON symposium. The memo was written…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-017

Report on Unidentified Aerial and Celestial Objects, Project 364, April 30, 1949 by Dr. J Allen Hynek

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-report-on-unidentified-aerial-and-celestial-objects-projec3 min

Cold Open: This is a report on unidentified aerial and celestial objects, compiled by Dr. J. Allen Hynek in April 1949. The document is part of Appendix B of the Mapping, Charting and Reconnaissance Research Laboratory's Final Report. It's available on The Black Vault's website, and the canonical…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-018

NRO Releases UAP Report And It Shows, Yet Again, Immense Secrecy Surrounding UAP Issue

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-nro-releases-uap-report-and-it-shows-yet-again-immense-sec4 min

Cold Open: This is a declassified document released by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on October 5, 2022, as part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by The Black Vault on July 3, 2020, under case number F-2020-00092. The document relates to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-019

Declassified Top Secret CIA Memo Reveals Senator’s “Saucer-Like” Craft Sighting in 1955

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-declassified-top-secret-cia-memo-reveals-senator-s-saucer-3 min

A 1955 memo has recently been further declassified by the Central Intelligence Agency, detailing a unique event: the sighting of a "saucer-like" craft by a former U.S. Senator while in Russia during the height of the Cold War. The document, written by Herbert Scoville Jr., then-Assistant Director…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-020

ATIC, The 1950s, and National Security Policy – by Bruce Ashcroft, NAIC Historian

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-atic-the-1950s-and-national-security-policy-by-bruce-ashcr5 min

This is the declassified briefing for document ATIC, The 1950s, and National Security Policy, written by Bruce Ashcroft, NAIC Historian, and released in 2023. The document was released through a Freedom of Information Act request by John Greenewald, Jr., and is archived on The Black Vault's…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-021

Range Fouler Debrief Forms and Reports

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-range-fouler-debrief-forms-and-reports5 min

Range Fouler Debrief Forms and Reports, released to the public on December 11, 2023, through The Black Vault. The document can be found at https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/range-fouler-debrief-forms-and-reports/ and the canonical PDF at…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-022

FOIA Release Explores UAP and Interstellar Object Discussions Between Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick and Dr. Avi Loeb

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-foia-release-explores-uap-and-interstellar-object-discussi5 min

Document Title: FOIA Release Explores UAP and Interstellar Object Discussions Between Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick and Dr. Avi Loeb Agency: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security (USDI&S) Date: January 23, 2024 Notable: This document is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-023

FOIA Request Uncovers NRO and UAP Task Force Emails

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-foia-request-uncovers-nro-and-uap-task-force-emails-26 min

FOIA Request Uncovers NRO and UAP Task Force Emails Released on March 1, 2024, by The Black Vault, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) clearinghouse responsible for the declassification of hundreds of thousands of pages released by the US Government and Military. This document is made available…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-024

IG’s Evaluation of the DoD’s Actions Regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Finally Released

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-ig-s-evaluation-of-the-dod-s-actions-regarding-unidentifie8 min

Document: "Inspector General's Evaluation of the DoD's Actions Regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena" Agency: Department of Defense Office of Inspector General Date: August 15, 2023 Notable: A previously classified report on the Department of Defense's actions regarding unidentified aerial…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-025

FOIA Request Uncovers NRO and UAP Task Force Emails

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-foia-request-uncovers-nro-and-uap-task-force-emails5 min

COLD OPEN: This is a declassified briefing of a Freedom of Information Act request, filed by The Black Vault on June 27, 2021, seeking communications between the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF). The request was made following the…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-026

CIA Document Talks About “Flying Saucers” Traveling 7,400+MPH in 1955; More Information Discovered Yet Withheld By Agency

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-cia-document-talks-about-flying-saucers-traveling-7-400-mp-25 min

Document: Report of Unusual Flying Object Sightings and Attendant Scientific Activity Agency: Central Intelligence Agency Date: 17 April 1955 Notable for: Discussing "flying saucers" traveling at speeds over 7,400 miles per hour. The document is made available through the declassification efforts…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-027

CIA Document Talks About “Flying Saucers” Traveling 7,400+MPH in 1955; More Information Discovered Yet Withheld By Agency

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-cia-document-talks-about-flying-saucers-traveling-7-400-mp6 min

Document Title: Report of Unusual Flying Object Sightings and Attendant Scientific Activity Agency: Central Intelligence Agency Date: 17 April 1955 Notable for: Describing "flying saucers" traveling at speeds of over 7,400 miles per hour. This document is part of a collection released by The Black…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-028

UAP Reporting and Material Disposition Procedures Released

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-uap-reporting-and-material-disposition-procedures-released-25 min

UAP Reporting and Material Disposition Procedures Released Released on March 19, 2024, this document is a response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed under case number 23-F-1429 by Douglas Dean Johnson. The request sought information about the Joint Staff's guidance on Unidentified…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-029

UAP Reporting and Material Disposition Procedures Released

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-uap-reporting-and-material-disposition-procedures-released4 min

Cold Open: This is a declassified briefing of a Department of Defense document, released on March 19, 2024, under Freedom of Information Act case number 23-F-1429. The document, titled "UAP Reporting and Material Disposition Procedures Released," was requested by Douglas Dean Johnson and made…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-030

Marauder System’s Role in UAP Reporting and Military Operations

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-marauder-system-s-role-in-uap-reporting-and-military-opera-28 min

Marauder System’s Role in UAP Reporting and Military Operations Released to the public on June 27, 2024, this document is an unclassified summary of Report No. DODIG-2023-109, "Evaluation of the DoD’s Actions Regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena." The document is available on The Black…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-031

Marauder System’s Role in UAP Reporting and Military Operations

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-marauder-system-s-role-in-uap-reporting-and-military-opera8 min

COLD OPEN: This is an unclassified summary of Report No. DODIG-2023-109, "Evaluation of the DoD's Actions Regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena," released by the Inspector General U.S. Department of Defense on January 24, 2024. The report details the DoD's efforts to identify and understand…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-034

Heavily Redacted UAP Briefing Between UAP Task Force and NASA Released

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-heavily-redacted-uap-briefing-between-uap-task-force-and-n6 min

Document: Heavily Redacted UAP Briefing Between UAP Task Force and NASA Released Agency: Department of the Navy, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Date: October 10, 2024 Notable: A recent release of documents obtained through two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests has shed light on a…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-035

Army and To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science: Unveiling the Secrecy Behind the UFO Material Testing Agreement

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-army-and-to-the-stars-academy-of-arts-science-unveiling-th5 min

Cold Open: This is a declassified Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center and To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science, Inc. The agreement, signed in 2019, was released to the public in 2024. It…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-036

U.S. Navy Releases UAP Briefing Documents

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-u-s-navy-releases-uap-briefing-documents7 min

U.S. Navy Releases UAP Briefing Documents. The document, released on November 5, 2024, through The Black Vault, is a collection of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) briefing documents from the Office of Naval Intelligence. These documents were originally denied in full or stonewalled due to…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-037

Emails From Pentagon Spokesperson Uncovered on Gimbal, FLIR1, and GoFast UFO Videos

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-emails-from-pentagon-spokesperson-uncovered-on-gimbal-flir3 min

Emails From Pentagon Spokesperson Uncovered on Gimbal, FLIR1, and GoFast UFO Videos Released on June 18, 2025, by The Black Vault, as part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, comes a collection of internal emails from the Pentagon's Office of the Secretary of Defense. These emails…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-038

DoD Releases Contracts with SANCORP Outlining Work For UFO Office AARO

JUN 20 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-dod-releases-contracts-with-sancorp-outlining-work-for-ufo5 min

COLD OPEN: This is a declassified document from the Department of Defense, released in 2023. It outlines contracts with Sancorp, a company providing support services to the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). The document is notable for shedding light on the inner workings of the AARO, a…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-039

AARO Releases Three “Case Resolution” Reports Identifying UAP/UFO Cases

JUN 20 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-aaro-releases-three-case-resolution-reports-identifying-ua6 min

Cold Open: Today, we're reading a series of declassified reports from the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, released on December 1, 2023, through The Black Vault. The reports detail three "Case Resolution" cases, identifying Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, or UAP, sightings in the Middle East…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-040

Newly Released Navy Emails Reveal UAP Coordination, Five Eyes Briefings, and Forgotten Redactions

JUN 20 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-newly-released-navy-emails-reveal-uap-coordination-five-ey4 min

COLD OPEN: This is a declassified batch of Navy emails, released in 2025, detailing UAP coordination and Five Eyes briefings. The emails were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request filed in January 2022. The canonical PDF is available at…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-041

Newly Released Document Reveals Index of UFO Cases at the Pentagon’s AARO

JUN 20 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-newly-released-document-reveals-index-of-ufo-cases-at-the-6 min

COLD OPEN: A newly released document from the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) reveals an index of 511 UFO cases. The document was obtained by The Black Vault through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed on December 6, 2022. The release is dated March 29, 2023…

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Case · DAILY-042

DoD’s AARO Office Releases October 2023 UAP / UFO Report

JUN 20 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-dod-s-aaro-office-releases-october-2023-uap-ufo-report4 min

October 2023 UAP / UFO Report Released by the Department of Defense's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) on October 19, 2023, this report is a response to a requirement established in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022, Section 1683 (h), as amended by…

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Case · DAILY-043

AARO Releases Findings on Suspected Extraterrestrial Alloy

JUN 20 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-aaro-releases-findings-on-suspected-extraterrestrial-alloy5 min

Document: Synopsis: Analysis of a Metallic Specimen Agency: All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) Date: 2023 Notable: AARO's investigation into a magnesium alloy specimen claimed to be from a crashed extraterrestrial vehicle. The document is a report detailing the analysis of the specimen…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-044

New Documents Highlight Drone Sightings Near Nuclear Facilities

JUN 20 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-new-documents-highlight-drone-sightings-near-nuclear-facil6 min

New Documents Highlight Drone Sightings Near Nuclear Facilities Released on January 8, 2025, this document is a response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by The Black Vault on November 7, 2024, with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The request, identified as…

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Top Secret Declassified
Case · DAILY-046

The Hottel Memo · 1950 FBI Memorandum on Flying Saucers

JUN 14 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-hottel-pilot5 min

On March twenty-second, nineteen-fifty, a Special Agent in Charge in the FBI's Washington Field Office typed a one-page memo to Director J. Edgar Hoover. It is one page long. Three short paragraphs. And for seventy-five years, it has been one of the most-requested documents in the FBI's public…

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