John Greenwald has updated his commentry on why the Navy denied his
request to release vids it has showing UFO's possibly interacting with
Navy aircraft and ships.
According to public documents released recently there are believed to be
100s if not more of them.
The Navy has already released 3 vids showing aircraft in pursuit of
unusual objects that fly, submerge underwater, and buzz battle groups
off the Cal coast.
Pilots have told the press they see things over the Atlantic
that defy explanation "every day we fly out there".
From Black Vault (no link; Greenwald doesn't like it):
US Navy Says ALL UAP/UFO Videos Are Classified And Exempt From Release
John Greenewald
Sept 8, 2022
Updated:Sept 13, 2022
After a nearly 2 and a half year effort, The Black Vault was denied
under FOIA to get videos declassified depicting Unidentified Aerial
Phenomena (UAP) citing a harm to national security, if released.
Since Dec of 2017, 2 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
US Navy release ALL of their videos that held a UAP designation. And
after nearly 2 and a half years, the untold number of videos with
that UAP designation have been fully denied due to national security
concerns. The Pursuit
This story begins on April 28, 2020, when The Black Vault filed FOIA
case DON-NAVY-2020-007226 (later renumbered in Nov 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 3 UAP videos one day prior.
[IMAGE] NAVAIR's official denial wherein they stated they had no
additional UAP videos to release
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 Feb 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 USC. § 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 Dept 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 US Navy
uncharacteristically gave additional details for their decision, which
cited the previous release of 3 UAP videos.
"While 3 UAP videos were released in the past, the facts specific
to those 3 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.
--
"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.
Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."
- Marie Curie
Unidentified aerial phenomena I. Observations of events
B.E. Zhilyaev, V. N. Petukhov, V. M. Reshetnyk
Main Astronomical Observatory, NAS of Ukraine,
Zabalotnoho 27, 03680, Kyiv, Ukraine
[...] We present a broad range of UAPs. We see them everywhere. We observe a
significant number of objects whose nature is not clear. Flights of single,
group and squadrons of the ships were detected, moving at speeds from 3 to
15 degrees per second. Some bright objects exhibit regular brightness
variability in the range of 10 - 20 Hz. Two-site observations of UAPs at a
base of 120 km with 2 synchronised cameras allowed the detection of
a variable object, at an altitude of 1170 km. It flashes for one hundredth
of a second at an average of 20 Hz. [...]
An object contrast makes it possible to estimate the distance using
colourimetric methods. [Objects with 0 albedo] are observed in the
troposphere at distances up to 10-12 km. We estimate their size from 3 to 12
meters and speeds up to 15 km/s. [...]
[Astronomers in Ukraine have undertaken their own independent survey
of objects they see flying over the Kyiv region at speeds around 15 km/sec.
They are watching the daytime sky at the zenith and in front of the moon.
They see many objects --, some bright and some dark, different sizes.
They travel often singly but sometimes in large groups.
They are not likely anything sent by Russia or any other country].
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Washington Examiner on MSN.com, 09 Sep 2022 19:26Z
A watchdog website says its Freedom of Information Act request for
every UFO video held by the Navy was denied due to national security reasons.
The Black Vault says that, since April 2020, it has been attempting to
get all videos of UFOs (also called unidentified aerial phenomena)
possessed by the Navy via a FOIA request.
After receiving several rejections in which the Navy would neither
confirm nor deny the existence of the videos, the group says it
received a response denying the request for the "sensitive information."
"The requested videos contain sensitive information pertaining to
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) and are classified and are exempt
from disclosure," the letter read. "The release of this information
will harm national security."
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