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Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs Using Urine (UrMG)

The Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS" or "Department") is proposing to revise the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs using Urine (UrMG), published in the Federal Register on October 12, 2023).

Primary◆◆◇◇Federal Register3d ago The Document Trail

First clear image of China's mysterious 'divine dragon' space plane revealed in US government report

The Defense Intelligence Agency's latest "Challenges to Security in Space" report included a declassified satellite photo of China's Shenlong, or "divine dragon," space plane, which has released at least nine mysterious payloads into low Earth orbit…

Press◆◆◇◇Live Science4d ago The Document Trail

Recently Obtained FOIA Records Reveal AARO Quietly Built UAP Partnership With Uruguay

Recently Obtained FOIA Records Reveal AARO Quietly Built UAP Partnership With Uruguay USA Herald

Press◆◆◆◇USA Herald15d ago UAP & Disclosure The Document Trail

FBI Files: Civil Rights Era

Background Movements for civil rights were a worldwide series of political movements for equality before the law that peaked in the 1960s.

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive16d ago The Document Trail

Stargate Collection: Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process, 9 June 1983

Background The following document was obtained by The Black Vault through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and was part of the “Stargate Collection” release.

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive16d ago The Document Trail

FBI Files: World Leaders & International Politicians

Here are FBI Files of world leaders and politicians from around the globe. Declassified World Leaders FBI Files Adulyadej, Bhumibol – [8 Pages, 1.6MB] – Bhumibol Adulyadej (5 December 1927 – 13 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol…

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive16d ago The Document Trail

FAA Training Records Detail Toxicology and Autopsy Procedures Following Fatal Aviation Accidents

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released 20 pages of training materials concerning the collection, processing, and analysis of biological evidence following fatal aviation accidents.

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive17d ago The Document Trail

Larry W. Bryant and the CIA: UFO Investigations, FOIA Disputes, and Government Correspondence

Larry W. Bryant was a UFO researcher, writer, and government transparency advocate who pursued federal records through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Specialist◆◆◆◇The Black Vault — Document Archive18d ago The Document Trail UAP & Disclosure

NSA FOIA Records Detail Pentagon’s 1992 Search for Answers on Missing Cold War Aircrews

Records released by the National Security Agency to The Black Vault in September 2025, and now being published online by The Black Vault, provide additional details about a 1992 Pentagon effort to examine Cold War reconnaissance losses and determine…

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive22d ago The Document Trail

CIA Release Reveals Internal Bin Laden Raid Talking Points, Q&A and Declassification Records

A newly obtained Central Intelligence Agency release provides a detailed look at the material prepared inside the U.S. government for the public rollout following the May 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, including internal talking points, an…

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive25d ago The Document Trail

The 1980 Reagan–Carter “Debategate” Scandal

The 1980 presidential campaign between Democratic President Jimmy Carter and Republican challenger Ronald Reagan became the subject of a political controversy after it was revealed that Reagan’s campaign had obtained confidential materials prepared…

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive25d ago The Document Trail

New CIA Release Reveals More About Counterterrorism Problems Before 9/11

A new CIA release obtained by The Black Vault has restored significant portions of an August 2001 Inspector General review of the agency’s Counterterrorist Center, adding details that had remained classified when the report was publicly released…

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive26d ago The Document Trail

Mystery as declassified 1980s US spy satellite inexplicably explodes

The orbital platform - which was known as USA 32 - broke into pieces last month and nobody seems to know why. Originally launched in 1988, USA 32 (als...

Specialist◆◆◆◇Unexplained Mysteries31d ago The Document Trail

Navy Releases Hundreds of Pages on Cold War-Era “Advanced Naval Vehicles,” Including Nuclear-Powered Aircraft and High-Speed Warship Concepts

A newly completed Freedom of Information Act release from the U.S. Navy provides hundreds of pages of detailed technical, cost and mission analysis from a late-1970s effort to determine what the next generation of naval vehicles might look like,…

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive32d ago The Document Trail

FBI Files on Cryptography – FBI File #80-HQ-612

Background Before the modern era, cryptography was concerned solely with message confidentiality (i.e., encryption)—conversion of messages from a comprehensible form into an incomprehensible one and back again at the other end, rendering it…

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive34d ago The Document Trail

Behind AARO’s Private UAP Workshop: New Records Detail Participants, Foreign Outreach and Future Plans

A newly released collection of records from the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office provides a substantially more detailed look at the government-sponsored UAP research workshop held outside Washington, D.C., in August 2025, including a…

Specialist◆◆◆◇The Black Vault — Document Archive37d ago The Document Trail UAP & Disclosure

Navy Releases Massive Cache of Scott Bray UAP Emails After Four Years; More Than 300 Pages Withheld in Full

The Department of the Navy has released more than 1,300 pages of emails and related records involving former Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott W.

Specialist◆◆◆◇The Black Vault — Document Archive38d ago The Document Trail UAP & Disclosure

Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s CIA Privacy Act Requests for Records About Himself

Newly released Central Intelligence Agency records provide the most complete look yet at two separate attempts by Jeffrey Epstein, which were more than a decade apart, to determine what information the CIA maintained about him.

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive38d ago The Document Trail

NSA Located a Classified QAnon-Related Record — All Three Pages Were Withheld

A Freedom of Information Act request seeking National Security Agency records mentioning or cross-referencing QAnon has produced a limited set of material: an internal employee discussion in which QAnon was invoked casually as a joke, records…

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive39d ago2 sources The Document Trail

NSA Releases 1966 Secret Study on “Coupon Collecting and Cryptology” After Nine-Year FOIA Wait

A mathematical study published inside the National Security Agency six decades ago has been released through the Freedom of Information Act, more than nine years after The Black Vault requested it.

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive40d ago The Document Trail

NSA Releases Cold War-Era Style “Technology Forecasts” on Brain-Network Interfaces, Terahertz Systems, Energy Harvesting and More

A collection of eight National Security Agency technology forecasting studies, spanning topics from privacy and anonymity to brain-network interfaces, advanced antennas and terahertz electronics, has been released through the Freedom of Information…

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive40d ago The Document Trail

Pentagon Says It Has No Record of “Immaculate Constellation” — NSA Denies Appeal and Won’t Say Whether It Does

The National Security Agency has upheld its refusal to confirm or deny whether it possesses intelligence records concerning the alleged “Immaculate Constellation” program, rejecting a Freedom of Information Act appeal filed by The Black Vault.

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive44d ago The Document Trail

Benghazi Attack, 9/11/2012

On the night of September 11, 2012, armed attackers assaulted U.S. government facilities in Benghazi, Libya, beginning at the State Department’s Special Mission compound and continuing into the early hours of September 12 at a nearby CIA annex.

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive45d ago The Document Trail

NSA’s PROMIS: What the Declassified Records Actually Show

PROMIS has accumulated decades of controversy, competing claims and, at times, confusion over what the name itself actually refers to. The records released by the National Security Agency provide an important distinction.

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive46d ago The Document Trail

NSA Surveillance Program: PROMIS

PROMIS has accumulated decades of controversy, competing claims and, at times, confusion over what the name itself actually refers to. The records released by the National Security Agency provide an important distinction.

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive46d ago The Document Trail

NSA Releases Heavily Redacted 1972 Technical Journal Article After Nine-Year FOIA Wait

More than nine years after a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was submitted to the National Security Agency, the agency has released a heavily redacted copy of a 1972 NSA Technical Journal article titled “Maybe It’s Related to the Phase of…

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive46d ago The Document Trail

Department of War Issues New UAP Disclosure Waiver; But Similar Protections Already Existed

The Department of War announced September 14, 2026, that it has issued a targeted legal waiver allowing current and former military personnel, civilian employees and contractors to provide protected information concerning Unidentified Anomalous…

Specialist◆◆◆◇The Black Vault — Document Archive48d ago The Document Trail UAP & Disclosure

CIA Releases 71 Presidential Daily Briefs Detailing Intelligence Before 9/11 Attacks

The Central Intelligence Agency on Friday released 71 declassified President’s Daily Brief documents related to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, opening a new collection of intelligence assessments that documented what the U.S.

Specialist◆◆◇◇The Black Vault — Document Archive48d ago The Document Trail
Unverified — single-witness, self-published, or from an outlet the registry does not recognise. Not corroborated.

The Pentagon has now released five batches of UAP files since May 2026 as part of a rolling declassification effort — and despite investigating hundreds of reports, its own UAP office says it has found no verifiable evidence that a single one involved extraterre

The Pentagon has now released five batches of UAP files since May 2026 as part of a rolling declassification effort — and despite investigating hundreds of reports, its own UAP office says it has found no verifiable evidence that a single one…

Unrated◆◆◆◇Space Daily78d ago UAP & Disclosure The Document Trail