DoD IG UAP Evaluation: Internal E-mails Released via FOIA
The Black Vault obtained internal emails from the Department of Defense Inspector General concerning Unidentified Aerial Phenomena evaluations. The documents were released under the Freedom of Information Act on August 31, 2021. They include communications from officials such as Randolph Stone regarding oversight activities.
Background
The Black Vault released a collection of internal communications from the Department of Defense Inspector General (DoD/IG) regarding oversight of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) matters. These records were obtained through two specific Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests targeting nine officials within the oversight agency.
The disclosure includes a memorandum authored by Randolph R. Stone, who worked as Assistant Inspector General for specific evaluation sectors. His correspondence announced the initiation of a formal evaluation project examining how the Pentagon handles UAP incidents. The assigned project number D2021-DEV0SN-0116.000 indicates this oversight activity began during fiscal year 2021.
This document release provides insight into the internal coordination processes within military oversight bodies. The materials comprise sixty-eight pages of electronic mail exchanges and memoranda exchanged between oversight personnel. Such transparency efforts reveal the bureaucratic mechanisms behind government UAP investigations.