U.S. Navy: Complete denial of UAP Task Force FOIA request
The U.S. Navy denied The Black Vault's FOIA request in its entirety, citing national security exemptions. The response revealed that every single UAP case submitted to the task force is classified and exempt from disclosure, contradicting earlier assumptions that some materials might be unclassified.
Background
After more than a year of processing, the U.S. Navy responded to The Black Vault's May 2020 FOIA request with a complete denial. In an official letter dated October 22, 2021 (though erroneously marked as 2022 in the correspondence), the Navy stated that all responsive records were 'exempt from disclosure in their entirety' under exemption (b)(1) for national security. This determination revealed that every UFO case, photograph, video, and report submitted to the UAP Task Force is considered entirely classified, a classification level that surprised researchers given that three previously leaked military UAP videos had been acknowledged as unclassified. The blanket classification suggests systematic secrecy regarding all military UAP investigations, prompting The Black Vault to file an appeal challenging the scope of the denial. Source attribution: Via TheBlackVault.com (FOIA).