FOIA: USS Omaha deck logs missing for UAP encounter
The Black Vault received a Freedom of Information Act response confirming that USS Omaha deck logs and voice recordings are absent for the July 2019 timeframe. Naval authorities provided logs for subsequent periods but stated the critical records from the encounter period could not be located.
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Following a FOIA request submitted in April 2021, The Black Vault obtained official confirmation that the USS Omaha's deck logs and all associated voice recordings from the week of July 14, 2019, are missing. The U.S. Navy provided deck logs covering July 19 through July 31, 2019, but could not produce records for the specific dates of the alleged UAP encounter. This documentation gap raises questions about record-keeping practices aboard naval vessels during anomalous incidents. The missing data was originally noted by researcher Dave Beaty in 2020 and subsequently confirmed through the official FOIA process.
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