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John Greenewald Jr.

🇺🇸United StatesResearcher

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Researcher

Nation

🇺🇸 United States

Orgs

The Black Vault

John Greenewald Jr. is a FOIA activist and founder of The Black Vault, one of the largest online archives of declassified US government documents. Since the 1990s, he has filed thousands of FOIA requests.

His work focuses on UAP, intelligence operations, and government secrecy, specializing in obtaining documents related to unidentified aerial phenomena. Greenewald's efforts have produced numerous document releases that have advanced public understanding of government UAP programs, including key programs like AATIP and AAWSAP.

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Timeline

(39)

1987

Jan 1987Participated in

UN General Assembly: Reagan's 'Alien Threat' Speech

2012

Aug 2012Participated in

NSA: UFO Documents Describe Weather Balloons but Stay Top Secret

Aug 2012Participated in

NSA: Denial of Top Secret UFO Document Release

2013

Dec 2013Participated in

US: NORTHCOM confirms classified Fastwalker/Slowwalker regulations

2015

Jan 2015Participated in

Online: Black Vault publishes Blue Book files

2018

Jan 2018Participated in

FOIA Request Yields Incomplete Condon Report

Mar 2018Participated in

FOIA request filed for Navy AATIP records

2019

May 2019Participated in

The Black Vault releases FOIA files on Naselle cattle mutilation

Jun 2019Participated in

USA: Navy UAP Email Documents Released via FOIA

Jul 2019Participated in

U.S. Navy: FOIA Denial for Classified UAP Reporting Guidelines

Sep 2019Participated in

U.S. Navy: Official Confirmation of Three UAP Video Dates

Sep 2019Participated in

Second FOIA request filed citing Navy admission

Oct 2019Participated in

USA: Air Force releases first UAP emails from spokespersons

Oct 2019Participated in

Black Vault Publishes TTSA-U.S. Army CRADA Agreement

Dec 2019Participated in

CIA: Sary Shagan UFO documents declassified via MDR request

2020

Jan 2020Participated in

Appeal filed against Navy FOIA denial

Jan 2020Participated in

NSA: Reaffirms Denial of 5-Page UFO File Release

Feb 2020Participated in

CIA: 1978 UFO document declared lost after archive search

Mar 2020Participated in

U.S. Army: FOIA Denial on TTSA CRADA Research Documents

Apr 2020Participated in

USA: FAA publishes UFO database despite denying tracking

Apr 2020FOIA Requester

Pentagon Officially Releases Three UAP Videos

Jun 2020Participated in

NTIS Archive: Complete Condon Report with Astronaut UFO Pages Found

Jun 2020Participated in

US Senate: UAP Task Force revealed in FY2021 Intelligence Act

Jun 2020Participated in

FOIA Release: Air Force 'Off Record' UAP Comments

2021

Dec 2021Participated in

Navy: Release of UAP Security Classification Guide via FOIA

2022

Mar 2022Participated in

Navy Hosts Classified TS-SCI Briefing on AATIP and AOIMSG at National War College

2023

May 2023Participated in

Twentynine Palms: Release of disputed Triangle UAP videos

2024

Mar 2024Participated in

Pentagon: Closed-door AARO media briefing on UAP Historical Report (March 2024)

Nov 2024FOIA Researcher

US Navy UAP Briefing Documents Released via FOIA

2025

May 2025FOIA Researcher

Pentagon Confirms 2017 UAP Briefings and Elizondo AATIP Role

May 2025Participated in

Nevada: Business Jet Crew Reports Unidentified Object Pacing Aircraft

Jun 2025Participated in

AFOSI reports no records on Yankee Blue inquiry

Jul 2025Participated in

DoD IG UAP Evaluation: Third Interim FOIA Release with NRO Records

Sep 2025Participated in

DoD Withholds All Analysis Records on Its Own Released Middle East UAP Video

Dec 2025FOIA requester

Pentagon: FOIA Appeal Orders New Search for 'Yankee Blue' Memo

2026

Feb 2026Participated in

Navy Denies FOIA Appeal for 78 Classified UAP Photographs Despite Trumps Disclosure Directives

Mar 2026Participated in

DOE Releases Heavily Redacted UAP Keyword FOIA Response

Apr 2026Participated in

FAA FOIA Release Adds Black Cube Sighting Detail to Wright-Patterson Drone Incidents

Apr 2026Participated in

Pentagon FOIA Release Reveals Internal Contradiction on Elizondo AATIP Role

Connections

🏛Organizations(1)

The Black Vault

References

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