Concepts
FOIA queue
Running list of records worth requesting. Nothing filed yet; hold until findings connect enough of these to justify one combined report or a batch of requests.
Tied from
| From | Role | Years | Verdict | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UAP naming timeline | search-term implications | Concept | ||
| Project Azorian - Glomar Explorer (1974) | the origin of the 'neither confirm nor deny' answer expected on many rows | 1975– | Documented · occurred | unredacted.com |
| Report 01 - UAP program records | the 'programs' rows (#6–9, 18–21) | 2026 | Concept | |
| Report 02 - Gravity and vacuum propulsion records | the 'gravity' rows (#16, #17, #33) | 2026 | Concept | |
| Report 05 - William Casey and the missing record | row #48 | 2026 | Concept |
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How to use
- Add a row whenever a thread hits a records gap. Link the note it came from.
- Status: idea → drafted → filed → response → appeal.
- Clusters (shared tag): when 3+ rows share one, that's the basis for a combined report.
Queue
| # | Record | Agency | Why | Cluster | From | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ~~DIRD D128, missing Ch. 5, references, Appendices A–C~~ | DIA | Release 06 cut off at p. 15; the UAP injury case data is in the missing pages | injury-data | UAP near-field injuries (DIRD D128) | public: complete copy released 2022 (Black Vault DIRD 26); appendices are catalogs, not case data |
| 2 | "Green 2009, Technical Study 10: Human Effects" and the companion ICD-coding study of several hundred cases | DIA (AAWSAP/BAASS deliverables) | Cited in D128 as the source data | injury-data | UAP near-field injuries (DIRD D128) | idea |
| 3 | Army aviation records, 29 Dec 1980, Houston area (CH-47 flights) | US Army | Identify the Cash-Landrum helicopters: whose object was it? | injury-data | Cash-Landrum incident | partly answered: 1982 Army IG found no Army or other government helicopters; witnesses 'credible'. Remaining: FAA/radar records |
| 4 | CIA name file on Reinhard Gehlen: pages mentioning "Malta", "Melitensi" or "Orden", 1947–1949 | CIA | Test whether the CIA had any role in his 1948 Order of Malta award | vatican-intel | Reinhard Gehlen | idea |
| 5 | Records on William Donovan and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta | CIA / NARA (OSS records, RG 226) | Settle the Knight-of-Malta claim that Malmgren repeats | vatican-intel | William J. Donovan · Harald Malmgren | idea |
| 6 | Records referencing "Rubik's Cube" in UAP context | ICIG / ODNI | Test the Corbell/Borland program claim; expect a Glomar response (neither confirm nor deny) | programs | Project Rubik's Cube | idea |
| 7 | Position description and appointment records naming AATIP's director, 2008–2017 | OSD / DIA | Settle Elizondo's disputed role | programs | Luis Elizondo · AATIP | partly answered: Black Vault has the emails; DoD says 'no assigned responsibilities'; his emails were destroyed |
| 8 | AAWSAP contractor and consultant lists; any listing of Jim Semivan | DIA | Check whether Semivan was inside AAWSAP | programs | Jim Semivan · AAWSAP | idea |
| 9 | Final report and test results from the Army–To The Stars research agreement (CRADA), 2019–2021 | US Army (DEVCOM) | Did the Army find anything unusual in the 'exotic' material? | programs | Tom DeLonge | public: closeout report released (Black Vault); artifact judged ordinary |
| 10 | Employment, payroll and security-clearance records for Robert Scott Lazar, 1988–1989 (EG&G contract; 'Department of Naval Intelligence' W-2 issuer) | Navy / DOE (Nevada) | Authenticate the W-2 trace; test erasure vs. inflation | credentials | Bob Lazar | idea (Black Vault has the FBI United Nuclear file, which doesn't cover employment) |
| 11 | Nevada Test Site / Area 51 contractor badge and access records for Daniel Burisch (Crain), 1986–1996 | DOE / NNSA | His only claimed trace; a denial versus 'no records' tells you something | credentials | Dan Burisch | idea |
| 12 | Death investigation file and autopsy for Amy Eskridge (June 2022) | Huntsville PD / Madison County coroner (Alabama public-records law, not FOIA) | Forensics are the only thing that separates her two readings | missing-scientists | Amy Eskridge | idea |
| 13 | FBI findings and briefing materials from the 2026 missing-scientists review | FBI | Did the FBI find any link, or rule each case out? | missing-scientists | Missing scientists pattern | denied to others: FBI gave reporter Lauren Conlin a Glomar response (neither confirm nor deny) on McCasland; expect the same |
| 14 | Search and incident reports for Monica Reza (June 2025) | LA County Sheriff (California Public Records Act) | Check the companion's account and the search timeline | missing-scientists | Monica Reza | idea |
| 15 | OMI autopsy report, and State Police case file (gun registration, phone forensics) for Melissa Casias | NM Office of the Medical Investigator / NM State Police (NM Inspection of Public Records Act) | Whose gun; when and how the phones were wiped | missing-scientists | Melissa Casias | idea |
| 16 | Full proceedings and attendee list, NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics workshop (Lewis Research Center, 1997); TWZ reports the proceedings stop at p. 389 of 449 | NASA | Missing pages from an open program; who attended | gravity | Publication silence as signal | idea |
| 17 | Post-1957 contract lists for gravity/propulsion work at Martin, Convair, Bell, Lear (Air Force ARL/AFOSR, 1957–1973) | Air Force | Was there hardware work alongside the published theory? | gravity | Publication silence as signal | idea |
| 18 | DoD's written reply to Sen. Reid's 24 Jun 2009 letter requesting restricted-SAP status for AATIP | OSD (Deputy SecDef) | The reply has never surfaced; its absence is itself a records gap | programs | Harry Reid | idea — check Black Vault's existing requests first |
| 19 | The one AAWSAP DIRD (of 38) still withheld after FOIA-0159-2018 | DIA | The only unreleased paper in the set; its topic may be the sensitive one | programs | AAWSAP DIRDs | idea: confirm the title from Black Vault's 2019 list first |
| 20 | Distribution and holdings of UFO reports filed under JANAP 146 / AFM 55-11 (CIRVIS), 1953–1969: who received them, where they're kept | Air Force / NORAD / NARA | The Bolender memo says these never went to Blue Book | programs | Project Blue Book | idea |
| 21 | Any surviving copy or reference to Project Sign's 1948 'Estimate of the Situation' | Air Force / NARA | Reportedly ordered destroyed; only Ruppelt's account exists | programs | Project Blue Book | idea |
| 22 | Navy (NAVAIR/ONI/NAVSEA) task orders and contracts with MITRE NSEC mentioning Pax River, Dahlgren or AUTEC plus 'anomalous signature/sensor anomaly' language, 1990–2019 | Navy | Tests Gerb's two MITRE programs without needing the word 'UFO' | programs | MITRE UAP claims (UAP Gerb) | idea: first check what MITRE gave Burlison |
| 23 | Any DIA/OSD records of a proposed Technology Transfer Agreement from Lockheed Martin (Dr. James Ryder) to AAWSAP, 2008–2011, and correspondence with CIA S&T about it | DIA / OSD / CIA | The Ryder–Kona Blue chain: AARO says the proposal existed; this asks what it was for | programs | Kona Blue | idea |
| 24 | Index abstracts / program records held by the OSD acquisition (A&S, formerly AT&L) and intelligence (I&S) SAP offices referencing 'legacy', 'special records group', or UAP/UFO/anomalous terms, 1994–2017 | OSD | Tests the Wilson–Davis 'special records group' and content-only theory: records rather than budgets | programs | SAP loopholes (UAP Gerb Vol 2) | idea: expect Glomar |
| 25 | Safehaven records on the disposition of Sofindus (Sociedad Financiera Industrial) and its subsidiaries, 1945–1950; any mention of World Commerce Corporation / Frank T. Ryan | NARA (State RG 59; Treasury Foreign Funds Control RG 131) | Tests Ganis's claim that WCC absorbed the Nazi Spanish conglomerate | wcc | WCC is the Maynard Consortium (Samosa) | idea: archival pull, not FOIA |
| 26 | DAF/SAF-level memoranda from 1950s Secretaries of the Air Force on UFO/flying-saucer information security still in force (the 'still classified SecAF memo' in the Mellon Signal exchange) | DAF / NARA RG 340 | Only checkable noun in the exchange | programs | Hidden Wing (UAP Gerb) | idea: expect Glomar |
| 27 | Papers of Eric H. Wang (d. 1960) reportedly taken to a Kirtland library; AFSWC research directorate special-studies files 1953–60 | AFRL/Kirtland history office; NARA RG 342 | Tests Maria Wang/Steinman confiscation claim | programs | Eric Henry Wang | idea: archival |
| 28 | Unredacted or reprocessed versions of the (b)(5) methodology additions after the Mar 4, 2021 Phillips meeting; the final classified D2021-DEV0SN-0116.000 report (MDR) | DoD OIG | The deliberative exemption weakens once the project closes; shows what PJ told the IG to look at | programs | DoD IG UAP evaluation 2021 | idea: MDR, not FOIA; Black Vault already has the interim releases |
| 29 | DoD SAPCO correspondence, 2019–2021, with the UAP Task Force or on the SASC FY21 NDAA UAP report; SAPOC agendas that mention UAP (index level) | OSD (A&S) | Tests whether SAPCO under Caine touched UAP at all; expect Glomar, but a 'no records' answer is data too | programs | Dan Caine | idea |
| 30 | Full ORNL technical report, raw data and methods for the 'Art's Parts' Bi/Mg specimen (beyond the public synopsis); any classified annex | DOE/ORNL; AARO | Nolan says a classified fuller analysis exists; the public synopsis lacks raw data for reproduction | programs | Nolan - can they be here (Endgame 209) | idea: Black Vault already has the synopsis |
| 31 | Carter Library White House Central Files on UFOs (1977), House Science & Technology Committee request to CRS, and CRS Science Policy Division (Marcia S. Smith) working files naming outside counsel | Carter Library (NARA); CRS via Congress | Tests Sheehan's claim that CRS engaged him and that Carter was refused by CIA | programs | Sheehan on Danny Jones (2024) | idea: Press–Frosch letters already public |
| 32 | CIA Office of the Chief Scientist post-doc program: agenda, attendee list and slides for a 2001 unclassified symposium at a Tysons Corner hotel featuring historian Gerald K. Haines on UFOs; any NGA-led 'orb' working group charter (2003–05) | CIA; NGA | Tests Ramirez's hybrid/DNA and orb-group claims | programs | Ramirez - hybrids and the orb working group (Debriefed 42) | idea: CIA will likely Glomar the NGA part |
| 33 | NAWCAD Section 219 final report and test data for the Pais 'High Energy Electromagnetic Field Generator' (2016–2019, ~\$508K) | Navy (NAWCAD) | The only funded public test of a 'vacuum' propulsion claim; null result stated, but the data isn't public | gravity | Zero-point energy | idea: check TWZ/Black Vault FOIA releases first |
| 34 | Naval Surface Weapons Center (Dahlgren/White Oak) records of Eldon Byrd's 1981 ELF / electromagnetic non-lethal device project (riot control, hostage removal); contractor reports (Adey, Persinger, Beck) | Navy | The documented kernel under the 'ELF mind-control' claims | programs | Puharich on Open Mind (1986) | idea. Black Vault check 2026-09-26: nothing on Byrd; only AFRL 'Nonlethal Weapons: Terms and References' (1997, general). File fresh: Navy (NSWC Dahlgren) + FOIA for 'Byrd' contractor reports |
| 35 | ~~Project Twinkle final report~~ (public: Elterman, 27 Nov 1951, archive.org / NICAP / Black Vault). Remaining gap: the Land-Air Askania film and verbal recordings (Holloman and Vaughn, 1950–51), which the report says were never time-correlated ('no provision in the contract', ~30 man-days) | Air Force (AFRL/Holloman history office); NARA RG 341 / 342 | The only instrument record of the green fireballs was never analyzed | nuclear | Report 03 - UAP at nuclear facilities | narrowed 2026-09-26 |
| 36 | Pantex 2 Sep 2015 unidentified-object incident: unredacted radar data and NNSA follow-up | DOE/NNSA | Only modern nuclear-plant incursion with radar | nuclear | Report 03 - UAP at nuclear facilities | idea: expect UCNI withholding |
| 37 | AARO technical collection for the 2023 Western US Event and the late-2025 senior-official orb incident | DoD (AARO) | Narratives released without sensor data | nuclear | Report 03 - UAP at nuclear facilities | idea |
| 38 | Naval Research Laboratory 1952 appraisal 'T. T. Brown electrogravity device'; Thomas Townsend Brown's Navy personnel/officer file (NPRC) and ONR/NRL correspondence 1930–1955 | Navy (NRL/ONR); NPRC | Records reportedly denied, misdirected or missing | gravity | Townsend Brown - Navy records | idea |
| 39 | George Joannides CIA personnel and operational file (44 documents, 1962–1981) still withheld after EO 14176 | CIA | The one JFK file still sealed; covers his DRE role and HSCA liaison | conspiracies | JFK assassination (1963) | idea: litigation history (Morley v. CIA) |
| 40 | Raytheon memo/correspondence to the Navy on the Nimitz ATFLIR (FLIR1) imagery: sensor limits, which aircraft recorded it | Navy (NAVAIR) | Vallée says he's seen an unclassified 4–5 page memo; not in the Black Vault's NAVAIR video FOIA (DON-NAVY-2019-008289) release | programs | Vallee on the Bigelow podcast (Sept 2026) | idea |
| 41 | Records referencing IMMACULATE CONSTELLATION or its capabilities briefing, including under successor or alternate names; the classified-network briefing Brown cites | ODNI / NRO / NGA | DoD said no record; NSA Glomar; OSW/JS refused to search (Jan 2026). The Black Vault already filed these, so frame a new request by capability description, not codename | programs | Immaculate Constellation (2024-2026) | idea |
| 42 | MILCON/NAVFAC project records for hangars built at NAS Patuxent River ~2008–2012 (DD-1391 forms, security requirements, waterfront access) | Navy (NAVFAC Washington, NAVAIR) | Tests Elizondo's 'air and river' hangar claim with unclassified construction paper | programs | Patuxent River UAP claims | idea |
| 43 | Unredacted DAIG (Lt. Col. George Sarran) Cash-Landrum report, 1982: the 3.5 lines after 'Ms. Landrum and Ms. Cash were credible. The DAIG investigator felt' | Army IG (DAIG) | The only deliberately withheld text in the case; never appealed. Request a mandatory declassification review (MDR) of a 44-year-old personal opinion | injury-data | Cash-Landrum incident | idea |
| 44 | FBI records on Danny Casolaro's death and the Dec 1992 task-force recommendation, including any files withheld or reported 'missing' | FBI | FBI documents show files withheld while the Bureau calls them missing; part of the file is already on Internet Archive (check what's absent) | conspiracies | Danny Casolaro - the Octopus (1991) | idea |
| 45 | DoD test and evaluation reports on the pulsed-RF device acquired by HSI (2024–25), bioeffects results | DoD / DHS-HSI | Would show whether a known human device reproduces the AHI / D128 injury profile | injury-data | Report 04 - UAP injury records | idea (wait for testing to end) |
| 46 | Records-disposition authority for destroying Roswell AAF administrative records (Mar 1945–Dec 1949) and outgoing messages (Oct 1946–Dec 1949): SF-135/SF-115 transfer and disposal forms, NARA records schedules, and any destruction certificates | NARA (NPRC/Federal Records Center) + USAF | GAO (1995) found the disposition form doesn't show who destroyed them, when or under what authority. Ask for the paperwork trail, not the lost records | programs | Roswell incident (1947) | idea |
| 47 | FBI file 62-1028 (Albuquerque) 'Unidentified Flying Object, Socorro, NM, April 24, 1964': the additional responsive records the FBI said exist but didn't process (FOIPA 1474900), plus the NARA-held originals | FBI + NARA | The Black Vault accepted the prior-release package; the cover letter says more records exist | programs | Socorro - Zamora landing (1964) | idea: cite 1474900-000, ask for the unprocessed records |
| 48 | FBI Hashemi electronic surveillance (Cyrus/Jamshid Hashemi, NY, 1980-81): the ~150 reel-to-reel tapes and the Nov-Dec 1980 intercepts that the Senate special counsel says had not been reviewed by Nov 1992, plus logs | FBI + NARA | Senate counsel report says 'about 150 reel-to-reel tapes have not yet been reviewed' and conclusions 'cannot be considered final'; 3-4 'Pottinger tapes' were lost 1982-84 and found in 1986 | politics | October Surprise (1980), William Casey | idea: cite S.Prt.102-125; Black Vault checked 2026-09-27, no hit. NOTE: the House Task Force (Jan 1993) says the FBI analyzed every tape, so ask for the FBI tape analysis and transcripts plus the review log |
Clusters so far
- wcc (1): Sofindus disposition.
- conspiracies (2): Joannides file; Casolaro FBI withheld files (#44).
- nuclear (3): Twinkle raw logs; Pantex 2015 radar; AARO sensor data (2023/2025). Report 03 drafted.
- gravity (3): NASA BPP missing pages; post-1957 contractor lists; Pais test data. Report candidate. + Raytheon ATFLIR memo (#40).
- missing-scientists (4): Eskridge's file, the FBI review, Reza's reports, Casias's file. Report candidate.
- credentials (2): Lazar, Burisch. See Credential erasure test.
- injury-data (5): D128 source study (#2), Cash-Landrum helicopters (#3), the Sarran redaction (#43), the HSI device tests (#45). → drafted as Report 04 - UAP injury records.
- programs (19): + Byrd ELF 1981; + Ramirez 2001/orb group; + Carter/CRS 1977; + ORNL full report; + SAPCO 2019–21 UAP correspondence; + IG methodology (b)(5); + SecAF 1950s memo; + Wang papers; + OSD SAP-office records; + Ryder transfer; + Navy–MITRE task orders; → drafted as Report 01 - UAP program records. + JANAP 146 reports; the 1948 Estimate; + the withheld DIRD; + Reid's missing DoD reply; Rubik's Cube, Elizondo's role, Semivan, the Army–To The Stars agreement results. Report candidate.
- vatican-intel (2): Gehlen and Donovan in the Order of Malta.
Notes
- Black Vault check (2026-09-26): #1 and #9 already public; #3, #7 and #13 partly answered or denied to others. Check https://www.theblackvault.com before filing anything.
- Before filing, check whether a record is already public (probed.space tracker, NARA, the CIA reading room, The Black Vault).