Newly Released Navy Emails Reveal UAP Coordination, Five Eyes Briefings, and Forgotten Redactions

In a newly released batch of internal U.S. Navy emails, obtained by The Black Vault through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed in January 2022, another behind-the-scenes view has emerged of official discussions on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), intelligence coordination, and internal task force efforts to process incoming sightings — including those originating from civilian sources such as the FAA.

The FOIA request targeted emails to and from Yasir Qureshi, identified through sources and publicly available LinkedIn information as a Navy Program Manager who was involved in the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF), led by Jay Stratton and later Brennan McKernan. As of December 2024, Qureshi now appears to be at the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security (OUSD(I&S)) (this is solely using openly sourced information that is publicly available via LinkedIn), suggesting possible current involvement in the successor entity, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), though this has not been confirmed. It does state “Deputy Director H&SA” as his current position (also available publicly on LinkedIn), but it is unclear exactly what “H&SA” is in this context.