Navy Withheld Nearly 500 Pages About UAP Video Release Decision, Records Show FOIA Pressure Drove Disclosure

Newly released documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reveal that the U.S. Navy withheld 498 pages in full regarding the internal decision to release three well-known UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomena) videos known as the FLIR1, Gimbal, and GoFast. These videos were posted publicly on the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) website in April 2020, an action many believed to be a voluntary act of government transparency.

However, records now confirm the long suspected reason that it was a direct result of FOIA pressure, initiated by a request filed by The Black Vault in May 2019.