Stories and analysis involving government secrecy, covert operations, classified programs, hidden agendas, and controversial claims.
Everyone needs a solid Plan B in life, and we are all about providing solutions to the problems we face. Mike Cobb and ECI Development have been building homes and planting teak forests in Central America for over 30 years. They were the first real estate developers in the world […]
A Freedom of Information Act request filed in 2009 has reached its conclusion after nearly 17 years, making it the longest-running request documented by The Black Vault. The case, assigned number 09-F-1331, resulted in the identification of responsive records but ultimately concluded with a full denial, with all material withheld under multiple national security exemptions. […]
And what you can do about it(besides complaining). Palantir dropped a manifesto last weekend. 22 bullet points distilled from Alex Karp’s book The Technological Republic, posted to X with the casual framing of “because we get asked a lot.” I haven’t seen a reaction so widespread, unanimously opposed and viscerally aghast since James […]
While the media is in awe of the creativity of the outfits at the 2026 MET Gala, most miss the dark symbolism and references behind them, which often allude to the entertainment industry’s darker side. Here’s a look at the most symbolic outfits and those who parade in them.
International Man: Tax Day just passed on April 15th. What does it say about a society when productive people must spend part of every spring calculating how much tribute they owe the State? Doug Casey: It’s said that nothing is certain except death and taxes. But let’s reserve a conversation about the […]
A newly released Freedom of Information Act response from NASA reveals internal discussions focused on how the agency would communicate a confirmed discovery of extraterrestrial life. This includes details about a 2025 meeting convened to outline a formal communications protocol. The records stem from a request seeking documents related to “agency-level planning, policy, or procedural […]
A newly released Department of War document obtained through a Freedom of Information Request request (FOIA case #24-F-1205) originally filed with U.S. Space Command (FOIA case #24-R-020), outlines the 2023 formation of a “UAP Space Tiger Team,” a coordinated effort led by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) to address unidentified anomalous phenomena specifically within […]
You probably don’t know the singer D4vd for his music, but rather for the murder of teenager Celeste Rivas Hernandez. On September 8th, in Hollywood, D4vd’s Tesla was towed to a pound after being abandoned. Shortly after, yard employees began noticing an unbearable smell coming from the front of the vehicle, where the trunk is […]
What happened at the White House Correspondents’ dinner was qualified as “surreal” by many, and they were right. Here’s a look at the numerous bizarre things that defied logic at this event.
A newly released series of Pentagon emails from May 2019 reveals an internal contradiction at the center of the Department of Defense’s narrative on the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) and Luis Elizondo. At the center of the records is a May 7, 2019, email from senior Pentagon official Neill Tipton, former Director of […]