Two Navy FOIA Letters Converge on One Redacted Record

Two separate Freedom of Information Act requests, filed by researcher John Greenewald on July 19, 2021 and February 23, 2022, were answered by the Navy FOIA/PA Program Office on the same day: October 10, 2024. The first, assigned case number DON-NAVY-2021-008741, was interpreted by the Navy as seeking communications or emails between the UAP Task Force and NASA regarding a briefing related to UAPs. The second, assigned case number DON-NAVY-2022-004904, was interpreted as seeking a record pertaining to a classified slide deck on UAP, created by Jay Stratton, that was shown to NASA and likely other agencies in October 2020.

Despite the different request dates, different case numbers, and different framings — one asking for correspondence, the other for a specific briefing artifact — both letters point to the same destination. " Both letters are signed by R. Strong, Director, Navy FOIA/PA Program Office, and both state that fees are…