NRO Releases Redacted UFO/UAP Records in FOIA Appeal, Withholds Remainder Under National-Security Exemptions

The National That language signals movement: an initial "Denied in Full" position, issued in response to a request dated 3 July 2020, was revisited after John Greenewald's appeal email of 28 June 2022, received by the NRO on 29 June 2022. The requester had sought records on UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS, UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA, UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON, "UAPs," or "UFOs," including reports, memos, letters, investigations, and the guidelines or procedures governing how such phenomena are reported. What the concession actually delivers is the crux.

The enclosure is identified as C05136357, four pages in length. In the released pages, the visible content consists of NRO letterhead, the marking SECRET//NOFORN, the release stamp Approved for Release: 2022/09/22 C05136357, redaction codes for exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(3), and a "17Nov19" date stamp. No substantive UAP narrative, incident description, or program detail appears in the available text.

The partial release therefore functions less as disclosure of…