It cites 'national security' as the reason for keeping them so.
In response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act , an office of the U.S. Navy has said that all UFO videos were classified information and therefore exempt from release, the transparency websiteThe response comes closely on the heels of the U.S. Department of Defense's decision to set upor Unidentified Aerial Phenomenons , as they are now being referred to officially.
In its response, the Pentagon did nothing more than confirm that the videos were indeed captured by the U.S. Navy. which only came in April 2020.pursued the U.S. Navy to determine if there more such videos that were tagged UAP and sent a FOIA request for their release.The Black Vault learned that the U.S.Navy wasn't very forthcoming with this information and kept rejecting their requests.
A request sent to the Office of Naval Intelligence , the supposed home for the UAP Task Force, in February of 2021, was responded to after 17 months to state that any videos of the nature would be available with the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations .filed another request under the FOIA, which was rejected on the grounds that the "videos contain sensitive information pertaining to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and are classified and are exempt from disclosure in their entirety.
Further, the response letter added, "The release of this information will harm national security as it may provide adversaries valuable information regarding Department of Defense/Navy operations, vulnerabilities, and/or capabilities. No portions of the videos can be segregated for release." Sensing that such a response would be challenged, the letter also goes on to explain the circumstances under which the three videos were officially released previously. "While three UAP videos were released in the past, the facts specific to those three videos are unique in that those videos were initially released via unofficial channels before official release." the letter said.
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