Overview
- Site founder John Greenewald Jr. said the main server was cleared, removing millions of declassified records tied to UFOs, CIA programs and other government files.
- Greenewald reported that directory permissions and file ownership logs had been changed and said his hosting provider described the incident as a deletion, not corruption.
- The wipe followed President Trump’s directive to federal agencies to release documents related to alien life, UAP and UFOs, intensifying scrutiny of the timing.
- Greenewald said he does not fully suspect foul play and believes it may have been ill-timed server maintenance, while acknowledging he cannot rule out other explanations.
- The Black Vault, built over nearly 30 years through more than 11,000 FOIA requests, was brought back online using secure backups, and users were asked to flag any access issues.