The Black Vault Data Wipe: 3.8 Million UFO Files Deleted During Trump's Disclosure Push, Backups Restored

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John Greenewald Jr.’s Black Vault briefly lost 3.8 million UFO files after Donald Trump urged disclosure, but offsite backups allowed a quick restoration, fueling debate over transparency versus gatekeeping and possible attempts to steer the narrative, with Barack Obama’s remark often cited.

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The Black Vault—the premier trove of declassified government documents on UFOs, secret CIA programs, crashed craft recoveries—suffered a catastrophic wipe just one day after President Donald Trump issued a bombshell directive ordering federal agencies to start identifying and releasing all files related to extraterrestrial activity and UAPs. On February 20, 2026, Black Vault founder John Greenewald Jr. publicly revealed the shocking...