NOAA Releases UAP-Related Correspondence

COLD OPEN: This is a declassified release from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), dated September 25, 2024. The document is a response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by The Black Vault on April 15, 2024, seeking records related to NOAA's policies and procedures for sharing information with the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). The request was made under FOIA case number DOC-NOAA-2024-000426. The document can be found on The Black Vault's website and in the NOAA archives. PROVENANCE: The document was released on September 26, 2024, following a FOIA request from The Black Vault. The release was authorized by the NOAA FOIA Officer, Mark Graff. THE DOCUMENT: Good afternoon, This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request which was received by our office on 4/15/2024, in which you requested: I respectfully request a copy of records (which includes videos/photos), electronic or otherwise, of all records that pertain to your agency's policy and procedure on sharing information with the DoD's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). [four lines redacted under exemption B1] I ask that you include all policy, procedure, memorandum of understanding, memorandum of agreement, letters, other memos, etc., that outline your agency's policy on sharing information on any classification level with the AARO effort which investigates UAP related cases, and per their own documentation, gets material from your agency, which is why I believe some sort of responsive records should exist. [four lines redacted under exemption B1] You can have access to previously released records containing correspondence associated with AARO and/or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF). After searching our files, we were unable to locate records that are responsive to your request. However, we do have previously released records containing correspondence associated with AARO and/or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF). You can have access to them and they are attached for convenience. Your request is complete. CONTEXT: The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) offers free mediation services to FOIA requesters. They may be contacted in any of the following ways: Office of Government Information Services National Archives and Records Administration Room 2510 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740-6001 Email: ogis@nara.gov Phone: 301-837-1996 Fax: 301-837-0348 Toll-free: 1-877-684-6448 OUTRO: This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. The document is a response to a FOIA request, and it contains information about NOAA's policies and procedures for sharing information with AARO. The document can be found on The Black Vault's website and in the NOAA archives. storyflo.com, https://documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/noaa/DOC-NOAA-2024-000426.pdf