NASA UAP FOIA Release and Declassified NRO 'Tic Tac' Detection

NASA's Fifth Interim FOIA Release on UAP Emails — and a Declassified NRO 'Tic Tac' Detection

A merged record: NASA's rolling FOIA production of UAP-related internal emails, alongside a declassified NRO document describing a 2021 Sentient algorithm detection of a possible airborne object resembling the Navy 'tic tac' shape.

Published

September 19, 2026

Declassified

Date not listed

Source agency

The Black Vault (FOIA archive)

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Opening summary

Two official document releases, produced through separate declassification and FOIA channels, now sit side by side in the public record on unidentified anomalous phenomena. The first is NASA's fifth interim release of internal communications responsive to a FOIA request for emails containing UAP and UFO-related keywords. The second is a declassified National Reconnaissance Office document, approved for release on 2022/06/02 under document number C05136331, describing a 2021 detection by image-processing software of a possible airborne object that vaguely resembled prior UAP detections by US Navy aircraft and surface vessels.

Neither record resolves what was observed. NASA's production remains incomplete by the agency's own description, with appeals deferred until processing finishes. The NRO document lists several hypotheses for its object — Air Force aircraft, weather balloon, space debris, or other — and states that none can be completely ruled in or out at this time.

What the combined record does show…

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Based on official releases at https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/nasa-uap-ufo-related-internal-communications/ and https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/highly-classified-nro-system-captures-possible-tic-tac-object-in-2021/ Official source documents referenced in this article: - https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/nasa-uap-ufo-related-internal-communications/ - https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/highly-classified-nro-system-captures-possible-tic-tac-object-in-2021/

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