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Andy Stumpf interviews John Greenwald Jr. about UFO FOIA secrets and government cover-ups.

On this episode of Change Agents, Andy Stumpf speaks with John Greenwald Jr., the creator of the site https://www.theblackvault.com/, the largest online repository of declassified government documents anywhere on the internet. The discuss hidden UAP files, government secrets, using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to force transparency and more. NOTE: This interview was recorded on April 23rd. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (01:13) How a 15-Year-Old Started Filing FOIA Requests (05:14) How FOIA Actually Works (And Where Most People Give Up) (13:53) The Nine Exemptions and the One They Abuse Most (20:27) UAP: The Pre-2017 vs. Post-2017 Cover-Up (28:40) Why the Navy Denies 100% of UAP Video FOIAs (31:27) Could the Government Plant Fake Documents? (37:00) The Missing Scientists: Coincidence or Pattern? (44:42) MKUltra, Frank Olson & the Financial Records Loophole (49:04) Stargate, Remote Viewing & Mars One Billion Years Ago Sponsors: Firecracker Farm Use code IRONCLAD to get 15% off your first order at https://firecracker.farm/ Norwood Sawmills: Learn more about Norwood Sawmills and how you can start milling your own lumber at…

People in this episode

Host: Andy Stumpf

Guest: John Greenwald Jr.

Topics covered

• UFOs
• FOIA
• government transparency
• UAP
• government cover-ups
• declassified documents

Keywords

• UFO
• FOIA
• government secrets
• transparency
• UAP
• declassified documents

Sponsors

Firecracker Farm, Norwood Sawmills

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Black Vault

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