Navy FOIA: 1,019 Pages of Scott Bray UAP Emails, 302 Withheld

Thursday, September 24

Navy Releases Scott Bray’s UAP Emails – 302 Pages Withheld Entirely

The Navy closed a May 24, 2022 Black Vault FOIA this week. Case DON-NAVY-2022-008648 sought emails to, from, copied, or blind-copied to Scott W. Bray – then Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence – containing UAP, UAPTF, UFO, AATIP, or AAWSAP. The September 23 response: 1,321 pages located, 302 withheld in full, 1,019 released with redactions. The files show Jay Stratton “working directly for Scott Bray” on the UAP Task Force, a week of classified Hill briefs in September 2020, and a public-affairs fight over reporters saying the Task Force was “investigating aliens.” Full article →

Sources: The Black Vault · FOIA PDF

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Stratton’s Out of the Shadows Is Going to Television

Terence Winter (The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire) and Dan Farah (The Age of Disclosure) are developing a series from former UAP Task Force director Jay Stratton’s memoir Out of the Shadows, due October 13 from William Morrow. No network, cast, or date yet. Stratton already told PhenomeCon that Pentagon pre-publication review left the UAP spine of the book intact. The Bray emails released the same day put Stratton’s Navy reporting line on paper. Debrief · Deadline

Sources: The Debrief · Deadline

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Monday, September 21

Burchett: Miller Called Him at Home – People Inside the Departments Are Blocking Files

Rep. Tim Burchett told Benny Johnson that White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller phoned him at home – “which was unusual” – about UAP file releases. Burchett’s account of Miller: there are “some people that are blocking this in these departments,” and “I feel like they’re some very bad people for whatever reason.” Burchett framed that as the same “sewer” he has called the deep state. Miller has not issued a public statement on the call. In July Burchett already told Ask a Pol that Miller was “running into problems” with blockers; in September he said Miller had assigned people to the portfolio.

Sources: Benny Johnson on X · Burchett article

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Grusch FOIA: DOJ Files for Summary Judgment

On the date the court set for opening briefs, the Department of Justice filed a motion for summary judgment in Grusch v. Department of Defense (E.D. Va. No. 1:26-cv-607). If granted, the motion would end the FOIA case. The August status report had already narrowed the fight to whether DoD ran a legally adequate search; Grusch is not challenging the May 18 redactions. The suit seeks Senior Intelligence Oversight Official records on any 2023 unauthorized-disclosure complaint involving Grusch or UAP/UFO terms. Capitol Steps article →

Source: D. Dean Johnson on X