Mystery as UFO vault with 3.8 million files is wiped clean hours after Trump demands alien docs released | 23 Feb 2026 | A massive public archive of declassified U.S. government files vanished just one day after President Trump ordered the release of all UFO-related documents. The Black Vault, run by researcher and ufologist John Greenewald Jr., had its main server reportedly wiped clean on February 20, deleting hundreds of gigabytes worth of files on UFOs, declassified CIA projects, and major conspiracies, including the assassination of JFK. Greenewald shared the news online, explaining that some server directories had their permissions, the safeguards on who can access or edit them, and the file ownership logs changed without explanation. Black Vault has become a go-to resource for anyone wanting to see exactly what the government has quietly made public over the last 80 years.