SIGNAL OF THE DAY: 3.8M UFO FILES VANISH HOURS AFTER TRUMP'S ORDER

Information Control // SIGNAL OF THE DAY

"When evidence disappears — that too is evidence."

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On February 20, 2026, the day after Donald Trump's executive order mandating full declassification of materials on "extraterrestrial life and UAP," the server of The Black Vault — the largest public archive of declassified U.S. documents — was completely wiped clean.

Scale of the loss:

• 3.8 million files
• 100+ GB of data from CIA, FBI, Pentagon
• Projects MKUltra, Roswell, JFK, UAP reports
• 30 years of FOIA requests in one place

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🔍 WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED

The archive's creator, researcher John Greenewald Jr., reported on social media:

The site continued to function, but the content was gone. No 404 errors—just emptiness where history was stored.

"I cannot completely rule out malicious intent, but I'm not asserting it either. It was very strangely synchronized," Greenewald noted.

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🗓️ EVENT TIMELINE

Date	Event
February 19, 2026	Trump signs order: Pentagon, CIA, FBI must disclose all UAP and extraterrestrial life materials [Al Jazeera]
~23:59 EST	Greenewald records anomalies on The Black Vault server
February 20, morning	Confirmed: all 3.8M files deleted from main server [Daily Mail]
February 20, daytime	Archive restored from backups in protected locations [Daily Mail]

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🎯 WHY THIS MATTERS

FOR RESEARCHERS:

• The Black Vault — key resource for UFO analysis since 1996 [Wikipedia]
• Unique FOIA documents not duplicated in other archives
• Loss of trust in public archive stability

FOR THE AUDIENCE:

• Event amplified "cover-up" narrative before disclosure [Unexplained Mysteries]
• Question: Who benefits from deletion right now?
• Signal: Even "declassified" can vanish in one click

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💡 FINAL TAKEAWAY

The deletion of The Black Vault is not just a technical incident. It's a signal: in an era where information is currency, control over archives becomes a battleground.

Trump demanded transparency. The archive vanished. Backups saved the situation. But the question "Who pressed the button?" remains open.

When archives disappear, the real question isn't "what was lost?" but "who benefits from the loss?"

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SOURCES

[1] Daily Mail: "3.8M UFO files vanish hours after Trump's declassification order"

[2] Wikipedia: "The Black Vault — Largest public archive of declassified U.S. documents"

[3] Al Jazeera: "Trump orders full disclosure of UAP and extraterrestrial materials"

[4] Unexplained Mysteries: "Black Vault deletion sparks conspiracy theories ahead of disclosure"

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