NSA UFO Vault hides 156 classified documents after Citizens Against Unidentified Flying Objects Secrecy’s 1980 lawsuit exposed their existence. From intercepted radar chatter to luminous spheres over Soviet airspace, the agency insists disclosure threatens vital intelligence gathering—leaving the real cosmic drama behind locked vault doors.

In a sealed 1980 courtroom, NSA’s chief warned that revealing even summaries of intercepted UFO reports would expose methods and risk diplomatic chaos. The files span 1950–1979, with many cases involving mysterious bright lights and phantom radar blips. One analyst quipped, “Our blind spot to surprise is our real vulnerability.” Secrecy prevails—aliens or not.

NSA flagged one file so sensitive that even its title—about UFO ‘blind spots’—was heavily redacted to hide internal intelligence failings.