Saying he is "completely floored" by UFO data on the Obama Presidential Library, a researcher says it may nonetheless take 16 years to acquire.

UFO researcher John Greenewald Jr. mentioned that the Obama Presidential Library notified him that it has probably tens of 1000's of paperwork regarding previous authorities packages learning extraterrestrial encounters. Whereas the federal authorities has develop into much less tight-lipped about UFOs lately, Greenewald's request exhibits challenges stay in shaking unfastened new data.

Greenewald heads The Black Vault, which makes use of the Freedom of Info Act (FOIA) to acquire declassified authorities paperwork that he posts on-line.

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A UFO researcher says he is hit the "jackpot" on authorities paperwork, however he may need to attend 16 years to get them. Pictured, unidentified flying objects within the sky.Getty Pictures

In a weblog posted to The Black Vault's web site, Greenewald mentioned he filed a FOIA request for data, communications, photographs and movies regarding a number of authorities packages on unidentified flying objects or "aerial phenomena."

Greenewald mentioned on March 10 the library responded saying it has roughly 3,440 pages and 26,271 digital information conscious of his request.

"Jackpot," Greenewald mentioned in a tweet Wednesday, including, "If true, I'm completely floored the Obama Presidential library has that."

Nevertheless, he mentioned on Twitter that one other letter from the library's workers "took the wind proper out of my sails of pleasure." The letter mentioned his request was be accomplished in roughly 16 years.

Greenewald mentioned he requested the library to rearrange an on-site go to to evaluate unclassified materials to no avail. He is additionally reached out to members of Congress calling the data "of immense public curiosity" that play "an important position in understanding a difficulty now being explored closely by the Home and Senate."

After being handled with derision for years, high-ranking authorities officers are actually taking UFOs significantly. Florida Senator Marco Rubiomentioned in an interview withNewsweek final yr that UFOs might be a matter of nationwide safety.

"Dozens of women and men we've got entrusted with the protection of our nation are telling us about encounters with unidentified plane with capabilities we don't absolutely perceive," Rubio mentioned. "We can't enable the stigma of UFO's to maintain us from significantly investigating these encounters."

The Pentagon final yr launched a extremely anticipated report mandated by Congress. The report included 120 incidents involving UFOs examined by the Pentagon during the last 20 years, together with movies of "unexplained aerial phenomena."

"The restricted quantity of high-quality reporting on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) hampers our means to attract agency conclusions concerning the nature or intent of UAP," reads the report.

The 2022 Nationwide Protection Authorization Act accepted by Congress final yr accommodates a provision requested by Rubio in addition to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Consultant Ruben Gallego that created an workplace devoted to learning unidentified aerial phenomena.

Newsweek has reached out to Greenewald and the Obama Presidential Library for remark.