In the 2021 UAP report published by ODNI, there were 11 “near misses” that were referenced. The Black Vault filed numerous cases to get these in 2021, as at that time, nothing was known about them. The case files of the 11 “near misses” were eventually released and listed as the Range Fouler ...
The Black Vault submitted a FOIA request for the release of photos and videos related to Navy "near misses". The request was denied, but this essentially serves as evidence that the government has visual proof of UAP that it refuses to share with the public.
People who do not read the linked info may not realize that the denial says "yeah, we have these but they were reviewed and are not available for FOIA" (paraphrasing). That's not the same as "what pictures?", like you said. Pretty wild.
If this happened to be a weapon from another country, yeah there’s no way they are releasing it. Lots of speculation with this uap stuff. People just hoping and grasping at straws
It's not released for the same reason the Navy footage tracking a UAP off California didn't get released for a long time. In that case, capabilities of a specific piece of Navy fighter jet equipment to track fast moving aerial targets was exposed. This FOIA denial sounds exactly the same: some pilots encountered UAP, and we're able to gather pictures or tracked electromagnetic information about it, and the Navy doesn't want adversaries to know what current tracking systems can do.
Yeah, it doesn’t help that Congress went on break and slowed the momentum. Hopefully things pick back up after Congress returns. If the NDAA bill passes with the UAP amendments then we should be in for a lot more information to come out.