Declassified
What secret government files actually reveal once they're made public

Declassified: What the CIA Actually Admitted About Area 51
In 2013 the CIA released a U-2 program history that named Area 51 outright, after decades of refusing to confirm the base existed at all.

Declassified: The Iran-Contra Affair
Arms sold to Iran, profits diverted to Nicaragua's Contras: what the declassified record shows about the scandal that shook Reagan's White House.

Declassified: MKUltra, the CIA's Secret Mind Control Program
The CIA's MKUltra program dosed unwitting citizens with LSD for two decades. The files that survived a 1973 shredding order tell the story.

Declassified: Operation Paperclip and America's Nazi Scientists
The declassified files on Operation Paperclip: how the US recruited Hitler's rocket engineers and quietly built NASA on their expertise.

Declassified: The Pentagon Papers
A secret Pentagon history proved the government had lied about Vietnam for years. Here is what the declassified files actually document.

Declassified: The Air Force File Behind the Roswell Incident
The 1994 Air Force report on Project Mogul is the government's official answer to America's most famous UFO story. Here is what the file says.