At George Washington University we have the National Security Archive, a place designed to preserve historical documents relating to past security issues for the United States.

William Burr is the archive analyst, and he's got one of the oldest pending freedom of information requests dating back to 1992. Earlier this month the Pentagon finally denied his request for three documents relating to the 1960's "Operation Poodle Blanket".

I think this case could prove important in helping to ease Pentagon restrictions on other 50 year old documents. Tom Blanton, Director of the archive points out that spending tax payer money to withhold these documents is directly damaging our national security by undermining the credibility of the system that protects real secrets.

If the Pentagon reacts to public pressure by easing restrictions on this category of history it might prove to be a tipping point for other documents from that era.

With a bit of luck Poodle Blanket could be the death blow to our government's embargo on the truth about UFOs and other related topics from the early 1960's and beyond.