Erica Lukes

The Department of Energy HQ is purportedly cancelling all pending #FOIA requests submitted before October 1, 2024, unless the requester emails a specific address w/i 30 days asking the agency to continue processing.

This is wildly illegal.

public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15490.pdf

We’ve updated our hotline number again – Aerial Phenomena Investigations The new USA phone number is (240) 883-6407‬ . We’ll accept both texts and calls at that number, and if no one is available, you can leave a voicemail. We will get back to you as soon as possible.

Also, please send in your questions for Erica Lukes ( @ericalukes.bsky.social ) in 2 weeks. You can submit your questions in real time in chat, send them in to our protonmail address (reportaufo@), use our "contact us" page or leave a voicemail at our hotline.
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API Case Files Live - Episode 4 YouTube video by API Case Files

We'll welcome Erica Lukes of Expanding Frontiers and the erstwhile UFO Classified web show to API Case Files Live this coming Thursday at 9:30 PM EDT.

We want your questions for Erica.
#UFOsky

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Holding Out for a UFO Hero, No Matter the Cost The VP Acknowledges UFOs and the New Air Force Undersecretary Believes That the Military is Marxist & Anomalous Orbs are Plasma-Based Beings from Biblical Times. So What?

In yet another salient post from @tannerfboyle.bsky.social, he observes how one-issue UFO enthusiasts shelve all other social significance for politicians & military figures who will so much as address UFOs, context be damned. tannerfboyle.substack.com/p/holding-ou...

The Freedom of Information Act and Deteriorating Federal Transparency Infrastructure Weakening FOIA does not merely impair public knowledge — it also reduces the likelihood that abuses will be detected and deterred.

Decimated FOIA offices.

Fee waiver denials.

Accidental or arbitrary closures of FOIA requests.

Technical failures to submit requests.

These are some of the threats to FOIA.

Read our deep-dive into threats to transparency for @justsecurity.org.
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Police Investigated Threats to Castlewood Personnel Staff of dubious clinic threatened in 2019

An FBI FOIA response on the infamous Castlewood Treatment Center was heavily redacted but it had a brief mention of St. Louis County PD. A public records request subsequently filed with St. Louis County shed much more light on the situation.

www.expandingfrontiersresearch.org/post/police-...

Hynek, UFOs and PR When UFO research becomes advocacy

Cherry picking talking points, protecting sacred cows, & promoting unfounded conclusions. When UFO research becomes advocacy, in the latest at the blog of Expanding Frontiers Research. www.expandingfrontiersresearch.org/post/hynek-u...

Get more from Expanding Frontiers Research on Patreon Exploring the past to understand the future

Lots going on at the EFR Patreon this month, folks. Join as a free member or help support our expenses. Our method of operation includes submit FOIA requests, share info with followers as we collect it, then ultimately publish records in blogposts with analysis. www.patreon.com/ExpandingFro...

Mis(sing) information: The impact of disappearing archives and data sources – Full Fact Discover how digital decay and disappearing archives weaken public scrutiny and fuel misinformation.

I wrote somethingfor @fullfact.org about the ways in which the disappearing archive makes their work even harder but more important. I'm a trustee & continue to be amazed at their resiliency in an age of AI slop and attacks against those who investigate accuracy.
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A follow-up records request to the St. Louis County Police Department clarified circumstances portrayed in FBI records obtained on Castlewood Treatment Center. www.patreon.com/posts/police...

UFO Classified with Erica Lukes YouTube video by Erica Lukes | Expanding Frontiers

Erica Lukes, famous for - among other things - the UFO Classified #podcast for almost a decade, will be a guest on an upcoming API Case Files live. Most likely 14 August.

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"Perspective" 👀

Blog | Expanding Frontiers Research Expanding Frontiers Research conducts and publishes original research on a diverse variety of topics.

FOIA requests of today become the published records of tomorrow, & EFR submitted nine new (& negotiated several more existing) records requests this week. Browse topics ranging from intel agencies to UFOs & Ramtha's School of Enlightenment at the EFR blog. www.expandingfrontiersresearch.org/blog

Castlewood Treatment Center | Expanding Frontiers Research Get more from Expanding Frontiers Research on Patreon

EFR obtained FBI records on Castlewood Treatment Center, where lawsuits were settled amid allegations of brainwashing patients into believing they were victims of satanic ritual abuse. 15 of 32 pages were provided & research continues through appeal & more requests. www.patreon.com/posts/castle...

David Grusch—known for unverified claims of alien tech and bodies—is now a Pentagon advisor on UAPs.

@denverr.bsky.social and writer Matt Anderson dig into how conspiracy lore is bleeding into official policy—and why that’s a problem.

🔗 Watch it here: youtu.be/Hb3R56RRBwI

What RECA’s expansion means to the Navajo Nation and downwinders in Utah On July 16, 1945, the U.S. detonated the first nuclear bomb. In the years that followed, other tests led to a wave of health problems in Utah and across the West. Now, advocates are celebrating the ex...

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ICE now has a larger budget than most of the world’s militaries.

A reminder that police have only ever *responded* to alleged crime, but a living wage, food & water security, & accessible healthcare have always *prevented* crime.

So if you want safer communities, invest in people—not punishments.

Batboy Committee Makes A Galactic Appointment Denver Riggleman David Grusch's appointment as Special Advisor In UAP Matters

I and my intrepid researcher @mattbegins.bsky.social beam up the lunacy of David Grusch as a “Special Advisor Of UAP Issues” to Congressman Eric Burlison.

I like stomping our idiocy. This special episode on congress & UAP space beings can help.

On Denver After Dark!

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An investigation into the use by federal agencies of AI in the FOIA process shows intelligent research methods as well as interesting results. Verdict still out on DOJ, NARA, CIA and others.

Kennecott’s tailings pond may be leaking into the Great Salt Lake A polluted tailings pond at the Kennecott Utah mine has sunk 20 feet or more, raising concerns that it has seeped contamination into the neighboring Great Salt Lake.

A polluted tailings pond at the Kennecott Utah mine has sunk 20 feet or more, raising concerns that it has seeped contamination into the neighboring Great Salt Lake.

Drill Sergeant Under Investigation After Having Soldiers Do Push-Ups Under MAGA Flag The Army has launched an investigation after a drill sergeant posted a video showing soldiers being hazed beneath a MAGA flag, which runs afoul of multiple military regulations prohibiting partisan…

Drill Sergeant Under Investigation After Having Soldiers Do Push-Ups Under MAGA Flag www.military.com/daily-news/2...

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Error message displayed at the FBI FOIA portal page.

FBI FOIA portal page has been showing an error message at least 15 hours or so now.

Expanding Frontiers Research is a nonprofit org. Among other activities, we submit FOIA requests & then post the records obtained along with analysis & context at our website, Patreon & YouTube. Find links in profile, which lead to many posts provided as public service. Thank you for your interest.

The Cost of Lies: Why We Identify With Deadly Misinformation From Covid to climate change, understanding the role unevidenced conspiracy theories fulfil for individual and social identity in a shifting world can better help explain our ‘post-truth’ age

'Beyond talk of fact-checking, cults, and social media regulation, one question is seldom asked: what is it about the age in which we live that makes evidence-free beliefs attractive to increasing numbers of people?'
@hardeepmatharu.bsky.social ,via @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social joined Florida Democrats for an unannounced visit to ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Trump’s newest cruel political stunt.

Watch him describe the horrifying conditions he found there.

Entries apparently made in the eGuardian system and released by the FBI, indicating threats surrounding the former Castlewood Treatment Center.

EFR obtained FBI records on Castlewood Treatment Center, a now-closed facility with a history of settlements stemming from improprieties. The records were apparent entries in eGuardian, an online hub for law enforcement collaboration. Read on: www.patreon.com/posts/castle...

FBI records from 2008 referencing Bigelow Aerospace.

2009 FBI records indicating surveillance of a home apparently owned by Sen. Harry Reid.

The latest FBI records released & responsive to the late Sen. Harry Reid document investigation of potential self-enrichment, which included a reference to Bigelow Aerospace and surveillance of a Reid-owned property. Read more: www.patreon.com/posts/harry-...

Bob Pratt FBI Records | Expanding Frontiers Research Get more from Expanding Frontiers Research on Patreon

EFR obtained FBI records responsive to Robert Pratt, lifetime newspaperman and "evangelist for UFOs" at the National Enquirer. The records reflect Hoover's gratitude for the coverage Pratt gave the Bureau. www.patreon.com/posts/bob-pr...