F-2003-00606 Final Response

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Therefore, should you wish to purchase this package, please send your
check or money order for US$264.80 to me, made payable to the Treasurer of
the United States and cite the reference number above to ensure proper credit
to your account‘. A copy of our fee schedule is enclosed.
You also have the option of reviewing the initial release of 991 pages on
the CIA’s electronic FOIA internet site. The access for this site via homepage
URL is:
http:\\www.foia.cia.gov.
Another option would be to review the material referred to above in our
reading room. If you wish to do so, please let us know at least two weeks in
advance, and we will be glad to make the necessary arrangements.
In an effort to assist you further, also enclosed is a copy of an article
from the CIA’s internal magazine Studies in Intelligence, Summer 1997,
entitled “CIA’s Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90.” This item is being
provided at no cost since it is under 100 pages.
With respect to Majestic (MJ-12), our records show that we conducted a
search on behalf of a previous requester for records pertaining to Majestic 12.
Our search was thorough and diligent, but no records were located. That
earlier requester appealed our findings, and we conducted a second search.
Again, no records were located.
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Further, with respect to that portion of your request concerning Area 51,
the CIA may neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of records
responsive to your request. Such information--unless, of course, it has been
officially acknowledged--would be classified for reasons of national security
under Executive Order 12958. The fact of the existence or nonexistence of
such records would also relate directly to information concerning intelligence
sources and methods. The Director of Central Intelligence has the
responsibility and authority to protect such information from unauthorized
disclosure in accordance with Subsection 103(c)(6) of the National Security Act
of 1947 and Section 6 of the CIA Act of 1949.
Therefore, this portion of your request is denied under FOIA exemptions
(b)(l) and (b)(3); an explanation of these exemptions is enclosed. The CIA
official responsible for this determination is Kathryn I. Dyer, Information and
Privacy Coordinator. By this action we are neither confirming nor denying the
existence or nonexistence of such records.
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