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NASA FOIA 21-HQ-F-00500

NASA (obtained by The Black Vault) · 2021 · 223 pages · text from the file's own layer

This is a July 27, 2021 FOIA response from NASA's Office of Communications to John Greenewald, Jr. It covers records from Leslie Kean's lawsuit against NASA seeking Kecksburg documents. NASA released 207 pages in full, 7 in part and withheld 31, noting that most of the lawsuit case files had been destroyed under records retention rules. The enclosures include court declarations, a 2003 appeal decision ordering a broader search, a 2019 FOIA response, and Stan Gordon's account of the missing NASA fragology files.

  • p. 1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters Washington, DC 20546-0001 July 27, 2021 Reply to attn…
  • p. 3 …Administrator NASA Headquarters Executive Secretariat ATTN: FOIA Appeals MS 9R17 300 E Street S.W.
  • p. 7 …to all the FOIA Centers and appropriate Headquarters Offices. My intent in writing the memo was…
  • p. 8 …I also discussed with Patti Stockman, Headquarters Records Manager her efforts to locate documents in the…
  • p. 9 …Holgerson, FOIA Officer at NASA Headquarters. Your client’s initial request, dated January 31, 2003, sought…
  • p. 10 …This process has involved a review of the initial determination, the search conducted at NASA Headquarters…
  • p. 14 …We conclude that, based on the circumstances, the search at Headquarters may not have been fully…
  • p. 15 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters Washington, DC 20546-0001 July 10, 20 19 ~ .. """-<i: Office…
  • p. 17 …Administrator NASA Headquarters Executive Secretariat ATTN: FOIA Appeals MS 9R17 300 E Street S.W. Washington…
  • p. 52 …inordinately difficult In CFi's case the Headquarters, U,S. Army Support Detachment, Oakdale, PA facility…
  • p. 56 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters Washington, DC 20546~OOO1 Office of Public Affairs Ms. Lee…
  • p. 57 National Aeronautics and Space AdmrnlStraLon Headquarters WAshington, DC 2{)5Il6· 0001 HQ03-181 DepartmeDi of State…
  • p. 115 napl, 10 AIIn 0:' NelionaJ Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters Washington, DC 20546-0001 Officc of…
  • p. 116 Ae ply to Attn 01 NallOnal Aeronautics a, ~ d Space Administration Headquarters Washing!Dn. DC 20546…
  • p. 134 …Forward 00 E!lglE!d1 ted basis to NASA Headquarters, Code MAO, Washington, D.C. 20546…
  • p. 173 …NASA Headquarters, 600 Independence A venue, Code MAO, Washington, D. 0 20546, informing the Fonoff 10…
  • p. 222 …1n October of 1994, a FOLA request was made to NASA Headquarters for information that concerned…
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NelionaJ Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Headquarters
Washington, DC 20546-0001
Officc of Public Affairs
Ms. Lee Ellen Helfrich
Lobel, Novins & Lamont
1275 K Street, NW
Suite 770
Washington, DC 20005·4048
Dear Ms. Helfrich:
August 2, 2006
On July 21, 2006, defendant filed its opposition to plaintifrs motjon for summary
judgment in the Kean v. NASA Freedom oflnformation Act (FOIA) litigation, Ln the
accompanying declaration ofKellie Robinson, she noted that some potentially responsive
records in two files were being referred to other agencies for FOIA processing, The
following documents have been reviewed by outside agencies and are now being
released:
(a) 46 pages of documents which originated with the Australian Government.
(Encl I)
(b) nine pages of a 10 page document from the Smithsonian Institution, (Encl 2)
The remaining page has been referred to lhe Air Force for its assessment
(c) 93 pages of documents from the State OcpanmenL (EncI3)
We have also referred 32 pages 10 the Air Force, including the one described above, for
its assessment and declassification, if appropriate. We are currently waiting for the Air
Force to complete this process.
Lastly, l2 pages ofagcncy documents which were referenced in the February 25,2004,
statement and adopted in the June 15,2004, declaration by Stella Luna. NASA Jobnson
Space Center FOrA Public Liaison Officer. are also included in this release, (Enel 4)
Sincerely~
St911 . McConnell
__ CllIer, FOIA Public Liaison Officer
- EncioSW'es

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