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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.

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NallOnal Aeronautics a, ~ d
Space Administration
Headquarters
Washing!Dn. DC 20546 -000 1
HQ 03 -18 1
Department of State
Attention: Charlene Wright-Thomas
July 26, 2006
Director, Office ofIRM Programs and Services_SA-2
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Washington, D.C. 20522-6001
Dear Ms. Wright-Thomas:
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This agency has received a request under the Freedom of Information Act, from the
Leslie Kean ~ for infonnati on concerning NASA -agency records.
During a revjew of responsive records this agency reveaJed 93 pages documents that
originated from your agency. A copy of their request (encll ), expanded search criteria
(encl2) and your documents (encl3) are forwarded for your appropriate action and direct
reply to the requester.
We request consideration under expedited processing since we are currently under
litigation involving this specific FOrA request and these documents were found during an
additional review of our agency records in response to the requesters Motion for
Summary JLldgment to the Uni ted States District Court.
We will need an evaluation of your timeline NLT Friday. July 28, 2006 to complete your
processing of this referral. Expedited processing is requested due to the matter being
under litigation. We are required to provide your response to our Assistant United Slates
Anomey (AUSA) and the US District Court on that estimated processing time.
If! can be of any additional assistance please contact me at (202) 358-2265.
I trust this will be of assistance to you.
Sincerely.
~:nuell -Chief, FOIA Public Liaison Officer
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FOIA release, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 223 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.