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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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3. Zambian fragment part of Apollo AS-203, of which another similar
fragment landed in Peru July 9. 1966. That fragment returned to US
same month for analysts. FYI. If desired US willing return portion
...to peru for historic and dlsplar purposes I but wishes nor-have this
made ~rt of a deal. End FYI.
4. FYI. Launch of Apollo AS-203 not yet registered with UN but is
included 1n report currently being forwarded. This is normal lag between
launoh and registration. End FYI.
5. In discussions with officials GRZ the following additional arguments
may be drawn on as appropriate:
a. Resolution 1962, known as QTE Declaration of Legal ;erinclples
Governing the Activities of States 1n the Exploration and Use ct. Outer
Space UNQUOTE, was passed unanimously by the 18th General Assembly •
.Zam»14 not then an independent state, but all African members of UN at
that time supported the Resoultion as did US and USSil Following are
African states which became UN memher~ after paSSfl.ge of resolution:
Zambia, Gambia, Malawi and Kenya.
h. Twenty pound metal fragment reco: vered Manitowoc, Wisconsin
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FOIA release, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 223 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.