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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.
ORGANIZATION AND ADMIN ISTRATIVE RECORDS SCHEDULE 1 (A FS 1000-1999 ) This document is updated frequently; therefore, printed copies may be obsolete. Refer to NASA Online Directives Information S'fslem (NODIS) for the current version of N~ 1441.1. SUBJECT AREA OR RECORD TITLE RETENTION AFS# ITEM DESCRIPTION OF RECORD SERIES 1382 49 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUESTS FILES Files created in response to requests for infonnalion WIder the: Freedom of Information Act consisting ofthc: original rcqucst, a copy of the: reply thereto, and all related supporting filC'S which may include: official file: copy of requested record or copy therrof. A. mRRES:~Ml2ENC:B AND S~~QRTINQ B&~QlillS: (EXCLUDING the: official file: copy of the: copy of the: records requested if filed herein). L Granting access to all the: requested records. DESTROY 2 YEARS AFfER DATE OF REPLY. [GRS 14-1Ia(I)] 2. Responding to requests for non-cxislc:nt records; to requestors who provide: inadc:quate descriptions; and to those who fail to pay agency reproduction f«s. (,) Ra}ucsts NOT appealed. DESTROY 2 YEARS AFrER DATE OF REPLY. [GRS 14 -1 la(2Xa)] (b) Requests appealed. DESTROY 6 YEARS AFfER FINAL DETERMINATION BY AGENCY OR 6 YEARS AFrER TIlE TIME AT WIllCH A REQUESTER COUlD FILE SUIT OR 3 YEARS AFfER FINAL ADJUDICATION BY TIlE COURTS. WIllCHEVER IS LATER. [GRS 14-lla(2)(b)] 3. Denying access to all or part of the rc:cords requested. (,) Ra}lIcsts NOT appealed. DESTROY 6 YEARS AFrER DATE OF REPLY. [GRS 14-l la(JXa)] (b) Requests appealed. DESTROY 6 YEARS AFrER FINAL DETERMlNATIONBY AGENCY OR 6 YEARS AFrER TIlE TIME AT WHICH A REQUESTER COUlD FILE SUIT OR 3 YEARS AFfER FINAL ADJUDICATION BY~ COURTS. WIllCHEVER IS LA [GRS 14-lla(3)(b)J B. OFFICIAL FILE COPY OF REQUESTED RECORDS DISPOSE OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROPER SCHEDUlE ITEM OR WITIllHE REIATED FOIA REQUEST. WIllCHEVER IS LATEIL [GRS 14-llb) NOTES: Whc:rc:ver the retc:ntion disposition authority cites a GRS schedule or NARA Disposition Authority (DA) munbc:r (e.g., NI- 255-0(1), the records arc: considered media-neutral signifying the retc:ntion is applicable to the described records regardless of their format. Only AFS nllmbc:rs with defined subjects arc: lISed. - RETENTION - For itc:ms marked Pending Retc:ntion Approval, contact yOIl/" Center Records Manager for information and/or qucstions. 1-20
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.