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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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  • p. 203 …NASA 'JUN C3 19fi1i AmEmba•• y RIO DE JANEIRO Unidentified Fragments • OATE : June 3. 1966 Telegrams…
  • p. 204 , • UNCbABSIFIED .t.'-' .- Rio de Janeiro A-1235 2 question} ,'the Embassy has taken the "guidelines set…
  • p. 208 …July 5 • F..., ... "".$Mautner:mlf -l 1966 IJ':> AmEmb••• y RIO DE JANEIRO Info: AmConsul 'CURITlBA…
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ascertain if part of U ,S, space vehicle. If Government unwilllng
make object available, Consulate requested aWlJit further instructions
from Department before making representations,
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