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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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To: n'smcconne@hq.nasa.gov' "
Su~ec t : KSC Search Results re lated to HQs FOIA -#03·181 from Le s lie Kean
Steve,
The NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Office initiated
a thorough search of our records on Oecembar 3, 2003, portaining to records being sought in
leslie Kean's FOIA request, HQ FOIA 03·181 , KSC's search Included tho KSC library archives; tile
Centor Directors Office; the NASAIKSC Records Manager's Office ; the KSC Protective Services &
Safeguards Office; the KSC FOIA Office, and the Workforce and Diversity Management Office. As
a result of our search, KSC was unable to located any responsive records. Further, due the age
of these files and NASA records retention schedules/procedures and guidelines (NPG 1441 ,1C) , if
these records were required to be kept by NASA, they would have long ago been sent by the
Program Offices to the National Archives for storage , Therefore, the KSC Records Manager,
Marilee Tewksbury, was tasked to conduct a search of the KSC archive logs dating back to this
timeframe . She was unable to find any KSC records of the files requested by Ms. Kean that were
transferred to the NASA archives for permanent storage.
KSC conducted its search of the offices noted above as recommended by the action received
from the NASA HQs. FOIA Office dated December 3, 2003.
--Original Message-·
From: Stephen McConnel [ mal.o:smcconne@hq.nasa.gov]
Sent: T uesday, December 02, 2003 2:55 PM
To: fOia@hq.nasa.gov; fola@dfrc.nasa.gov; fola@grc.nasa.gov;foia@gsfc.nasa.gov; fOia@jsc.nasa.gov;
fOIA@ksc.nasa.govj fob@LaRC,nasa.gov; fOia@mstc.nasa,govi fOia @ssc.nasa.gov; tpagaduan@mail.i!lrc.nasa.gov;
Diane M Sins; Dane.SimS@ssc.nasa.gov; C W Cleghom; Cheryl.W .Cleghom@nasa.gov; Joan Bet;
Joan .E.Bet@nasa.gov; Kathleen Huddleston; Kim L LewiS; Penny L Myers; Penny.L.Myers@nasa.gov;
Penny.L.Myers@nasa.gov; LUNA, STEUA pSC·AP121 ) (NASA); V~grna Bittinger
Cc: smcconne@hq.nasa.gov; KeUie@hq.nasa.gov
Subject: FOIA Records Search
SupplementallnJormation to email seruJrom this office yesr.erday pertaining to Leslie Kean's FOIA
request.
To All NASA Center FOIA Officers;
Immediate Handling ofthtB FOM Request is Requi,.ed.
We have a FOIA requesllhal needs to take priority and be completed on an eXp.:ldited 1:asis.
Please try to compte te the search for all re sponsive records at your Center by Monday,
January 5, 2004.
The requester has informed NASA that it plans to sue. Therefore, please keep an
administrative record of all your search requests and resp:mses, and be prer:ared to document
through an affidavit that your search was thorough and complete. The FOtA requ est and
appeal will be sent to you through interoffi ce mail. It includes documents sent l:y the
Printed Cor Stephen McConnell 1
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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.