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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.
SeLFl requeste r that may provide assistance in your search. Please review the lette r s once you have received them in the mail. All resp:msive records (regardless of whether they are releasable under the FOIA) should be sent to poe: Stephen McConnell, NASA FOIA Officer. Your search should i nclude the library, program offices, Directors offices, and other officel:l, as appropriate , alJ repositories of classified documents, any archives (onsite and offsite ), and the FOrA office (send all FO[A files of any previous reque sts made by others on the same subject). Please be thorough. Records sought include : 1. All data of whatever form , including correspondence, telegraphic, electronic, photogra phs, scientific rep:Jrts, analyses or tests such as metallurgic analysis, collection re cords, interviews with civilians relating or referring to: ·-A December 9 or December 10, 1965 incident [where an object fell from the sky and crashed] in or around Kecksburg or anywhere in Western PA [includes references to Kecksburg or Ke c ksburg incident or Acme] --all sightings or incidents rep:Jrted to have occurred in the U.S. on or about December 9, 1965 re lating to th is incident. 2 , All NASA Fragology Files for 1962-1967 [NASA Pragology files include reports ofspelce objects recovery, analysis of fragments to determine national ownership and vehic1e origin]. 3 , Any records on Richard M. Schulherr, who is believed to have been a NASA officer connected to Project Moon Dust in the 1960 s or late r (For example, newspaper accounts connect Mr. Schulherr with NASA s retrieval and testing of other objects of unknown origin found or re ported by the publicI. 4 . Any and all records on Project Moon DUst pertaining to the retrieval offoreign objects or objects of unknown origin by NASA personnel, and/ or the examination or analysis of de bris sent to NASA by any other agen cies under Project Moon Dust. 5. Any and all records on Cosmos 96, or Kosmos 96, a Soviet satellite and Venus probe that came down on Dece mber 9, 1965, including NASA s i nvolvement in t he recovery of the sate llite, pru-ls or de bris thereof, anywhere in the United States or Cnnada 6. A description of the search conducted regarding Ms, Leslie Kean s initial request and any documentation (e.g., e-mails) relate d thereto 7. a coW of NASA s draft affidavit on FOIA searches or, in lieu thereof, a copy of affidavits that have been filed on NASA s behalf in FOTA disputes Printed for Stephen McConnell RJF 2
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.