Documents / FOIA release
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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space objects recovery, analysis of fragments to detennine national ownership and vehicle 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 later (For example, neWspaper accounts connect Mr. Schulherr with NASA's retrieval and testing of other objects of unknoWn origin found or reported by the public]. 4. Any and all records on Project Moon Dust pertaining to the retrieval of foreign objects or objects of unknown origin by NASA personnel~ andlor the examination or analysis of debris sent to NASA by any other agencies 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 December 9, 1965, including NASA's involvement in the recovery of the satellite, parts or debris thereof, anywhere in the United States or Canada 6. A description of the search conducted regarding Ms. LesUe Kean 's initial request and any documentation (e.g., e-mails) related thereto 7. a copy ofNASA' s draft affidavit on FOIA searches or, in lieu thereof, a copy of affidavits that have been tiled on NASA ' s behalf in FOIA disputes 8. copies of the relevant information management manuals, memoranda, etc., that would have governed the transfer or disposal of documentation during the early 1960' s, and including the transfer oftlle files on fragology [or anything relating to the records requested aboveJ . 9. copies oflhe relevant information management manuals, memoranda, etc., that would have governed the retention, transfer or disposal ofFOIA requests at the time that any earlier request was processed. 10. All docllnlentation relating to NASA's processing of any earlier requcst(s) 11 . copies all instructional or procedural memoranda, manuals, etc. relating to the process for conducting investigations, such as "fragology" that was in force in the 1960,. Maria Hutcheson fOJA Specialist RIF
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.