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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.
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The Kecksburg, PA UfO Incidl
Petition Drive
It's time to break the 37 years of government silence
Join our petition drive now!
We need your help to solve the Kecksburg mystery
Something was set! 1l in the sky which then landed ill the woods near Kecksburg, PA on Decemt
Since then, tbe U,S. govt!rnmenl has denied lhat anything fe ll - despite testimony from citizcns
the partially buried object in the woods and statements from firefighters, reporters, dozens of \
and newspaper accounts confirming a 1argt! military response to the area.
For over thirty years, I have attempted to acquire infornlatioo about the crash in Kec:ksburg. I I
documented the testimonies of dozens of witnesses, created length y files on the case, collected
neWlipaper reports about the incident, and produced a video. For more information about this
the case, visit my website at hUn; IJ w\fwIW ~~IDl&mn1.:.:PllllfQ and dick on "What happenc.
Kecksburg."
Over tile years, many witnesses have come forv.. artl and pub licly made tbcir experiences knowr
concerni ng their involvement with the case. I hope that others will now come {olWard. These p
deserve closure. Despite thrir efforts and mine, and tbose of many volunteers, the people of Pe
have been denied an explanation.
In the fall of 2002, the SCI FI Channel decided to support a Freedom of Infonnation Act (FOl}
into tbe Kecksburg incident. Journalist Leslie Kean spearheaded the FOIA effort, in coopt!ratio
Washington, D.C. law firm Lobel, Novins and Lamont. The Coalition for Freedom of lnformati>
was formed by members of this team partly to provide the Kecksburg initiative with a public fo
FOIA Initiative has also won lhe sup port of John Pudesta, President CLinton's former ch ief of sl
more information 00 this, go t O~"IDY. fl'"e~dl!.l!loJinfo,org .
TIle Pennsylvania petition drive
This year, I launched a statewide petition drive. By collecting thousands of signaturp-s, the peo]
Pennsylvan ia can put public pressure on their co n g re s.~ i o n a l delegation to rt:quest an investigal
U.S. General Accounting Office. The GAO is the investigative branch ofthc U,S. Congress, requ
request from a member of Congress in order to Bct. The GAO is in a position to access documel
is not forthcoming through the FOlA. 'I1Jis local effort is supporled by the SCI FI Channel and I
This website is designed so you, citil.ens of Pennsylvania, can immediately begin signing the pe
getting as many friends and associates to do the same. You may sign on-line if you wish. Howe'
copy actually signed by people is much more effective. You can print out copies with space for I
signatures by clicking the tab to your left. When you have collected signatures, make copies of ;
petiliollS and selld Ule originals to me at the address provided.
For those who prder 10 sign on-line, you can do so with one click of tbe mOWie. (NOTE: The on
petition must be signed by PA residents ONLY. 0 11t of state supporters are encouraged to sign
for US residents. Hard copics printe<! and sent to me. IDllst be signed by PA residents ONLY. PI
sign more than once.)
Talk to your friends, relatives, co-workers. Take the petition to your local clubs, gatherings, pal
permission of your town libraries, community cemers, churches and b lCiinesses to post the pet
arrange to return at the approp riate time to coUeet it and mail it to me. Gt!t together with other
an afternoon (with permission) at your local supcrmarkel or mall collecting signatures.
Also, please email this information to your fri ends, add it to any email lists thll.tyou can, and Ii,
http://www.signpetition.com/ 12/1 1/2003 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.