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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.

  • p. 1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters Washington, DC 20546-0001 July 27, 2021 Reply to attn…
  • p. 3 …Administrator NASA Headquarters Executive Secretariat ATTN: FOIA Appeals MS 9R17 300 E Street S.W.
  • p. 7 …to all the FOIA Centers and appropriate Headquarters Offices. My intent in writing the memo was…
  • p. 8 …I also discussed with Patti Stockman, Headquarters Records Manager her efforts to locate documents in the…
  • p. 9 …Holgerson, FOIA Officer at NASA Headquarters. Your client’s initial request, dated January 31, 2003, sought…
  • p. 10 …This process has involved a review of the initial determination, the search conducted at NASA Headquarters…
  • p. 14 …We conclude that, based on the circumstances, the search at Headquarters may not have been fully…
  • p. 15 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters Washington, DC 20546-0001 July 10, 20 19 ~ .. """-<i: Office…
  • p. 17 …Administrator NASA Headquarters Executive Secretariat ATTN: FOIA Appeals MS 9R17 300 E Street S.W. Washington…
  • p. 52 …inordinately difficult In CFi's case the Headquarters, U,S. Army Support Detachment, Oakdale, PA facility…
  • p. 56 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters Washington, DC 20546~OOO1 Office of Public Affairs Ms. Lee…
  • p. 57 National Aeronautics and Space AdmrnlStraLon Headquarters WAshington, DC 2{)5Il6· 0001 HQ03-181 DepartmeDi of State…
  • p. 115 napl, 10 AIIn 0:' NelionaJ Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters Washington, DC 20546-0001 Officc of…
  • p. 116 Ae ply to Attn 01 NallOnal Aeronautics a, ~ d Space Administration Headquarters Washing!Dn. DC 20546…
  • p. 134 …Forward 00 E!lglE!d1 ted basis to NASA Headquarters, Code MAO, Washington, D.C. 20546…
  • p. 173 …NASA Headquarters, 600 Independence A venue, Code MAO, Washington, D. 0 20546, informing the Fonoff 10…
  • p. 222 …1n October of 1994, a FOLA request was made to NASA Headquarters for information that concerned…
Coalition for Freedom ofInfonnation Files Lawsuit Against NASA
~ver providing a fu ll report ol lhe ineidenl other than 10 dl$miss It as a meleor.
A year ago, SCI FI Ctlannel and the CFllnitiated an effon to obtain clanilled and oltter government
documenls on lhe Kecksburg crash.
"Since lasl year, we have supported archivists , researchers and sciantisls, 18 well liS partnered with
Investigative leportar Leslie Kean and attorney Lee Helfrictl ln order to obta in NASA's recorns In Ihls
nearly 4()..year old case,· saki Bonnie HOimmer, SCI FI Channel President.
"Now, one year later, despite our serious effort to uncover the facls , NASA stUI refuses 10 provide Ihe
public with any infolTTlstion," said Hammer. "Thai is why, today, we Bre supporting CFi's lawsuit. We
are hopefulltlat our legal system will help us lind out what really happened in the woods oulside
Kecksburg ."
At. Podesta slaled In SCI FI Channel's Kecksburg documenlary, "Certainty having the mimary
descend on a United Slales town, holding people at gunpoint. Is notlhe ordinary way We do bUsiness
in this coumry. People should have an explanation about what triggered thaI sort of mll1tary
response ."" so that people can judge for themselves whelher II was appropriate."
'The pub~c has II right 10 know whal happened In KeckSbuig." concluded Kean . '"Government
IIgencies have an ob_galion to make public wIlal they know. Inslead of a wWingness to open up files
Ihal rightfully belong to Ihe Amelican people, governmenl bureauqals are making it as difficult and
time.consuming as lhey can 10 uncover \he facts. We will pefSevere until we get answers."
In addillOn to broadcasting landmark documenlary programming, \tie SCI FI Channel is currel\Uy
lobbying Congress to gain support for more scientific inquiry ,rno these issues. It will premIere UFO
INVASION AT RENOlESHAM, hosleo by Bryall\ Gumbel, on December 12, a new two-nour special
thaI exposes ooe of Ihe most notorious UFO incidents of the 20th century.
Addilional Information on the Kecksburg illcidenl and Ihe lalest on the lawsuit, can be found at:
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