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Citizens Against Unidentified Flying Objects Secrecy v. NSA (Civil Action No. 80-1562)

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This is an affidavit by Eugene F. Yeates, Chief of the National Security Agency's Office of Policy, filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia in Citizens Against Unidentified Flying Objects Secrecy v. NSA, Civil Action No. 80-1562, and sworn in September 1980. It traces the plaintiff's FOIA requests for NSA's UFO records and the CIA referrals of NSA documents. Yeates says the COMINT reports stay classified in full, and he describes four non-COMINT records that were released in part or found not responsive.

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CIVIL ACTION NO •
B0-1562
AFFIDAVIT OF EOGENE F. YEATES
State Of Maryland )
) ss.
County Of Anne Arundel)
Eugene F. Yeates, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
l. · I am the Chief, Office of Policy, of the National
Security Agency (NSA). As Chief, Office of Policy, I am
responsible for processing all initial requests made pursuant
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to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for NSA records. I
I. have read and am familiar with the allegations contained in the
Complaint in this case. The statements herein are based upon
my knowledge, upon my personal review of information available
.to me in my official capacity, and upon conclusions reached in
accordance therewith.
2. I submit this affidavit regarding all records that
have been 1ocated by the BSA pursuant to the plaintiff's FOIA
requests, in support of the Agency's Motion for Summary Judgment.
To supplement this testimony, I will execute an additional
affiBavit, classified TOP SECRET, to provide highly classified
information which is not available in the public realm and
which specifically identifies the NSA records being withheld
from the plaintiff for the Court's in camera consideration.
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