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This Office of the Secretary of Defense FOIA release (18-F-0724) holds August 2017 emails between Luis Elizondo of OUSD(I) and Michael Russo of the Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review. They include DD Form 1910 requests to clear three videos, titled "GoFast", "Gimble" and "FLIR", for release. Elizondo said the files were unclassified and would support a database of UAS threats. A Navy contact checked with NAVAIR, and a stamp shows the videos cleared for open publication on August 24, 2017.
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(b)(6) From: Elizondo, Luis D CIV (US) Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2017 4:21 PM To: WHS Pentagon ESD Mailbox DOPSR Cc: (b)(6) Subject: ATTN: Russo - DOPSR Request-Part 1 Attachments: GoFast.wmv Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Greetings Michael and thank you once again for your assistance...One more e-mail to follow (three in total due to size limitations). Per your guidance, please find the attached three .mpg files for your review. Please note, although the files are UNCLASSIFIED, they are being sent via SIPR in the spirit of extra precaution. No locational data is provided in any of the files and therefore there should be no classification issues. STRATEGIC ISSUE: Unmanned aerial vehicles (balloons, commercial UAVs, private drones such as quadcopters, etc) continue to pose a potential threat to DoD facilities, equipment, and location. Army, Navy, and Air Force have all acknowledged the potential threat by UAS' to DoD equities but no single UNCLASSIFIED repository exists to share this information across all stakeholders. PURPOSE: Our collective purpose is to eventually establish an UNCLASSIFIED database or "Community of Interest" of related signature data to be accessible by stakeholders such as DIA, the Navy, Defense Industry partners, and perhaps even State, Local & Tribal authorities to catalog and identify specific UAS threats to national security and/or DoD equities. By creating a virtual library to catalog and analyze each event, our hope will be to better understand the capabilities, and ultimately vulnerabilities of these systems. Please let me know if I can assist any further with this request. Sincerest Regards, Lue
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