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This Office of the Secretary of Defense FOIA release (24-F-0088) contains the Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review file for case 22-SB-0151. The file covers James T. Lacatski's manuscript "The U.S. Government's Secret UAP/UFO Program: The Beginning - Initial Planning and Investigations," co-authored with Colm Kelleher and George Knapp. It holds emails from July 2022 to April 2023, including DIA's review of the 143-page manuscript. The release ends with an April 24, 2023 letter that clears the manuscript for public release but does not endorse its accuracy.
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M6) WHS ESD (USA) Thursday, July 14, 2022 8:19 AM (b)(6) WHS ESD (USA) (b)(6) WHS From: Sent: To: 13)(6) WHS ESD (USA) ESD (USA) Subject: RE: Security Review of 22-SB-0151, "The U.S. Government's Secret UAP/UFO Program: The Beginning - Initial Planning and Investigations" The Truth is Out There. FYSA — USD(186) Special Programs was interested in seeing the Skinwalkers case file after the book was published. I didn't coordinate the book review with l&S because it didn't contain their equities. This book might need their review. I'll forward the name of the SES in l&S who oversees the program so you can possibly coordinate. From:(b)(6) 1WHS ESD (USA) Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2022 8:09 AM (b)(6) To (b)(6) WHS ESD (USA)(b)(6) IMO HS ESD (USA) (b)(6) Subject: FW: Security Review of 22-SB-0151, "The U.S. Government's Secret UAP/UFO Program: The Beginning - Initial Planning and Investigations" "Skinwalkers" follow-up.oxai is getting out just in time. From WHS ESD (USA) Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2022 8:06 AM To: JAMES LACATSK p(b)(6) Subject: Security Review of 22-SB-0151, "The U.S. Government's Secret UAP/UFO Program: The Beginning - Initial Planning and Investigations" Dear Mr. Lacatski, This email is to confirm with you that the Defense Office of Pre-publication and Security Review (DOPSR) received your manuscript "The U.S. Government's Secret UAP/UFO Program" on July 11, 2022. Your assigned manuscript action officer is TBD, and the manuscript is assigned case number 22-SB-0151. Manuscript reviews are averaging several months, and have been severely hamstrung by the current Pandemic mitigation measures that have affected all of DoD. DOPSR strives to complete reviews in as timely a manner as possible; however, review times vary and are dependent on the complexity of the subject matter, the volume of information, and the number of components with equity in the manuscript. Reviews often require tasking to multiple component equity holders inside as well as outside the Department of Defense. DOPSR does not accommodate publishers' timelines. Therefore, we strongly Recommend that you do not sign a contract with a publishing company, or provide copies of the manuscript to a publisher or other individuals until the review is complete. 1
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FOIA release, from the osd collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 22 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.