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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.
To:(b)(6) Cc: (b)(6) Subject: Re: 22-SB-0151 WHS ESD (USA) WHS ESD (USA)1(b)(6) (13)(6) WHS ESD (USA)(13)(6) (b)(6) WHS ESD (USA) From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: (b)(6) WHS ESD (USA) Monday, April 24, 2023 1:10 PM 'JAMES LACATSKI' (b)(6) WHS ESD (USA) RE: 22-SB-0151 22-SB-0151 DOPSR Clearance.pdf Here you go Sir — Please see attached clearance letter and stamped first page for your records. Thanks for your patience, and adherence to DoD Information Security Policy. Have a great day, (b)(6) Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review Office4b)(6) Cell:(b,(b) How am I doing? Customer Service Link: From: JAMES LACATSKI (13)(6) Sent: Friday, April 21, 2023 3:56 PM (13)(6) Great! Thank you so much. Jim Lacatski Sent from Outlook From: Sent: Friday, April 21, 2023 1:01 PM To: JAMES LACATSKI Cc:(b)(6) WHS ESD (USA) Subject: RE: 22-SB-0151 Good news Sir — I just heard back from DIA, and they came back with a "No Objection" response. Unfortunately we're having significant IT issues today, so I may not be able to get you the official clearance (a letter and stamped first page of your manuscript) until Monday. Once you have that in your hands you'll be good to go. 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.