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Final Product (FOIA 24-F-0250)

Office of the Secretary of Defense · 2024 · 26 pages · text from the file's own layer

This Office of the Secretary of Defense FOIA release (24-F-0250) centers on a January 8, 2024 AARO memorandum for record. The memo describes the office's repeated attempts through 2023 to interview David Grusch for its Historical Record Report. It concludes that Grusch had no intention of giving AARO information about his claims. The release also includes text messages with Chris Mellon and congressional staff, email exchanges with Grusch, and DoD SAPCO and ODNI CAPCO memos stating that AARO may receive classified and NDA-protected UAP information.

Good Evening,
Thank you for your email. I had expressed specific concerns, both directly via email and through counsel, and those
specific concerns have not yet been addressed in writing. Please reference those emails in this chain.
DG
On Sun Nov 19 2023 4:16 PM
wrote:
Mr. Grusch,
We invite you to speak to AARO regarding any U.S. government programs or activities
related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) dating back to 1945. In
accordance with the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2023, AARO is authorized to receive any information related to UAP regardless of
classification, and notwithstanding any nondisclosure agreement you may have
signed. We would be glad to meet with you in a SCIF so that you could share
information with us.
AARO
From: David Gruscl
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Subject: Re: Contact Request
Thank you. I apologize for the confusion this morning about my whereabouts. I should been more clear in my email on
Monday.
DG
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