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Mellon Publication Approval Process Docs 5-31-2022-1-17-2024 (FOIA 25-F-1324)

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This 2025 Office of the Secretary of Defense FOIA release (25-F-1324) collects Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review records on Christopher Mellon's submissions, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, from 2022 to 2024. His article "The Next Step: UAPs in Space and America's New Sputnik Moment" was cleared in July 2022, and his speech "UAPs and ET" was cleared as amended for accuracy. His foreword to Luis Elizondo's book was cleared in January 2024.

  • p. 3 …It is the policy of the Department of Defense to authorize and encourage the public release…
  • p. 4 …WHS Pentagon ESD Mailbox SECREV Subject: Non-DoD Source SUBMISSION: UAPs in Space? Attachments: America's…
  • p. 6 PAIRS CASE #2022-0513 - The Next Step: UAPs in Space and America's New Sputnik Moment…
  • p. 8 (b)(6) (b)(6) (b)(6) Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review Pentagon Unclass Tel…
  • p. 10 …of Prepublication and Security Review (b)(6) Pentagon Unclass Tel: (b)(6) (b)(6) (b)(6…
  • p. 11 De ense O ce o Prepublication and Security Review Pentagon (b)(6) (b)(6) Unclass Tel…
  • p. 12 …Perfect, thanks so much! It's attached. The requested suspense date is 10 June if at…
  • p. 14 …I apologize for the late response, the time frame within which you required the clearance was…
  • p. 17 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEFENSE OFFICE OF PREPUBLICATION AND SECURITY REVIEW 1155 DEFENSE PENTAGON WASHINGTON, DC 20301…
  • p. 32 …CHRIS MELLON (b)(6) Friday, July 14, 2023 1:46 PM WHS Pentagon ESD Mailbox SECREV…
> Hope this helps,
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> (b)(6)
> Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review
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> How am I .oing.
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> Original Message
> From: CHRIS MELLON (b)(6)
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2023 2.22 PM
> To: (b)(6) CIV WHS ESD (USA)
> Subject: Status?
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> Hi (b)(6)
>
> I confess I am astonished not to have received a response yet regarding the draft Foreword to Lue Elizondo's book I
submitted many months ago.
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> Can you advise where things stand and if there is a problem or issue? I don't recall anything remotely sensitive or even
close to raising a classification issue.
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> Thanks,
>
> Chris Mellon
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