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Source: The Coalition for Freedom of Information (CFi)

http://www.freedomofinfo.org/campaign/nasa-release2.pdf


NASA Continues to Stonewall on Kecksburg: Newly Released
Documents Raise More Questions, Say SCI FI and CFi

Press Release Source: SCI FI Channel; CFi

NASA Continues to Stonewall on Kecksburg: Newly Released
Documents Raise More Questions, Say SCI FI and CFi

Wednesday November 19, 3:28 pm ET

In New Development, US Archives Release to CFi and SCI FI 2800 Pages of
Declassified Air Force Records

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Lawyers for the Coalition for
Freedom of Information (CFi) said today that they have concluded NASA is
still refusing to comply with a 10-month old FOIA request to release its
records on the 1965 UFO incident in Kecksburg. This announcement comes
after CFi's careful review of 36 pages released by NASA hours after SCI
FI Channel announced its unprecedented support for legal action against
the government agency.

"The documents released shed little light on the incident, but are
indicative of how hard NASA is trying to prevent the public from finding
out what really happened on December 9, 1965," said CFi attorney, Lee
Helfrich with the Washington, DC firm of Lobel, Novins, and Lamont.

In another development, last week the National Archives notified
researchers for CFi and SCI FI that the U.S. Air Force had declassified
some of the records requested. "Our researchers are now poring through
these 2800 pages to determine if any are relevant to the Kecksburg
incident," said Ed Rothschild, Director for the Coalition for Freedom of
Information.

According to Helfrich, "The day after CFi's press conference (October
21) and on the eve of the airing of SCI FI's Kecksburg documentary
(October 24), a NASA official contacted me to say the agency was
forwarding 36 pages of documents responsive to our FOIA request and
apologized somewhat too profusely that it had 'overlooked' sending out
the results of its research at an earlier date."

"CFi was determined to give NASA the benefit of the doubt and to
assume that the agency conducted a reasonable, good faith search
-- especially given that NASA itself had decided back in June
that its initial response to CFi's FOIA request was woefully
inadequate," continued Helfrich. "But our trust in NASA's
reliability proved to be far too generous. It is difficult not
to conclude that NASA's response was simply a ploy to undercut
the force of CFi's press conference and the audience for its
documentary on Kecksburg."

"NASA's stonewalling leaves us no choice," said Rothschild. "We
intend to file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District
of Columbia in the coming weeks -- as soon as our attorneys tell
us that we have officially exhausted all administrative
procedures so as to comply with the requirements of the court."

SCI FI Channel's Hammer also announced that on Friday, November
21 at 9-11 PM (ET/PT), SCI FI will broadcast "Kecksburg UFO: New
Evidence," a new special on the Kecksburg UFO incident with
updates on the lawsuit, as well as new information and
interviews that shed more light on the mysterious 1965 crash.

Source: SCI FI Channel; CFi


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