PROJECT 1947



UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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GROUND SAUCER WATCH, INC.  

                                   Plaintiffs,

                 -against-       

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY             

 

                                     Defendants,

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PRODUCTION OF
DOCUMENTS AND
OTHER THINGS 
 

The plaintiffs in the above-entitled cause, pursuant to Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, request that defendants produce the documents hereinafter described, except to the extent copies thereof are supplied as attachments to defendant's responses to plaintiff's Interrogatories, and permit plaintiffs and their attorneys to inspect them and copy such of them as they may desire.  Plaintiffs request that the documents be made available for this inspection at plaintiff's offices at 191 East 161st Street, Bronx, New York, or at such other offices of plaintiffs as may be the location of any of the documents requested; in normal business hours, with the least possible disruption to the ordinary course of defendants duties and responsibilities.

Plaintiffs further request that this inspection be permitted by defendants immediately after defendants' response to this request has been filed, and that their attorneys  be permitted to  remove from defendants' custody such of the documents as they desire to copy, on the understanding that plaintiffs' attorneys will be responsive for these documents so long as

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they are in their possession, that copying will be done at plaintiffs' expense, and that the documents will be promptly returned immediately after copying has been completed.

This request is intended to cover all documents in possession of any of the defendants, or subject to their custody and control, whether they are located in any of defendants' district offices, any of their division offices, or any other office maintained by the defendants, or any of them.

As used in this request, the term "document" shall be synonymous with the term "record" or "records" appearing the Freedom of Information Act, and refers to those documents sought to be disclosed in paragraph 18 of plaintiffs' complaint, including raw data, research data, interview reports, books, records, correspondence. telegrams, interview notes, tabulations, compilations, charts, surveys, appraisals, work sheets, 6(b) and other reports, letters, correspondence, notes, pamphlets, leaflets, diaries, telegrams, desk calendars, appointment logs, memoranda of oral conferences, memoranda of conversations, memoranda of meetings, memoranda of telephone calls, Minutes and all transcriptions or reproductions by any means thereof, together with all drafts of any written document, and all other documentary material of any nature whether written, printed, typed, recorded, or other graphic matter, however produced or reproduced in defendants' possession, custody or control, from whatever source obtained and whether or not prepared by defendants. "Document" also includes all records showing the identities of organizations, consultants, scientific and technical personnel who conducted and collected or assembled data or participated in any manner in the preparation of studies, reports, surveys, appraisals or evaluations. "Document" shall refer to originals and all non-identical copies, except

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that copies which differ by reason of notations made thereon are not considered identical copies.

As used in this request, the term 'UFO" shall be defined in the same manner as the definition contained in Plaintiffs' Interrogatories.

IDENTIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS

For each document sought below and not furnished by defendants to plaintiffs within thirty (30) days after service of these Interrogatories:

1.             Identify the document by title or type, and indicate the subject matter and the date prepared or received by defendants, its author or sender and its recipient or addressee.

PREPARATION OF DOCUMENTS

2.             If the document was prepared or submitted by a person not then employed by defendants, state the name and address of such person.

3.             If the document was prepared or submitted by any person other than one who would be specified in response to "2" hereof, state the name and business address of such person and his title or position or other relationship with defendants.

NATURE OF DOCUMENTS

4.              Describe the general nature of the documents specifying each topical and subtopical heading or title herein with a brief description of the subject matter under such heading or title, and a brief description of the subject matter of all enclosure, appendices or attachments.

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5.              Describe the circumstances and the manner in which the document came into the possession of or was prepared by the defendants specifying whether the document was submitted in response to any directive, order, Minute, request, inquiry or solicitation of defendants, and if so, state the nature of such directive.

NOTATIONS ON DOCUMENTS

6.              Describe each notation made on the document by any of the defendants or their employees, subordinates or agents, which notation was not a part of the document when it was originally received or prepared by the defendants.

DOCUMENTS NOT DISCLOSED

7.             With respect to each document which defendants do not intend to disclose in any part to plaintiffs:

(a)           state the specific exemption of the Freedom of Information Act which is claimed by defendants to exempt disclosure to plaintiff of the entire document;

(b)           state the reasons why no deletions may be made in the document so that, as deleted, the document may be disclosed to plaintiff.

DELETIONS

8.             With respect to each document which defendants intend to disclose to plaintiff after making a certain deletion or deletions:

(a)           state the specific exemption of the Freedom of Information Act which is claimed to exempt disclosure of the deleted

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part or parts of the document;

(b)           briefly state the general nature of the deleted material.

EXEMPT DOCUMENTS

9.             For each document claimed to be exempt under the fourth exemption of the Freedom of Information Act:

(a)            state whether the document contains trade secrets, and if so, briefly explain the nature thereof;

(b)            state whether the document contains information of a commercial or financial nature, and if so, briefly state such nature;

(c)            If the document is claimed to be subject to a privilege, state the nature of the privilege claimed;

(d)            if the document is claimed to be confidential, state whether within the last three years:

(1)      The person preparing or submitting the document expressly requested the defendants to consider the document confidential;

(2)      If no such request was made as in 9D (1), supra., whether the defendants contacted the person preparing or submitting the document to determine whether said person would request the defendants to consider the document confidential.

10.            As to each document which is claimed to be exempt under the fifth exemption of the Freedom of Information Act:

(a)            if prepared by the defendants:  

(1)      state the reasons for the preparation of the document; 

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(2)      Identify all persons who assisted in the preparation or study of the document and identify all persons who read, reviewed, commented upon or considered the document;

(3)      if the document was prepared in response to any writing prepared at any time by defendants or any of their employees, identify such writing or writings and the author or authors of such writing or writings.

(b)            if the document was prepared or submitted by an agency or agency employee not a defendant herein:

(1)      identify such agency or agency employee;

(2)      if the document was submitted or prepared in response to any writing produced or prepared by the defendants or any employee thereof, identify such writing or writings and the author or authors thereof;

(c)            describe all matter in the document which is factual;

(d)            Briefly describe all parts of the document which contain legal rather than factual matter, specifying whether said legal matter contains;

(1)      Interpretative statements, or

(2)      policy statements.

LOCATION OF DOCUMENTS

11.            With respect to each document claimed to be exempt pursuant to exemption seven of the Freedom of Information Act identify by title, general description, and date stored each file of the defendants in which the document has been stored since its preparation of receipt by the defendants, whether such file was maintained for investigatory purposes during the time the document was stored therein, and if so, state what purposes.

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THE DOCUMENTS COVERED BY THIS REQUEST ARE
              AS FOLLOWS:

1.             All documents pertaining to the creation and formation of the OSI Study Group referred to in the 29 July 1952 document attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit B.

2.             All documents referring to and/or pertaining to the OSI Study Group including the report which is referred to in the 29 July 1952 document attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit B.

3.             All documents contained in the CIA file referred to in the document dated 29 July 1952 as the "flying saucers" file and attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit B.

4.             All documents pertaining to UFOs contained in the CIA file "Daily Reading" referred to in the document dated 29 July 1952 and attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit B.

5.             All documents pertaining to UFOs contained in the CIA file referred to in the document dated 29 July 1952 as the "Chrono" file and attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit B.

6.             All documents relating to the briefing of 8 August 1952, including the detailed analysis which was to be prepared and which is referred to in the document dated 1 August 1952 and attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit D.

7.             All documents relating to Captain Thomas Mantell, and the incident of January 7, 1948.

8.             The document referred to as page 12 of the 15 August 1952 document which is attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit D.

9.             All documents pertaining to the Civilian Saucer Committee in California.

10.            All documents referring to any civilian UFO group.

11.            All documents relating to the Office of Scientific Intelligence Study Group of August 1952.

12.            All documents relating to Kenneth Arnold and/or his sighting of 27 June 1952.

13.            All documents relating to UFOs in the Office of Operations.

14.            All documents relating to UFOs in the Foreign Documents Division files.

15.            All documents relating to UFOs in the FBID files.

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16.            All documents of the psychological Strategy Board pertaining to UFOs.

17.            All documents of the Intelligence Advisory Committee pertaining to UFOs.

18.            All documents relating to a briefing of the Director of Central Intelligence by the Office of Scientific Intelligence on 20 August 1952 and referred to in a document dated 2 December 1952 and attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit J.

19.            All documents relating to a conference held between the DI/USAF, the Chairman of the Research and Development Board of the CIA, the Acting Director of Scientific Intelligence, and the AD/IC sometime in the fall of 1952 and which is referred to in a document dated 2 December 1952 and attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit J.

20.            All documents pertaining to UFOs in the Research & Development Board of the CIA.

21.            All documents dated on or about 6 November 1952 from the Chairman of the Research and Development Board to the Assistant Director of Scientific Intelligence.

22.            All documents relating to inquiries made by the CIA's Research and Development Board to the Air Force and the Air Force's lack of "undue concern" which is referred to in the document dated 2 December 1952 and attached to the interrogatories as Exhibit J.

23.            All documents concerning a briefing on 25 November 1952 between the CIA and the Air Force and referred to in paragraph 4 of the document dated 2 December 1952 and attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit J.

24.            All documents pertaining to the ten (10) UFOs sighted near Trementon, Utah, on 2 July 1952 and mentioned in the document dated 10 December 1952 and attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit K.

25.            All documents relating to a UFO sighting along the coast of Maine on the night of 10-11 October 1952 and referred to in a document dated 10 December 1952 and attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit K.

26.            All documents relating to an incident described in paragraph 1(c) of the document dated 10 December 1952 and attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit K.

27.            All documents relating to an incident referred to in paragraph 1(d) of the document dated 10 December 1952 and attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit K.

28.            All documents relating to the Intelligence Advisory Committee action of 4 December 1952 referred to in the document dated 10 December 1952 and attachment to the Interrogatories as Exhibit K.

 
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29.            All documents relating to the formation, planning and creation of the panel commonly known as the "Robertson Panel".

30.            All documents relating to a meeting at the Air Technical Intelligence Center between the members of the CIA and the Air Force on 12 December 1952 and referred to in the document dated 18 December 1952 including copies of the selected case studies and progress reports obtained.

31.            All documents pertaining to UFOs in the P & E/ SI and W & E /SI departments of the CIA.

32.            All documents pertaining to UFOs in the operations department of the CIA.

33.            All documents relating to the minutes of the meetings of the Intelligence Advisory Committee, 4 December 1952 referred to as (IAC-M -90).

34.            All documents relating to all IAC[?] meetings that involved UFOs.

35.            A copy of the original Robertson Panel Report.

36.            All documents concerning the operation and dissolution of the Robertson Panel.

37.            All documents used by the Robertson Panel.

38.            All documents relating to a meeting between the CIA and ATIC on 21 November 1952 and referred to at page 2 of the  Robertson Panel Report.

39.            All documents relating to any of the following civilian UFO organizations: NICAP: GSW: MUFON: APRO: CUFOS: Civilian Flying Saucer Investigators.

40.            All documents listed in Tab B of the Robertson Panel Report, specifically numbers 1:  2:  3:  4:  5:  6:  8:  9:  10:  13:  14:  17:  18:  21.

41.            All documents pertaining to the meeting of the OSI Advisory Group on UFOs dated January 14-18, 1953.

42.            All documents referred to as "appendix A" in the document dated 21 January 1953 prepared by D. B. Stevenson, and attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit N.

43.            All documents referred to as "attachment No. 1" in the document dated 27 January 1953 and attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit N.

44.            All documents referred to in paragraph 8 of the document dated 27 January 1953 and attached to tile Interrogatories as Exhibit N.

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45.            All documents pertaining to and forming the basis for all statements made by GENE F. WILSON, Information and Privacy Coordinator, CIA, in the second paragraph of a document dated 26 March 1976 and attached to the Complaint as Exhibit G.

46.            All documents pertaining to UFOs kept in the same file(s) of the documents referred to above.

47.            All documents relating to the meeting in 1957 between the CIA agent named "Hazen" and Ralph Mayher and  referred to in questions 425 thru 448 of the Interrogatories.

48.            All documents relating to the meeting in January and February 1965 between the CIA and Richard Hall and referred to in questions 479 thru 576 of the Interrogatories.

49.            All documents concerning the Congressional hearings of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics on 29 July 1968.

50.            All documents relating to the request for the declassification of the "Report of the Scientific Panel on UFOs" dated 20 December 1957 and attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit Q.

51.            Document 00-B-321/33474-76 dated 16 November 1976.

52.            All correspondence between the members of the Robertson Panel and the CIA referred to in a document from Phillip G. Strong, Deputy Assistant Director to the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, to the Department of Air Force dated 20 December 1957, and attached to the Interrogatories as Exhibit Q.

53.            All documents relating to the Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, commonly referred to as the Condon Committee.

54.            Document dated 16 November 1976 and numbered 00-B-321/33474-76.

55.            Any and all documents referring to any documents in the "Flying Saucer File".

56.            All documents used in the preparation of any of the documents contained in the "Flying Saucer File".

57.            All documents pertaining to the sightings of UFOs during the period 28 October 1975 to 15 November 1975 at the following Air Force Bases:

a.             Malmstrom, Montana
b.             Minot, North Dakota
c.             Wurtsmith, Michigan
d.             Pease, NewHampshire
e.             Canadian Forces Station, Falconridge, Ontario.

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58.            All documents pertaining to a UFO sighting in Iran in 19 September 1976.

59.            All documents relating to an incident that occurred on or about 6 July I969 at the CIA building at 9th and K Streets, N. W., Washington, D. C. and involved CIA employees and members of the Office of Naval Intelligence.

60.            All documents pertaining to a report prepared on or about l5 July 1960 by John Warner, Assistant for Legislative Liaison to the Director of the CIA pertaining to ATIC's investigation capability and general progress of CIA interest in the Air Force UFO program.

61.            All documents stored in the Foreign Documents Radio Broadcasts Division with the subject heading "Military - Unidentified Flying Objects".

62.            All documents pertaining to a crash of a U. S. Air Force C-118 on 1 April 1959.

63.            All documents pertaining to UFOs stored in the Foreign Missile and Space Analysis Center, Directorate of Science and Technology or any of the below mentioned components:

1.            Office of Weapons Intelligence (OWI)
2.            Office of Electronics Intelligence (OEI)
3.            Office of Research and Development (ORD)
4.            Imagery Analysis Service (IAS)

64.            All documents pertaining to UFOs stored in the National Foreign Analysis Center at the CIA.

65.            All documents and pictorial data in any CIA archives pertaining to UFOs.

66.            All documents in the National Photographic Interpretation Center pertaining to UFOs and the analysis thereof.

67.            All documents in the records or archives of the Office of Scientific intelligence pertaining to UFOs and the analysis thereof.

68.            All documents pertaining to a memorandum prepared on or about 15 July 1960 by Richard Payne, Technical Advisor to ATIC. These documents pertain to Mr. Payne's report to the Office of Scientific intelligence on AFCIN-4E2X and Dr. Hynek's paper "ATIC UFO Investigation Capability".

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Any and all documents relating to the incidents, events and occurrences described in Requests 69 thru 134:

69.            OSI Weapons & Equipment Div. Chief I. D. Brent and Dr. H. P. Robertson with the OSI Science Advisory Panel, Boston area, ca. 1951-1952.

70.            DCI Smith and ADSI Dr. H. M. Chadwell, ca. July 1951-July 1952.

71.            Maj. Gen. J. A. Samford (USAF Director of Intelligence), AFOIN staff, two ONI captains, CIA/OSI personnel,  Col. F. L. Dunn (ATIC Chief), Capt. E. J Ruppelt (ATIC Aircraft & Missiles Br.), at the Pentagon (4th floor), ca. mid-June 1952.

72.            Capt. E. J Ruppelt (ATIC Aircraft and Missiles Br.) and OSI personnel at CIA, ca. 17 July 1952 and ca. 8 August 1952.

73.            President Truman and DCI Smith, at the White House, ca. July - August 1952.

74.            Capt. E. J. Ruppelt (ATIC A & M Br.) and OSI Operations personnel at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, ca. 29 July-13 August 1952, and at CIA, ca. l2-20 August 1952

75.            OSI/Ops personnel with Dr. S T. Possony and Lt. Col. E. L. Sterling (AFOIN Special Studies Group), ca. 29 July - 13 August 1952.

76.            OSI/Ops personnel and OSI consultants (H. P. Robertson, J W. Tukey, G. L. Haller, R. C. Sprague, W. Webster, S. Lovell, et al.), ca. 30 July - 14, August 1952, Boston area.

77.            OSI personnel and Dr. J. A. Stratton (MIT Vice Pres.), ca. 30 July - 19 August 1952. (telecon?)

78.            DCI Smith, DADSI R. L. Clark, OSI/Ops Chief P. G. Stron, R. L. Eng., F. C. Durant, ADCI K. Douglass/ ADCI, et al, ca. 19/20 August 1952.

79.            OSI personnel and Capt. E. J. Ruppelt (ATIC A & M Br.) at CIA, ca. early September 1952.

80.            DCI Smith, DDI L. E. Becker and ADSI, ca. September 1952.

81.            DDI L. E. Becker and Dr. W. G. Whitman (DOD R & D Board Chairman), ca. September-October 1952 (telecon?)

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82.            DCI Smith and Psychological Strategy Board, ca. October 1952.

83.            DDI L. E. Becker, Acting ADSI R. L. Clark, ADIC J. Q. Reber, DI/USAF Maj. Gen. J A. Samford and RDB Chairman Dr. W. C. Whitman, 20 October 1952.

84.            Dr. W. G. Whitman (RDB Chairman) and OSI personnel, ca. 6 November 1952. (telecon?)

85.            OSI personnel. AFOIN personnel, and ATIC personnel 21/25 November 1952.

86.            ADSI Dr. H. M. ChadwelI and DDCI Dulles, ca. November-2 December 1952.

87.            DCI Smith and DDCI Dul1es, ca. November - December 1952.

88.            DCI Smith and DDI/Acting DDI or ADSI, 10 December 1952. (telecon?)

89.            ADSI Dr. H. M. Chadwell, OSI consultant Dr. H. P. Robertson, OSI/Ops Officer F. C. Durant, and ATIC personnel at ATIC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 12 December 1952.

90.            DCI Smith and OSI personnel, ca. December 1952 - January 1953. (telecon?)

91.            ADSI Dr. H. M. Chadwell and Maj. Gen. J. .A. Samford (DI/USAF), 17 January 1953.

92.            OSI personnel. Brig. Gen. W. M. Garland (ATIC Chief) and Capt. E. J Ruppelt (ATIC Aircraft & Missiles Br.), at CIA, ca. late January-early February 1953.

93.            ORR/GRA Photo Intell. Div. Chief A. C. Lundahl and ONI Lt. Cdr. at CIA, ca. 1953-1954.

94.            ATIC personnel (Col. R. R. Shoop?) and CIA personnel, at CIA, ca. 11 July 1960.

95.            House Committees on Armed Services and Science & Astronautics members, J. S. Warner (Assistant to DCI/Legislative Liason), Richard Payne (CIA/DDP staff) and USAF personnel, 13-15 July 1960.

96.            CIG Intelligence reports on Scandinavian "ghost rocket" incidents of May-December 1946, particularly those of Lt. Gen. J. H. Doolittle, USAF, who visited Stockholm, Sweden, ca. 29 August 1946: reports and analyses by the CIA/ORE Scientific Intelligence Activity including those inherited by OSI: special study by the Swedish Defense Staff, ca. 23 December 1946: and report by the British Air Ministry Directorate of Intelligence 9 September 1946.

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97.            Analysis and review of flying discs/flying saucers/UFOs by OSI Weapons & Equipment Div., 1949-51.

98.            Public information policy recommendations and psychological warfare studies of flying saucers by OPC Staff 3 (Political and psychological) in coordination with USAF Psychological Warfare Div. and USAF Project GRUDGE (Tech. Intell. Div., Air Materiel Command), l949.

99.            OSI's basic files of flying saucers/flying discs/ UFO reports begun in the W & E Guided Missiles Br. in 1949, later transferred to W & E Aircraft Br.: possibly transferred to GP Br., P & E Div., OSI, 1953: possibly transferred to the Directorate of Plans or the development projects staff of SA/DCI/Planning & Coordination (R. M. Bissell) ca. 1955-1956 (DDP/DPD 1959-1962: OSA 1962-1965; OSP 1965-1973: ODE l973 ---).

100.           OSI briefing notes for the DCI/DDCI, IAC, and ONE/BNE, on flying saucers or UFOs. ca. early 1952, the reports of the OSI Weapons & Equipment Div. on which the briefing notes were based, and the requests from the DCI/DDCI, IAC, ONE/BNE. and ADSI/DADSI for such reports.

101.           DCI/DDCI requests to DDI L. E. Becker and DDP F. G. Wisner for evaluation of flying saucers/unidentified aerial objects/UFOs, ca. July 1952.

102.           OCI records pertaining to flying saucers/UFOs study, ca. July-August 1952.

103.           Analysis of flying saucers/UFOs by OSI W & E Div. for DADSI R. L. Clark, ca. mid-August 1952.

104.           Draft of briefing for the DCI evaluating Air Force Study, methodology and coverage of' flying saucers/UFOs by Ransom L. Eng., Deputy Chief, OSI Operations Staff, ca. mid-August 1952.

105.           Draft of briefing for the DCI on flying saucers/ UAOs/UFOs by DADSI R. L. Clark, ca. mid-August 1952.

106.           OCI briefing notes for the DCI on flying saucers/ UFOs, ca. mid-August 1952.

107.           OO/FBID cable to FBID field stations in regards to flying saucers, ca. 22 August 1952.

108.           Records concerning the activities of the (IAC or IAC Scientific Estimates Committee-related?) interagency UFO/flying saucers/aerial phenomena working group and collection efford (G -2/ONI/ AFOIN/J-2/FBI/CIA/Agriculture) chaired by AFOIN or OSI Operations and W & E Div. 1952.

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109.           DI/USAF (Maj. Gen. J. A. Samford) request for DCI Smith to review the Air Force UFO program, ca. July-August 1952, and the DCI's responses, ca. August-September 1952.

110.           OSI-OCI report to DDi on flying saucers/UFOs, ca. 15 August 1952.

111.           DCI Smith's UFO/flying saucers directive, 20 August 1952.

112.           DCI letter to the NSC on UFOs/flying saucers, ca. October 1952,

113.           DCI letter to the Director, Psychological Strategy Board, on UFOs/flying saucers, ca. October 1952.

114.           DCI and IAC Secretary memoranda to IAC members concerning UFOs/flying saucers, ca. late October-November 1952.

115.           DCI and IAC Secretary memoranda to IAC members concerning UFOs subject on the agenda for IAC-M-90 (4 December 1952), ca. late November-early December 1952.

116.           USAF Air Defense Command response (through DOD R & D Board) to 20 October 1952 DDI/DADSI/ADIC research and development proposal on radar phantoms and flying saucers/UFOs, ca. December 1952.

117.           Correspondence between the White House, DCI and OSI on UFOs, ca. December l952-January 1953.

118.           Correspondence between OSI and prospective members of the OSI Advisory Group (later called "Scientific Advisory Panel") on UFOs, ca. December 1952-early January l953.

119.           DCI memo to OSI regarding OSI Advisory Group on UFOs, ca. 18 December 1952-17 January 1953.

120.           Appendix A to 21 January 1953 (typed 12 February 1953) memo for file on "Meeting of OSI Advisory Group on UFO" by David B. Stevenson, Aircraft Br., W & E Div., OSI.

121.         Attachment A1 to 27 January 1953 memo on "Meetings of OSI Advisory Group on Unidentified Flying Objects, 14-17 January, 1953," by Dr. Frederic C. E. Oder (Lt. Col., USAF), P & E Div., OSI.

122.           Letter to IAC on UFOs by Richard Dale Drain, IAC Acting Secretary (DDI Executive Officer), ca. late January 1953.

123.           DCI letters on UFOs to Secretary of Defense, NSC, Federal Civil Defense Administration, and National Security Resources Board, ca. late January 1953.

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124.           IAC records on its consideration of UFO subject, ca. 29 January-March 1953.

I25.           DDP/FI and DDP/SR/FI intelligence reports and analyses on USSR knowledge of and interest in flying saucers/UFOs. ca. August 1952-February 1953.

126.           Public information policy recommendations on flying saucers/UFOs assessment of Soviet psychological warfare threat and psychological operations planning in relation to flying saucers/UFOs by the psychological warfare staff of DDP/PP Staff in coordination with the DCI.  NSC Psychological Strategy Board and USAF Psychological Warfare Div., August 1952-April 1953.

127.           Initial rough draft of Report of Scientific Advisory Panel on UFOs shown to DI/USAF Maj. Gen. J. A. Samford by ADSI Dr. H. M. Chadwell on the morning of 17 January 1953.

128.           Copy of "Report of the Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects" to the ADSI signed by H. P. Robertson, L. V. Berkner, S. A. Goudsmit, L. W. Alvarez and T. Page, 17 January 1953.

129.           Reports on the Investigation of UFOs and photo- optical UFO space tracking devices by Harry W. Woo (DDP/TSS/Photo Br.) for Richard M. Bissell (SA/DCI/Planning & Coordination), ca. 1955-1957.

130.           Request by Maj. J. F. Byrne (AFCIN-XIA) for declassification of 17 January 1953 OSI Scientific Advisory Panel Report on UFOs, ca. October-November 1957.

131.           Correspondence between OSI and members of January 1953 OSI Scientific Advisory Panel on UFOs, ca. October-20 December 1957.

132.           USAF Foreign Technology Div. letter to OSI on classification status of 16 February 1953 Durant Report on UFOs, 1? July 1966, and response by David B. Stevenson (OSI Aircraft Div, Chieft) ca. 12-30 July 1966.

133.           OSI tables of organization and staffing, 1949-1955, including the following:

ADSI Operations Staff Basic Sciences Division
DADSI Administration Staff Nuclear Energy Division
Exec. Intelligence Production
Staff
 
Scientific Resources
Division
GMID Medical Sciences
Division
Science Advisory Panel
(Boston)
GMSD Weapons & Equipment
Division
Physics & Electronics
Division
W & E/G W & E/GM P & E/GP
W & E/N ASO/W-A P & E/E

134.         CIA records of 1952 NSC directive to CIA to determine national security threat aspects of flying saucers/UFOs, cited

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by George L. Cary, CIA Legislative Counsel, in a 7 July 1976 letter to Rep. Joseph L. Fischer (copy enclosed).

ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE
             FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS:

135.         George Adamski.

136.         Betty Hill

137.         Barney Hill

138.         J.   Allen Hynek

139.         William H.   Spaulding

140.         Richard Hall

141.         Edward Condon

142.         Robert Freund

143.         Edward Ruppelt

144.         Donald Keyhoe

145.         Larry Bryant

146.         Jim Lorenzen

147.         Coral Lorenzen

148.         Walter Andrus

149.         Jack Acuff

150.         Art Lundhul

151.         Calvin Parker

152.         Charles Hickson

153.         Ted Phillips

154.         Ted Bloecher

155.         Dick Rule

156.         Phillip Klass

157.         Jacques Valle

158.         W.  Todd Zechel

159.         Elaine Thomas

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160.         Louise Smith

161.         Mona Stafford

162.         Carroll Wayne Watts

163.         Reinhold O. Schmidt

164.         Woodrow Derenberger

165.         Robert Suffern

166.         Travis Walton

167.         Manuel Jose Lopez Ojeda

168.         Brad Sparks

169.         Bruce Macabee

170.         Charles Huffer

171.         Brad Steiger

172.         Joan O'Donnell

173.         Howard Menger

174.         Alvin E. Moore

175.         Olden Moore

176.         Frank Edwards

177.         James Moseley

178.         Gray Barker

179.         Albert Bender

180.         John Reeves

181.         Harrison Bailey

182.         Claude Poher

183.         Aime Michel

184.         Otto Binder

185.         Charles Bowen

186.         Gordon Creighton

187.         Keith Basterfield

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188.         Gene DoPlantier

189.         Bruce Cathie

190.         David Saunders

191.         Maurice Masse

192.         Lucius Farish

193.         Len Stringfield

194.         Ray Fowler

195.         Ray Stanford

196.         Peter Sturrock

197.         James McDonald

198.         Fred Webre

199.         David Webb

200.         Walter Webb

201.         John Oswald

202.         Patrick Huyghe

203.         Robert J. Low

ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE
             FOLLOWING SIGHTINGS:

204.         July 29, 1952 - Herndon, Virginia

205.         September 29, 1957 - Deerwood Nike Base, Maryland

206.         January 6, 1976 - Stafford, Kentucky.

207.         October 11, 197_ - Pascagoula River, Mississippi.

208.         January 19, 1965 - Brands Flat, Augusta County, Virginia.

209.         May 21, 1966 - Andros Island, Golden Key.

210.         November 5, 1957 - Kearney, Nebraska.

211.         August 5 and 6, 1953 - Black Hawk, South Dakota and Bismarck, North Dakota.

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212.         October 7, 1975 - Bracebridge, Toronto, Ontario. Canada.

213.         November 5, 1975 - Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona.

214.         May 5, 1977 - Bogota, Colombia.

215.         August 13. 1960 - UFO observed by Charles A. Carson, Red Bluffs. California.

216.         July 2, 1952 - UFO observed by Delbert C. Newhouse.

217.         September 21, 1958 - Sheffield Lake, Ohio, by Mrs. William Fitzgerald.

218.         September 24, 1959 - Redmond, Oregon, by member of the Federal Aviation Agency.

219.         November, 1957 - Montville, Ohio, by Olden Moore.

220.         1956 - sighting by crew of Navy R7V-2 , Super Constellation approaching Gandar, New Foundland.

221.         August 1, 1955  Willoughby, Ohio, by W. M. Sheneman.

222.         November 23, 1953 - Lake Superior - disappearance of F-89, Kinross, AFB.

223.         February 24, 1959 - Peter Killian, American Airlines Pilot.

224.         April 8, 1956 - Capt. Raymond Ryan, American Airlines Pilot.

225.          January 5, 1965 - NASA station at Wallops Island, Virginia.

226.          January 5. 1965 - 2 UFOs tracked by radar at the Naval Air Test Center in Maryland.

227.          July 3,1965 - UFO tracked and photographed at an Argentine scientific station on Deception Island.

228.          March 14 - March 30, 1965 Hillsdale and Dexter, Michigan.

229.           April 25, 1965 - by Florida Governor Haydon Burns.

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230.           August 20, 1965 - incident in Niteroi, Rio De Janeiro.

231.           February 15, 1965 - Flying Tiger Airliner chartered by the Defense Department.

232.           September 23, 1965 - Blackout at Cuernavaca, Mexico.

233.           November 9, 1965 - involving the Northeast blackout.

234.           May 24, 1962 - UFO landing in La Pampa, Argentina.

235.           April 24, 1964 - sightings made by Lonnie Zamora, Socorro, N. M.

236.           September 19, 1961 - sighting by Betty and Barney Hill.

237.           August 13, 1956 - UFO observed by USAF-RAF near Lakesheath, England.

238.           May 11, 1950 - McMinnville, Oregon - Mr. and Mrs. Paul Trent.

239.           June 4, 1964 - Astronaut James McDevitt from Gemini IV.

240.           June 5, 1969 - Flight 112, American Airlines from Phoenix to Washington - sighted by FAA Traffic Controller James V. Beardsly.

241.           May 6, 1954 - over Washington and Baltimore - tracked by radar.

242.           May 5, 1954 - over Washington and Baltimore - tracked by radar.

243.           June 12, 1954 - over Washington and Baltimore - tracked by radar.

244.           June 14, 1954 - over Washington and Baltimore - tracked by radar.

EVIDENCE OF ARTICICIAL [sic] SATELLITES

245.           August 25; 1960 - mystery satellite tracked and photographed by the Gruman Aircraft Corp.

 
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246.           May 18, 1961 - another mysterious orbiting object tracked the Smithsonian Observatory at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

247.           July, 1953 - crash of a Transocean Airliner, DC-6 near Wake Island.

248.           September 29, 1959 - crash of 4-engine Electra - Flight 542.

249.           April 1, 1959 - crash of AF-C -118 transport plane in the Rhodes Lake Area.

250.           January, 1956 - crash of Col. Lee Merkel, Commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard.

251.           March 5, 1967 - UFO tracked by AF radar station near Minot, North Dakota.

252.           March 14, 1969 - witnessed by the pilot and crew of a KC-135 AF Tanker and Col. Robert M. Tirman.

253.           November 4, 1957 - UFO tracked over N. Y. State by Griffin AFB radar and the subsequent crash of a F-94 at Walesville, New York.

254.           March 14, 1968 - encounter near Beallsville, Ohio.

255.           March 14, 1965 - encounter with James W. Flynn, while in the Everglades.

256.           May 11, 1950 - McMinnville, Oregon.

257.           Summer - 1956 Greenwich.

258.           July 17, 1957 - South - Central.

259.           September 24, 1959 - Redmund, Oregon, witnessed by members of the FAA.

260.           November 13, 1957 - UFO exploding over the State Hospital at Crownsville, Maryland.

261.           Eton Range, Australia.

ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE
             FOLLOWING SIGHTINGS:

262.           July 29, 1952 - Herndon, Virginia.

263.           September 29, 1957 - Deerwood Nike Base, Maryland.

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264.           January 6, 1976 - Stafford, Kentucky.

265.           October 11, 197  - Pascagoula River, Mississippi.

266.           January 19, 1965 - Brands Flat, Augusta County, Virginia.

267.           May 21.1966 - Andros Island; Golden Key.

268.           November 5, 1957 - Kearney, Nebraska.

269.           August 5th and 6th - 1953 - Black Hawk, South Dakota and Bismarck, North Dakota.

270.           October 7, 1975 - Bracebridge, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

271.           November 5, 1975 - Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona.

272.           May 5, 1977 - Bogota, Colombia.

273.           1965 - document pertaining to the AF Office of Scientific Research conference on communication with beings from other worlds.  At the conference was William O. Davis, Dr. John C. Lilly, Dr. Paul Garven and Lambros D. P. Callimakos.

274.          All documents pertaining to the restricted policy letter issued by the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force on August 15, 1960.

  ROTHBLATT,   ROTHBLATT,   SEIJAS & PESKIN  
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           PETER A. GERSTEN
           Attorney for Plaintiff
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