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CIA releases UFO files to Ground Saucer Watch after FOIA suit

When: Dec 1978
Where: Langley, VA
Sources: 1 public source

After a Freedom of Information Act suit by the Arizona group Ground Saucer Watch, the CIA released roughly 1,000 pages of UFO-related records. The group said they showed agency interest in UFO reports long after the CIA said its study ended in 1952; the claims were the group's reading.

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OtherCIA Papers Detail UFO Surveillance (opens in a new tab)The New York Times (copy hosted by patrickgross.org) / 1979-01-01

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