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Citizens Against UFO Secrecy founded

When: 1977
Sources: 2 public sources

W. Todd Zechel, Brad Sparks and attorney Peter Gersten formed Citizens Against UFO Secrecy to press for release of government UFO records through FOIA requests and lawsuits. Its 1980 suit against the NSA ended with the agency withholding its records on national security grounds.

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PressSecret government UFO file unveiled (opens in a new tab)NBC News (from Space.com) / 2005-11-16
OtherCitizens Against UFO Secrecy (CAUS), Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology (opens in a new tab)Encyclopedia.com (Gale)

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