Government2007

NASA agrees to new Kecksburg records search to settle FOIA suit

When: Oct 2007
Where: Washington, D.C.
Sources: 3 public sources

NASA Headquarters in Washington; NASA agreed to search its records on Kecksburg NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Settling journalist Leslie Kean's federal FOIA lawsuit, NASA agreed to search its archives again for records on the 1965 Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, incident and to pay her legal fees. The court-supervised search ended in 2009 without resolving what fell; many files were missing.

Sources

PressWas It a UFO? NASA Agrees to Search Its Files on 1965 Incident Again (opens in a new tab)Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press / 2007-10-29
PressNASA to search files for UFO incident (opens in a new tab)ABC News / 2007-10-27
PressIs case finally closed on 1965 UFO mystery? (opens in a new tab)NBC News / 2009-11

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How the story came out

This reports on Kecksburg fireball and recovery reports (9 Dec 1965).

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