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Supreme Court declines Citizens Against UFO Secrecy's case for NSA UFO records

When: 8 Mar 1982
Where: Washington, D.C.
Sources: 2 public sources

NSA headquarters at Fort Meade, whose UFO records CAUS sued to obtain National Security Agency, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Citizens Against UFO Secrecy sued the National Security Agency over withheld UFO-related records. The group lost in district court, the D.C. Circuit affirmed in November 1981, and the Supreme Court declined to hear the case in March 1982.

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OfficialCitizens Against UFO Secrecy v. National Security Agency, 455 U.S. 1002 (1982), certiorari denied (opens in a new tab)Supreme Court of the United States (copy hosted by CourtListener) / 1982-03-08
OfficialCitizens Against UFO Secrecy v. National Security Agency, 672 F.2d 893 (D.C. Cir. 1981), affirmed (opens in a new tab)U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (copy hosted by CourtListener) / 1981-11-03

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