FOIA LITIGATION - GROUND SAUCER WATCH, INC. V. CIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 26, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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OGC Has Reviewed
ODP 8-1636b
26 September 1978
Assistan Appeals Coordinator, IPS
ODP FIO O . .cer
SUBJECT FOIA Litigation - Ground Saucer Watch, Inc.
v. CIA
1. The Office of Data Processing (ODP) has conducted
a reasonable search of its files responsive to the stipu-
lation connected to the subject litigation. No material
pertinent to this litigation was found.
2. In addition, no one currently working in ODP
can recall that this Office has ever been requested or
has knowingly provided computer support to any UFO--related
project. However, this does not mean that ODP's computers
have not been used in this regard by a CIA employee or
contractor who has direct access to ODP computers through
our Interactive terminal system. We have no way of monitor-
ing the content of computer files developed independently
by ODP computer users in support of their missions. Indeed,
ODP policy prohibits this type of monitoring in order to
protect need-to-know compartmentation of computer files.
cc. C/MS/ODP
DD/P/ODP
DD/A/ODP
C/SPS/ODP
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15 September 1978
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SUBJECT File Search for Documents Pertaining to
UFO's or UFO Phenomenon
1. This is to advise you that the files in Processing
have been searched for documents pertaining to UFO's and the
UFO Phenomenon and that no documents of any kind on that
subject were found.
2. It should be mentioned, though, that the Headquarters
Data Conversion Branch, Production Division, did report that
documents pertaining to UFO's are handcarried to that facility
by an ODP customer for input keying to the customer's data
base. The documents are retrieved by the customer after
processing by DCB/PD and none are retained by that organiza-
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11 septe er. 1970-
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&sot. G neral Counsel
MIA Litigation _ Cround Saucar =atc", ;
Inc. V. CIA (CA "Tv. 78-359)
RAP R NC O CC 78-5734 dtd 29 aug .
With regard to t:1 s subject litigation the
Office of Data Processing ('D)?) esti 4:atfas r
1. The date of docent searc=h
cor plotion will be 19 cpt. ` er.
2. ?~he date of docu ant ?01A pw roeaesing
conpletio by =SDP will be 26 Sept.
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LIST OF ORIGINAL FOIA REQUESTERS
FYI, the following is a listing of the FOIA requesters
and requests on which the revised complaint was based:
BRYANT, Larry: unlogged 1973 request
F-77-1239
SPARKS, Brad:
F-75-3659
E-76-253
E-76-267
E-77-272
TOMASHEVSKA, Dolores F-76-530
ZECHEL, John
F-77-757
F-78-081
F-78-171
SPAULDING, William F-75-3653
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LIST OF ORIGINAL FOIA REQUESTERS
FYI, the following is a listing of the FOIA requesters
and requests on which the revised complaint was based:
BRYANT, Larry: unlogged 1973 request
F-77-1239
SPARKS, Brad:
F-75-3659
E-76-253
E-76-267
E-77-272
TOMASHEVSKA, Dolores F-76-530
ZECHEL, John
F-77-757
F-78-081
F-78-171
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OGC 78-5734
29 August 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Information .& Privacy Staff
FROM
Assistant General Counsel
SUBJECT Ground Saucer Watch, Inc. v. CIA
Civil Action No. 78-859
1. Attached is a copy of a restatement of the FOIA requests
of various members of the Ground Saucer Watch Corporation which
have become the subject of litigation. This restatement of the
request found directly below "STIPULATION" is a reasonable
restatement of approximately ten separate requests from five
different Ground Saucer Watch Corporation members. It does not
appear to exceed the scope of the total of these requests. I
intend to advise the.U.S. Attorney's office that the Agency finds
this "STIPULATION," including the "Definitions" and "Reasonable
Search", a reasonable basis to continue the litigation.
2. Since most of the searching required has probably already
been accomplished in response to the approximately ninety FOIA
requests the Agency has received since 1975, I assume that the
completion of the search and processing will not require any
unreasonable delays. I request that you obtain from each of the
components an estimate as to (1) the date of search completion
and (2) the date of document FOIA processing completion. Since
the Agency has been in litigation in this case since December 77,
I do not expect that deadlines beyond sixty days will be regarded
as reasonable by the court.
3. Please keep me informed as to any significant develop-
ments and particularly let me know when significant increments
of releasable documents become available. If there is reason to
expect significant delays, the Agency might wish to consider
incremental releases rather than holding responsive documents
until all of the processing is finished.
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August 23. 1978
William H. Briggs, Jr. Esq.,
Assistant United States Attorney
U.S. District Courthouse
Room 3438-A
Washington. D. C. 20001
Re: GS W v. CIA
Dear Bill:
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Enclosed please find the stipulation my client has agreed to along
with what would be considered a reasonable search.
If you have any questions don't hesitate to call me. Thanks for the
cooperation. /
Ve/y ruly~ `.your
Peter A. Gersten
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STIPULATION
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All documents (1) in the possession or under the control of the CIA from wherever
obtained, relating (2) to Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) (3) and the UFO Pheno-
Definitions
(1) Documents - definition contained in the Interrogatories - 'Definitions and
Instructions' paragraph B
(2) Relating - as used herein should be synonymous with the following terms:
referring to, associated with: pertaining to; mentioning: descri.
..and any and all like terms.
This definition should be construed liberally to achieve all
purposes and objectives of request
(3) UFOs - definition contained in the Interrogatories - 'Definitions and
Instructions' paragraph F and shall also include all 'unidentified
alarms'; 'unidentified images'; 'uncorrelated targets'; 'and
'uncorrelated sensor indications'.
(4) UFO Phenomena - commonly known as the 'flying saucer craze' and includ
but not limited to; CIA involvement in the phenomena,
either directly or indirectly, sociological and psychology
implications; surveillance, monitoring, infiltration and
manipulation of the phenomena; UFO civilian organizati'
UFO researchers; alleged abductions and abductees; all,
contacts and contactees.
REASONABLE SEARCH
A reasonable search should include the following areas:
(i) (a). CIA Strategic Warning Staff, including. but not limited to: unidentified
alarms registered by the sensor systems managed by the national
indications, warning and surveillance office.
(b). CIA Operations Center, including but not limited to: I) the 1975 sightin
of UFOs over SAC bases; 2) the August, 1976 Tunisian sighting: 3) the
September. 1976 Iranian sighting: and 4) the September, 1976 Morocca'
sighting.
(c). CIA Office of Legislative Counsel, including but not limited to: 1) the 11
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Richard Hall,
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(d)? National Foreign Intelligence Board T(-;cords including, butUSCIB) not limited
to, historical documents of predecessors (USI ,
(2). National Foreign Assessment Center components:
Analysis Service documents of processing, analysis, and
(a). Imagery ered by the overhead reconnaissa
routing of f unidentified objects roist
systems of the NRO .
(b), committee on Imagery Requirements and EKploi ati0n CO REX) St3
including, but not limited to, documents of requirements.
exploitation planning directives. about unidentified objects regist
and
by NRO systems.
documents including, but not
(c) .
of curicnl intelligence
(d).Office of Current intelligence: documents of
le.
about sightings, incidents. and flaps, records,
briefings.
(e). Central Reference Service
components:
(3). Directorate of Science and Technology (DD&T)
documents
Missile and Space Analysis Center (FMSAC/OWI)
(a). Foreign
udin .but not limited to, those inherited from OSI and new ~~
incl g
received from all sources, and all finished intelligence on OF s,
rs. etc.
Including estimates, policy paper
nic intelligence (OEL) documents of unidentified elec
(b). Office of Electro processed, analyzed and/or dissemina
magnetic radiations received, to and from all sources, including NRO systems.
Developmer,
coffice of Research and Developments (ORD) and Office of
(c). documents of basic scientific research on U'
and Engineering (ODE):
es of UF'O intelligence
evaluations, and bas basic
cone arch and design studistems imp eme fil basic predecessor
contractor studies. sy
intelligence reference materials; historical
as pertains to preceding ODE document
(OSI~? National Photographic Interpre
(d), office of Scientific Intelligence including,
Center (NPIC), and Office of Technical ot ervice (OTS)
to other compc
OTS predecessor's research and develo?.
but not or to. o nn early historical
and historical l files
on UFO intelligence collection systems.
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with UFOs and the UFO Phenomena, ie. research, investigation. and
writing, including mail cover and intercept
fort.Fprogram O intelligence aspecial acct
records of special security
programs.
(b). Office of Joint Computer Support (OJCS): documents of computer hardwa
support requests, authorizations, and utilizations. for UFO intelligence
data handling. from any and all agOncies ts; anY~ nd all special
UFO intelligence data handling systems PrJec
software programs and projects, including security systems.
(5). Directorate of Operations (DDO):
(a). Covert Action (CA) Staffs of all DDO components: historical and
current files of covert action projects directed at domestic and foreign
UFO researchers and organizations as well as potential foreign 25X1A
adversaries (USSR).
(c). Counter Intelligence (CI) Staff: records of mail cover and intercept
programs which collected information on UFO researchers and
organizations.
(d). Counter Intelligence (CI) and Foreign Intelligence (FI) staffs of DDO:
records of clandestine collection operations against UFOs and foreign
nation intelligence data on UFOs, including hypnotic regression and othe
psychological interrogation and indoctrination projects: disinformation
and deception plans and operations against UFOs and foreign intelligence
agencies.
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SUBJECT: (Optional) REQUEST NUMBER
FOIA Litigation - Ground Saucer Watch, Inc. v. CIA CA No. 78-359
DATE SENT
5 Sep 78
TO: (Officer designation, room number, and
building)
STATI NTL
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OD1'/FIO
COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom
to whom. Draw a line across -column after each comment.)
In connection with sub ect li.ti-
gationr_the following documents
are attache
_.- d:
a) List of original FOIA requester
b) 29 Aug 78 0GC memo
c) 23 Aug 78 letter with enclosed
STIPULATION
Per OCC, you are specifically
re u.ested to:
1) Estimate the date of search con,'
pletion for your component.
2) Estimate the date of document
FOIA. processing completion for your
component.
Note: OCC has requested that 1 & 2
(above) be completed and sent to OC'.
(with a copy to IPS) on an e pcditc'
basis. If your estimates will not
be completed by Monday, 11 Sep, pl'j.s(i
call me so that I can keep OGC advi.ed
3) Conduct a search of your com:pofi-
ciLt responsive to the restatement o
the requests as set forth in the
STipulation.
Note: As stated in OGC's metro, 0GC:
does not expect that deadlines be-
yond 60 days will. be regarded as
reasonable by the court.
YYI: The STIPULATION so changes
the original requests, original corn
plaint and revised complaint that t'e
latter have, in effect, become im-?
material to the search you will con-
duct responsive to the Stipulation.
F-1 SECRET ^ CONFIDENTIAL El USE ONLY
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request and reply to me by
15 Sept. 78.
DATE1 I SEP 1978
BUILDING j
Please conduct the sear
requested in para. (b).
of last page of this
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^-Yau WERE CALLED R - ^ YOU WERE VISITED BY-
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PLEASE CALL ----3- PHONE NO.
^ CODE/EXT.
^ WILL CALL AGAIN 0 IS WAITING TO SEE YOU
^ RETURNED YOUR CALL ^ WISHES AN APPOINTMENT
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SEP 1878
TO:
ROOM NO.
BUILDING
REMARKS:
Please conduct the
search
requested in
para.
(b).
of last page
of this
request and
reply
to me by
15 Sept. 78.
FROM:
ROOM NO.
BUILDING
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REPLACES FORM 36-8
WHICH MAY BE USED.
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our files regarding UFO's or
Ground Saucer-Watch. We did find
one little green man but he was
properly badged so-we did not disIurb
him.
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MEMORANDUM
OF CALL
0 YOU WERE CALLED BY- F1 YOU WERE VISITED BY-
E] PLEASE CALL -4 CODE/EXT. ----
FTS
o W)LL CALL AGAIN 0 IS WAITING TO SEE YOU
/d RETURNED YOUR CALL WISHES AN APPOINTMENT
DATE rIME
STANDARD FORM 63 (Rev. 8-76)
Prescribed by GSA
FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6
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'5SEP 1978
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DATE
1 1 SEP 1978
TO:
ROOM NO.
BUILDING
REMARKS:
Please conduct the search
requested in para. (b).
of last page of this
request and reply to me by
15 Sept. 78.
FROM: D/ODP/DDA
2-D-00 Has. 0011
ROOM NO. BUILDING
EXTENSION
FORM RM K65-24 1 REPLACES FORM 36-8 FES WHICH MAY BE USED.
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