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This is a declaration by Delores M. Nelson, the CIA's Information and Privacy Coordinator, signed January 22, 2010. It was filed in support of the CIA's motion for summary judgment in Larry W. Bryant v. CIA, Civil Action No. 09-0940 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. It covers Bryant's FOIA request about a 1987 FAA meeting on the November 17, 1986 Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 encounter over Alaska. It also covers later airborne UFO cases, the dispute over his fee category, and the CIA's searches. The CIA found no records of the meeting and three records from other agencies, which it referred to the State Department and NSA.
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Approved for Release: 2025/06/10 C07083373 correct copy of CIA’s response to Plaintiff’s appeal request is attached hereto as Exhibit D.) ~ On May 20, 2009, Plaintiff commenced this action, alleging that Defendant “failed to grant Plaintiff news media representative status,” “a fee waiver so as only to have to pay photocopying and reproduction fees,” (Compl., ‘][‘][ 9 and 10), and for the first time, alleged that Defendant “did not use the level of diligence and good faith to conduct a search.” (@., ‘][ 12). By letter dated June 23, 2009, the CLA informed Plaintiff it would reopen his request, granted him news media representative status for this request, and conduct a search for “CIA-received and CIA-generated” records on thefollowing a. “the convening, attendance roster, briefings, minutes, and all other related documentation of the" 1987 special meeting at FAA headquarters in Washington, D.C.,” b. “all other similar cases of airborne UFO encounters reportedly occurring since Nov. 17, 1986, to date.” (A true and correct copy of this letter is attached hereto as Exhibit E.) By letter dated October 21, 2009, the CIA informed Plaintiff that no records responsive to item (a) above were located and that with respect to item (b), U.S. Government material (not originated by the CIA) was located and has been referred to the originating agencies for their review and direct response to him. The CIA also informed Plaintiff that “CIA regulations governing administrative appeals provide that no appeal shall be accepted if the information in question is 6 Approved for Release: 2025/06/10 C07083373
FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 17 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.