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JUST CAU5,EvoL 1, No. 8 - - September 1979 - - U.S.A.Published In termit tent ly by Citizens AgainstUFO Secrecy (CAUS), P. O. Box 4743, Arlington, VA ,22204 - - United States o f America.

Membership/Subscription Fee (covering 12 issues):$12 U.S.; $15 fcireign (payable to "CAUS").,

SSW & C A atRelease of UFO

Odd s Dve rPap e s,

LARRY W. BRYANT

ID'What's shaping up as a career Freedom of'Information case fo r CAUS Legal Advisor Peter A.

Gersten, the l a t e s t developments in Ground Sau

ce r Watch, Inc . , Vs. U. S. Central Intelligence~ e n c yoffer l i t t l e hope to those of us who welcome a speedy, comorehensiye ru l ing in favor ofGSW. Without tha t wrap-up; we here a t CAUS and,indeed,throughout th e UF010gica1 collllllinity wil lremain stymied in ou r effoTts to en l i s t the aidof the FOI Act toward ferretin'g ou t artditiona1UFO data tha t th e CIA has 'collected/evaluatedsinc'e th e ' f i l i ng of GSW Vs. CIA in 1978 .

Fo r 'some reason - - cer ta inly no t one'in the' in teres ts of freedOm of info n IB t ion - - th e A ~ n -cy has declared i h e l f unwilling to enter ta inpost -sui t FOIA UFO-re1ated requests unt i l i t concludes i t s par t ic ipat ion in th e su i t . This po1icYlIIeans, . in effect , tha t " If you want any UFOdata beyond what we've already released to GSW,you ' l l have to vai u n t i l we can ge t GSW of f ou rback.-.

. Already; fo r eXlllllp1e, i t ' s been nearly a year., since I sent the fo11OO ng FOI request to th e

Agency:

" . '. . ' end lie a copy of a l l your records/documents/electronic recordings pertaining to th eCIA's.coordination/cooperation ,with t h ~ RoyalCanadian Mounted Police (par t icular ly th e RCMP's

. , intell igence-investigatoryarm, th e SecurityService) in th e co11ection/dissemination/evaluation/cata1oging of in te l l igence data on the' scient i f ic , lIIilitary, sociological, psychological,and pol i t ical ' implications of reported sightings

of, and encounters with, unidentified flying objec ts (flying saucers/flying discs/unconventiona l a i rc ra f t ) . "

So f a r ; a l l I 've receiveu: in response to th erequest is th is put-off from one George W. Owens" of th e Agency's InfoTIIBtion and PrivacyOffice:

"On the basis of th e amended FOIA request

"The Evidence Will Sveak fo r I t se l f "

which is th e subject o f l i t i ga t ion with th eGround Saucer Watch, ' Inc . , any documents resoonsive to your request regarding the Canadianevent,would be encompassed by th e search currently being conducted, i f such documents exis t .Under the circumstances, to continue th e forma1-i ty of . recording your anpea1 when th e substanceof your request' is already the subject o f l i t ig il t ion would be a meaningless act iv i ty. In viewof th i s , I a m ' n o t ' p l a n ~ i n gto take an y fur theraction on your separate reqUest."

Adding s t i l l another bureaucratic weapon toi t s arsenal 'of delay tactics,circulll10cution ofth e i ssues , and general arrogance toward legitimate requests for i t s precious, "passively"recei ved/stored Pandora's box of tlFO goodies,th e Ar:ency ha s caught, i t s e l f in a procedural webinvolving my FOJ request of July 26, 1978, fori t s ent i re "George' Adamski tTFO Contactee doss i e r. "

Here comes into play th e Agency's ol d ployof trying to discourage requestors by chargingthem exhorbitant records-search fees - - in th iscase, . oVer' $130 fo r What should be a simple matte r of looking under index-f i le "A" (for Adam-ski ,George) and "F" ( for f ly ing saucers) (o rvice versa); and i f they d idn ' t want to coverol d ground, they also cou.ld check t h r o ~ hth epackage they'd already searched out/served up toGSW. ~ u t according to CIA spokesman Ovens, th eAdamski dossier wasn't included in th e GSW com-plaint and therefore can ' t be made available aspart of a reproduction of that package. (Apparently, he va s unaware - - or was.to1d to ignore - - that Adamski's name is included in th evoluminous interrogatory submitted by GSW in th ecourse of outlining i t s desi res fo r a l l UFO-rela ted information in the POssessioraof the

'Agency. )

Based' on th e Agency's carefully orchestrated,censored re lease of i t s l ~ paners under order

of th e P. S. Dis t r i c t Court (Washington, D.C.);based on i t s continuing contradictory statements( i f not ou t r i ih t lIIisrepresentations o f i t s agreement to comply with th e CoUrt's direct ion) ; andbased on th e predisposition that i t intends lIIere-1y to perpetuate a 30-year his tory of concealingi t s true role and findings in Federally contro1-1ed'UFO research, Mr., Gersten ha s f i l ed a "Notic e of Motion fo r an Order Adjudging Defendant~ ~ 7and I ts Emo10yee in Civi l C o n t e m p t . ~*


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True to form, instead of real izing GSH meansbusiness in this contest , th e Agency, through th eoffice o f th e U. S. Attorney, ha s chosen to re lyupon th e old watergate st ra tegy: stonewalling.Unfortunately for. GSW, th e judge in the case ap

parently thinks this is just another ho-hum c iv i laction, of more nuisance than of any perceptiblebenefit to the pub li c 's r ight to know. Otherwise,why di d he so glibly dismiss Gersten's.multipage,documented motion in favor o f th e Agency's countermotion that Gersten be restr icted to f i l ing astatelll!nt "ref lecHng what, i f any, withheld documents ar e s t i l l being sought"?

For the answer to tha t question, we' l l probably have to await th e defendant's (and th e judge 's) response to th e following "Reply to ~ . S.Attorney's? Opposition to File ou t of Time," submitted by-Gersten on June 18 , 1979:

"The defendant has pursued, during the l a s t30 years, a policy of deception an d dishonesty

with respect to UFO information. This deceptioncontinues throughout th i s l i t iga t ion . The dishonesty pervades th e Stipulation and Order f i ledSeptember IS , 1978.

"The Stipulat ion and Order f i led September15 , 1978, is a sham: the perpetration of a fraudupon, the pla in t i ff and the court. Pla in t i ff cannot comply with a fraud. Pla in t i ff is requiredto bring th i s fraud to th e Court's at tent ion.

-Defendant's aff idavi ts did not deta i l ' a l lmaterials withheld' (see plaintiJ 'rTs 'IIOtion adjUdging defendant and i t s employee in c iv i l contempt of this court ' - a t paragraph 18). Plaint i f f cannot possibly f i le a statement ' ref lect ingvha t , i f any, wi thheld documents ar e s t i l l beingsought ' when the defendant has not complied withth e Stipulation and Order.

"Pla in t i ff contends that i t ha s no al ternat ive bu t to f i le the aforementioned .-ction andbring to the' Court's notice defendant's unlawfUlconduct. This ent ire lawsuit was to ta l ly unnecessary; T ~ e documents defendant denied possessin g prior to th e lawsuit vere released to plaint i f f on December 14 , 1978. The evidence is clearand convincing tha t th e defendant unlawfUllywithheld UFO information from th e pla in t i ff .

" I t is the defendant which willful ly and f lagrantly 'v iolates both th e l e t t e r and s p i r i t ' ofthe Stipulation and Order. Defendant misrepres e n t ~ p l a i n t i f f ' sposit io n to the Court when Mr.Briggs in hi s 'opposition to motion fo r leave to

f i le ou t of t ime' s ta tes : ' p la in t i ff intends toattack th e adequacy of the CIA search conductedin this case . ' I t is no t th e adequacy of th esearch pla in t i ff , intends to at tack, bu t - -

(I ) that no de novo search was conducted;(2) the defendant never intended to conduct

a de novo search;(3) the defendant concealed th i s intent ion

from th e pla in t i ff and th e Court;(4 ) th e defendant's Information and Privacy

Coordinator, George Owens, l ied in his aff idavi tto conceal defendant's intent ion;

(5 ) ,defendant s t i l l has a considerable

amount of UFO documentS they haven't acknowledg-ed withholding. '

- I t is obvious that p l a i n t i f f cannot ~ t i ~cipate in a fraud. Pla in t i ff can prove i t s contentions. Defendant's conduct is violat ive ofth e law an d IlUSt be exposed and condemned. Thedefendant is no t above th e law. Unfortunately,th e defendant has a tendency of forget t ing this .

"Accordingly, pla in t i ff s u g ~ s t sth a t t h eCourt consider i t s motion on th e merits."

Readers desiring a copy of th e motion (wi thcountermotion, the judge's response, and Mr. Gers ten ' s reuly) Illy order i t from CAUS fo r $4.50

postpaid ($5.00 fo r foreign orders).

Stonewalling at USAF's OSI

Here we go again,. This t i M , acting on alead provided by W. Todd Zechel's acquisitionof information pointing to th e existence of anow-defUnct u. S. Army "Interplanetary Phenollle- "non Unit," CAUS has dispatched a FreedOlll of Information request to th e COllllll8nder, USAF Officeof Special Investigations, Washington, D. C. -to wi t

" . furnish 1Us7 a copy of a l l doCUll8ntsan d other records pertaining to th e f i les , fUnc

,tiollS, and operations of th e Interplanetary PhenOlllenon Unit, a defUnct U. S.' ~ counterinte l l igence ac t i v:f. ty that t ransferred i t s : echnical reports , standing ooerating procedures,and othe r penaanently f i led data to your cOllllandback i n 1962."

Predictably, on June 6, 1979, the,OSI processor of th e request informed CAt!S that "A review of th e Defense Central Index o f Investigations and inquir ies to the approuriat e off icesof th i s headquarters have fa i led to disclose anyinformation regarding th e Interplanetary Phenolllenon Unit. I f AFOSI had performed the fUnctiondescribed in your l e t t e r , any existin,l! recordsmay have been incorporated in th e Project Jl1uebook / i i c . 7 f i l es which have been tramferred toth e Nltional Archives.-

Considering this "kiss-off" reply to be anapparent denial of th e request , CAPS f i l ed aformal appeal under terms of th e Act. Predict'ably, the OSI spokesman, RudolDh M. SchellhamIter (Director of Plans, ProgTIIIIIS, and iesources),


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Predictably, on July 24th, CAVS dispatchedth is rejoinder:

"Since you have fa i led to document for us th eactual. disposition a f 1he documents/records inquestion, wehave no choice but to assume thesedocuments/records ar e being purposely suppressedfrom public view. And since you have invoked noalleged protection a f any Freedom of Information

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JUST CAUSE BACK OR' SalEDULE ?

On th e wh 0 le , CAUS members have shown remarkable u n d e r s t a n d i n ~of ou r lack of a regular publ ishing schedule fo r Just Cause. Because formeredi tor W. Todd Zechel has been preoccupied withth e so-called "crashed saucer:" investigation andre la ted e n d e a ~ ~ r s ,and b e c a ~ s eof th e ear l ie r commitment of assis tant edi tor Brad C. Sparks to ab o o k - l ~ n g t hresearch project, the ed i to r ia l production o f CArs reached a s tands t i l l with issueNo. 7 (Jan. 1979). As 1o-e now t ~ to ge t bacll onschedule, we ar e extending e v e r ~ ~ n e ' si n i t i a l subscr ipt ion t ~ cover a period o f at least 12 issues,regardless of when the sUbscription'was entered.We hope this will be a sat isfactory arrangement

fer those of you who, in the worcIs of one member,ar e hungry fo r news' ou t there. 1rher:'Mr. Zechelwas edi tor, we had a surfei t of material to publ ish; now, with that source directed a t other pursuits , we have a dearth of material and even lessmanpower by which to process an d publish i t . Obvious ly , we need your support' in '!he form o f procedural t ips , late-breaking news items, stOIj'leads, and '!he resul ts of your own FOI requestsand other involvement in '!he poli t ics of UFOlogy.with this material as a "domino base" -- wherebyone datum leads to a str ing of re la ted data and.eventually into a clearer view of a report , event,or policy - - we can keep th e pages of Just Causer ich in original research and strong in our e ffor t to coullter '!he plans an:! programs of off icial-UFO secrecy.

BACK-ISSE'E DEPAR'DIEt..'r

Meantime, fo r the information of n ~ c o m e r sto the CAUS, we advise that back issues of JustCause ar e out o f pr in t . , Fo r the postpaid p'i1Ce

. 0f12. 00 per issue, .however , we can mail yo u xerographic cOtlies.

$ UFO PAPERS $

Our document-salesproject is suspended unt i l i t can be properly managed. I f th e suspension, inconveniences any of you over pas t ,unf i l l ed orders, please le t us .know and we' l l t ryto work ou t a settlement.

NEW HOPE FOR FOI ACTIVISM

. The Fund fo r Open Information and Accountabi l i ty, Inc. (FOIA) , an t..YC-based organization,shapes up as "a grass-roots movement necessaryto th e survival of th e Freedom of InformationA ' c t ; ~ " ~according to Vol. 1, No. 1 (Dec. 1978) .ofi t s ~ ~ n t h l ynewsletter, ~ 9 ) e . An ar t ic le inpdate's third issue (May , entitle,d "Tak-

ng the FBI to Court," reports: -The acceler~ t e dpace at which th e FBI is destroying docu

ments has moved FOIA, Inc. into emergency action.A lawsuit demanding that th e FBI be prohibitedfrom any fur ther shredding, burning, or . pUlpingof pol i t i ca l ly and h i s t o r i c a l l y , s i ~ i f i c a n tf i lesis nov being prepared in behalf of a broad groupof individuals an d organizations Among'!he plaint iffs is th e edi tor of the national periodical The Nation, which in i t s J u ~ v14-21, 19-79 issue discusses no t o ~ v th e Bureau's arbit r a r ~ 'files-clestruction n r ogram, , bu t also direct.or Webster's lobbying for,.a watered-down Freedom'of Information Act.

Presumably, th e m a t ~ r : i a ltargeted fo r wholesale destruction, nov ensuing apace, includesTTFO"'related documents. CAllS members desirinr. toadd the i r voice of protest ' a ~ i n s tthe FBI'sshredding/stifling programs might wish to do soby contributing funds to FOIA, Inc. , or, a tl eas t , by subscribing fo r Update ($12 annually:36 West .44th s t ree t , New York, t . . ~ 10036).

JUST CAUSE ~ o . 9 . .'. ~ wi l i contai n the ar t ic le "No t'FOresight

in Congress."

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On thursday, October 25 , 1979, at torney Peter A. Gersten on behalf of hI:;nt, CItIzens AgaInst uro Secrecy (CAUS), wIll present several unsettlIng10sures concerning 'unIdentIfIed flYIng obJects ' (UFOs). The documentaryence, IncludIng a recent ly released document from the NatIonal SecurItye n c y ,WIll enable Gersten to talk arout UFOs In terrJ1S of an advanced sCIentifIc

nology whIch may JXlse a threat [0 natIonal securI ty. Gersten WIll be announclng

fIlIng of further lawsuIts agaInst government agenCIes WIthholdIng UF Ouments and WIll call fo r a congresslOnal InVestIgatIOn.

The artIcle "UFO FILES THE UNTOLD STOR Y" whIch appeared I n tl-]eber 14, 1979 Issue of the New York TImes magaZIne IS enclosed to prOVIdeckground of the la test developments. A questIOn and answer perIod WIllow Gers ten ' s announcements. Documents from the AIr Force, the Centrall lgence Agency, the Defense IntellIgence Agency, the NatIonal SecurIty Agency,Federa l Bureau of InveStIgatIOn and the Department of State WIll be dIstrIbutedember s of the p r ~ s s .

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,DUring the pas t year. the United States Government has

released, through the Freedom of Information Act, 3000 pages ofdocuments on the subject of what is commonly referred tI l as 'uni-dentlf ied flYIng objects' o r UFOs. The Departments of State, Army,Navy, Air Force; the Federal Bureau of Investlgation, the CentralIntellIgence Agency, the National Secunty Agency and the DefenseIntellIgence Agency have all released prevIously claSSIfied docu-ments Involving UFOs, which, inCIdentally, most demed posse-ssing a t one time o r another.

My client, Citizens Against UFO Secrecy (CAUS), a publicinterest group organized t I l hnng about greater publIc awarenessconcermng UFOs and tins govennent 's polICIes and practlcesregarding them, has reviewed these documen ts . After an In tensi veanalYSIS, CAUS can now report that the documents expose the policyof this government t I l debunk. reports of UFO sIghtlngs by the publicand of thereby succeedIng in minImIZIng theIr sIgmficance. (Docu-ment J) Furthermore, the government has contlnually mISInformed(Documents A, 1) th e American people and obscured the subject 's trueimportance.

The government's official pOSItion IS that 1) no UFO reported,investigated, and evaluated by the AIr Force has ever gIven anyindIcatlOn of a threat to our natlonal seC.ln ty; 2) there has been noevidence submitted to o r discovered by the Air Force that sIghtingscategonzed as "unidentified" represent technohgIcal developments o r


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pnnciples beyond the range of present day scientlfic knowledge; and 3)there has been no evidence indIcating that sightmgs categonzed as"umdentlfied" are extraterrest ial vehIcles. (Document C)

Though the documents contain no evidence concernIng the identltyo r origin of UFOs, there is evidence that some UFOs perform beyondthe range of present day technologIcal development. More Importantly,the documents reveal that some UFOs may pose a threat to our nationalsecunty.

The documents dIsclose this government's widespread andcontinuing interest in the subject of UFOs contrary to OffICial denials.Th e documents which cover the past thirty-two years, reveal hundredsof UFO sightings around the world by scientists, military personnel, lawenforcement officers and other reliable, responsible and credible people.

An FBI document reveals that from 1948 through 1950 UFOs were- sighted by persons "whose relIabilIty is not questloned" near senSItivemilitary and government installatIons and caused great concern. (Document D

A CIA document reveals that in 1952 "sightings of unexplainedobjects a t g rea t altltndes and travellIng a t high speeds" were sighted Inthe vicimty of major U. S. defense installatlons (Document E) and poseda potential threat to our national security.

A newly released State Department document reveals that InMarch, 1975, strange "machines" were beIng seen near Algenan mIlItaryinstallations by "responsIble people. I f Some of the sightlngs were confinnedby radar. (Document F)

Recently released Department of Defense, Air Force, and CIAdocuments reveal that six months later, dunng October and November,

" 1975 reliable U. S. mili tary personnel repeatedly sighted UFOs In thevicinity of nuclear weapons storage areas, aircraft aler t areas, andnuclear missile control facih ties at Lonng AFB MaIne, WurtsmI th AFBMichigan, Malmstrom AFB Montana, MInot AFB North Dakota as well asCanadian Forces Station at Falconbridge, Ontario. Many of the sightlngswere confirmed by radar. (Document G) A t Loring AFB the UFO

"demonstrated a clear intent In the weapons storage areas ." (Document H)The incidents drew the attention of the CIA, (Document 1) the JOInt Chlefs


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of Staff and th e office of the Secretaty of Defense. Though the Air Forceinfonned the public and press that inch vidual sightlngs were isolatedincidents, (Documents J, K) an Air Force document indIcates that securitymeasures were coordinated among fifteen Air Force bases from Guam toNewfoundland. (Documents G, L) An Air Force document indicates thatthe Air Force did conduct an investigation into these incidents. (Document K) I t i s thus difficult to understand how the Air Force can snl lmaintain that "n o UFO reported, invesngated and evaluated by the AirForce has ever given any indicatlon of a threat to our national securi ty"(emphaSIS addecl). (Document C)

Defense Intelligence Agency documents reveal that on September 19,1976 American made F-4 Iranian jets encountered several UFOs over Iran.During the encounter one F-4 jet, upon approaching a UFO, los t all instrumentation and communication functions. Furthennore, the F-4 ' s weapon controlpanel became inoperable when the pilot attempted to fire at the UFO.(Document M ) The recently released DIA evaluation refers to tlns incidentas "an outstanding report" in that the object was seen by many witnesses;the creChbility of the witnesses was rugh; the visual sightings were confirmedby radar; s imilar electromagnetic effects were reported by three separateaircraft; and physiological effects were reported by some of the crewmembers. Furthermore, the UFOs displayed an "inordinate amount ofmaneuverability". (Document N) Though the documents indicate that follow-

- up reports on the Incldent were to be forwarded to the DIA, all government

agencies deny the eXIstence of any further documents.

Other recently released State Deparonent documents show thatUFOs were reported over Morocco about five hours prior to the Iranianincident. The UFOs were sighted by at leas t one Moroccan official as wellas civilians. Though a CIA document indicates that some government officialpersonally requested an immediate investigation, (Document 0 ) the CIAdenies the existence of any further reports.

Still another State Department document reveals that dunng November1978, a ser ies of UFO sightings caused the Government of Kuwait to appOIntan investJgato:ry commItte of experts from the Kuwait Institute for SCIentlficResearch. According to the document (Document P) the UFO which f irstappeared over the northern oil fields seemingly dld strange things to theautomatic pumping equipment. This eqUIpment i s designed to shut 1 tselfdown when any faIlure occurs WhICh could senously damage the petroleumgathering and transmission system. I t can only be restarted manually. At


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the hme of the UFOs appearance the pumping system autnmatically shuti tself down. When the UFO "vanIshed", the system started up again,automatically.

The evidence leaves 1 ittle doubt that UFOs, which have unlimitedand unrestr icted access to our most sensitive nuclear installations andwhich can cause electromagnetic effects that render inoperable theinstrumentation and communication of American made jets o r that shutdown and res ta r t sophisticated pumping e q u i p m e n ~can pose a threat toour national secunty.

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These and other sighting reports, many confirmed by radar(Documents F, G, I, M, Q) o r other tracking devices, describe unconventional aerial objects that exhibit advanced performance characteristicsinvolving maneuverability, speed, size and shape.

In June, 1978 the French governmental UFO study group... (GEPAN) concluded that "everything taken into consideration a material

phenomena seems to be behInd the totality of the phenomena-a flyingmachine whose modes of sustenance and propulsion are beyond ourknowledge. tI

Analysis of the documents further reveals, that as early as 1952,the government has pursued a polIcy of secrecy (Document R) and withholding of UFO infonnation, both from the public and from the press .

This policy con tinuesto

tins day.In 1977 a fonner intercept technician wi th the Air Force Secun ty

Service confided to nuclear physicist and UFO expert Stanton Friedmanthat in March, 1967 the techniclan intercepted a commumcanon betweenthe pilot of a Russian made Cuban MIG-21 and his command concemulgan encounter with a UFO.- Th e technician stated that when the pIlotattempted to fire at the UFO, the MIG and Its pIlot were destroyed by theUFO,!. Furthermore, the technician stated that all reports , tapes, lo gentries, and notes, concerning the incident, were forwarded lD theNational Security Agency at their request. (Document S) Numerous

requests to NSA for further information have been met WIth the responsethat the Agency can neIther confirm nor deny the exis tence of the lncident.

Presently the Central Intelligence Agency and the National SecurityAgency admit to withholding 57 and 18 UFO documents, respecnvely.(Documents U, V) Furthennore, the CIA refuses t o acknowledge at leas t 200other UFO documents that were in i ts posseSSIon wlnle NSA refuses to


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acknowledge the existence of any of its UFO documents. Presently theAir Force is withholdIng all infonnation relating to 'unknown tracks'.its latest synonym for UFOs.

Due to the government's withholding of UFO information.Citizens Against UFO Secrecy has been forced to ask the Federal Courtfor assistance. During the coming week CAUS will be filing two lawsuitsin the United States DistrIct Court for the District of Columbia: 1)a lawsuit against the National Secunty Agency to compel i t to release its -UFO files including the 18 documents i t has acknowledged withholdingand the Cuban incident report i t has refused to either confirm o r deny;and 2) a lawsuit against the Air Force to compel i t to release its reportsof 'unknown tracks'. Furthermore. wi thin thirty days. as pa r t of theGround Saucer Watch lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency, I

will be asking the U. S. District Court in Washington to enjOin the CIAfrom withholding the 57 documents i t refuses to release.

- Last month m e National Security Agency released to researcherRobert Todd a document dated 1968 and titled 'UFO Hypothesis andSurvival Questions'. (Document B) All of the UFO hypotheses conSIderedby NSA "have serious survival Implications" for mankInd. "Up until thistime, the leIsurely SCIentific approach has to o often taken precedence indealmg with UF O quesnons. I f you are walking along a forest path andsomeone yells ra tder ' your reaction would be immedIate and defensi veeYou would not take time to speculate before you act. You would have tot reat the alarm as if It were a real and immediate threat to your survival.Investigation would become an intensive emergency acnon to Isolate thethreat and to determine i t ' s precise naOlre - I t would would be gearedto developing adequate defenSive measures in a minimwn amount of time.I t would seem a l i tde more of this survival attiOlde is called for in dealingwith the UFO problem. "

Do some UFOs pose implications for the survival of mankind as theNSA suggests? Do some UFOs pose a threat to our national secunty as the

-evidence suggests? What are these unconventional objects mat relIable peopleare sighting throughout the world? CAUS believes that the American peoplehave the right t o know me answers to these very important questions.

In light of the foregOing, CAUS calls upon the Congress of the Uni tedStates to exercise its oversIght powers and launch a full scale inquiry Intowhether the government has thoroughly investigated the threat to nanonalsecurity that some UFOs may pose.' CAUS calls upon the government of the


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United States to 1) reverse its position that further scientific investiganonof UFOs is unwarranted; 2) immediately declassIfy and release al l itsUFO documents WhICh do not legitimately effect nattonal security; and3) unconw tlonally waive al l search and copying fees for UFO documents.CAUS calls upon the American people 10 come forward w i th any infonnation concerning UFOs and this government's suppression of UFO eVIdence.

CAllS believes the time is long overdue for an objective re-appraisalof the implIcations of the UFO phenomena.

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