From: Carol Maltby <carolmaltby.nul>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:57:55 -0500
Archived: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:07:00 -0500
Subject: Re: Conclusion Of NASA Kecksburg Lawsuit


>Source: The Coalition for Freedom of Information

>http://www.freedomofinfo.org/

>November 9, 2009

>THE CONCLUSION OF THE NASA LAWSUIT

>Concerning the Kecksburg, PA UFO case of 1965

>By Leslie Kean

>INTRODUCTION

>On December 9, 1965, an object landed near the small town of
>Kecksburg, PA. Moments earlier, a fireball was observed in the
>sky across several U.S. states and Canada.

<snip>

>You wrote re Accession number 67A1866 that 7 boxes were checked
>out by Paul Willis, a NASA employee now retired, on 12/4/96, and
>that they are now missing, apparently never returned. I am
>particularly interested in two files from these missing boxes:
>Agreements: NASA/DOD from Box 1; and DOD-NASA Relationships from
>Box 3. This group of files covers the time period June '65 - May
>'66, which is very relevant to my search about the Dec. '65
>incident in Kecksburg. 4 It is interesting to note that Paul
>Willis was the recipient of the letter from the National Records
>Center stating that the fragology files (68A2062) have been
>missing since 1987. The letter to him is dated 3/28/96, in
>response to his inquiry requesting the files. His middle initial
>is M. (Paul M. Willis), and he was Headquarters Records/Forms
>Manager for NASA. His phone at the time was 358-0621.

>Would it be possible to conduct a further search for these
>missing boxes, retrieved by Mr. Willis and not returned, by
>tracking down Mr. Willis? It would also be interesting to find
>out if he conducted a further search for the fragology files at
>the time, or if he may know anything more about their
>whereabouts.

>I was told that since Mr. Willis was no longer a government
>employee, it was beyond what is required by the FOIA or the
>settlement agreement to try to find him and see what he may or
>may not know.

A moment's internet search shows at least 5 men named Paul M.
Willis, ages 72-80.

What efforts have been made to track down Mr. Willis outside of
the FOIA or settlement process?

FWIW, I could not get all the PDFs linked here (or on the
website) to open.


Carol Maltby


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