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FClR TilE DiSTRICT OF ("uLr:·;".I,',

CITIZENS

UFO SECRECY,

AGA1~ST

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Plaintiff,

v. ~ATIONAL

Civil Action No. 80-1562

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SECURITY AGENCY.

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Defendant.

Nr:;·jO"ANDtJl-1 AND ORDER

This Fr e e dom of Infol"rr.ation Ac t case is before .the Cpur t on de fen dan t

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s motion for s unma ry jud£lT:ent.

Plaintiff is

soaking all documents in

def~nd~nt's

r!'~c·s

De f en dan t has provd de d scme material

and liFO phenomena.

bwt has

~!thheld

e)Le!i~pt:ior.s, ::~

other

possession rclatinz to

~ateTial p~~~uant

5 U.S.C. § 552(b)

vario~s

to

(1976).

FOIA

The bu!.1-: of 'the

Z::c<:e::-ial \oo:i t hhe Ld consists of corrmund ca t Lcns intellir;cnce r apor r s , \·ihich de f'endan t

asserts arc protected by Exemp t Lons

1 ~nd 3 of the Freedom of Infol"rr.~tion Act.

ac issue are not :.:~:":"Id~n::

co~unications

Four

cocum~nts

intelligence reports;

ha s \o:ithheld one of these documents in its

enlirety, and portions of three others, pursuant to these

Tile! Cou r t first carefully revie..ce d the public afficHvit of

~Ati0nel ~~curity

~hen.

Agency

offici~l E~cene

nftcr receiving plaintiff's

Yeates and

~pposition. e~n~ined

;;i:!"sO:"l:llly a top secret affidavit from Yeates, s ubmi t t e d by

ct.::('n,bnt in ~~;n~..!!.. s~~cral

~t3:cment

The public nific.'lvit provides a

of the? defendant's position that is

~i~0nsly b01~tercd

bj the

e*trcz::~ly

dc:niled, 21-p2ee in

[i;,'I()s t r.,,-= "he c l a i mod e xemp t i ons have bo en p rope r

Ly and ,

• Tlle ct.:::::71unic;.ticns Ln r c l Lt geucc r cpor r s clearly r c l n t,c to the ino s t, s cn s Lt i.vc 1.lC:tivi.tic·s ('1 the dc Lcn dan t; nne thus

73 St.3t. 63 (1959). ':

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The in cal,lera f1ffid;wit p r ev i de s the?

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~~_'::"'ll~i t:..X_~E-£.!."£.Y.. £~.!:s.:.....ccni.~c,

608 F. 2 d 1331, 13[;9 - 91 (I). C. Ci r. 1979),

lIS U.S.L.\-!.

1~3Y

3730 (U.S.,

12,1930).

The

Covrr c finds t h a t r e l e a s e of this mnt e r i e l could seriously j~0?nrciize

the work of the agency and the security of the

Fni, t c d

S:;:rC?~.

f~::i.E':::',

t

~.~

cnti£c~y.

its

Unde r' the s t.nndar ds set forth in Hav_den &

ne c La i.in of. Section (b) (3) cxomp t i on mus t be g r an t e d considc~~tion

No

l1ceds to be given tl1c

claim for p r o t e c t Lon unde r Exemp t i on 1.,

:~cditicr.al

s c andrrr ds of Public Law 86-36 have b e en rne t

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co~tcnLS

af

=~scriptio~

rh~sc

documents and also has

cf both the documents

v ar Lous clnins un de r Excmp t Lons 1 :-

~oc:n::;en t

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also finds that tnt> affidavits support

CDu~t

The

The

s .'i:.-e p r ope r .

~nd t

provid~d 2

The

the dcJetions.

3, 5 and 6

2S

to these

The \-.'i t.hhe ld portions ei ther arc not

r c spoc s t.ve to p La i.n t Lf f ' s r e que s t or are properly exemp t e d , 'i'hr'Nlgh~ut

the Court' s xcv iev of this mat e r i e L, the

C:'Ul"t h a s bc-e n avar e of the publi c intc.est in che

UFOs

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the need to bnlance that interest

s

:H:CO

for s e c r e cy ,

The in

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egni~st

nfL!

c~uvit:

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of

the

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For the foregoing reasons. dc, f cn dnn I.: 's l1"vtion [or ~;\.l;;:r..;try

judgment is gr.anted.

TIle

c~se

is disoissed.

SO· ORDERED.

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