Document · 25 March 2022
DIA FOIA response FOIA-00159-2018: release of 37 AAWSAP DIRDs (March 25, 2022)
Also known as FOIA-00159-2018
This is the Defense Intelligence Agency's letter of 25 March 2022 answering a FOIA request filed on 31 January 2018 by John Greenewald of The Black Vault, who asked for all "Defense Intelligence Reference Documents" produced by Bigelow Aerospace, its BAASS subsidiary or anyone involved with AATIP, citing Eric Davis's radio interview of 28 January 2018 about the papers.
The DIA reports that a search "located 37 documents (1473 pages) responsive to your request" and releases them, withholding parts under FOIA exemption 3 (10 U.S.C. § 424, which protects DIA employees' identities) and exemption 6 (personal privacy), so the authors' names are redacted. It adds that the DIA was reviewing all its AATIP holdings for release on its website.
The letter is the official confirmation that the AAWSAP technical papers existed and were held by the DIA. This copy is the requester's, published by The Black Vault.
Sources: DIA FOIA letter FOIA-00159-2018 (2022)
Facts and claims
- documented The request (January 31, 2018) asked for all “Defense Intelligence Reference Documents” created by Bigelow Aerospace, BAASS or anyone involved with AATIP. It cited Eric Davis's interview on Coast to Coast AM on January 28, 2018. Source: doc-dia-foia-00159-2018.pdf
- documented “A search of DIA's systems of records located 37 documents (1473 pages) responsive to your request.” Parts were withheld under Exemptions 3 (10 U.S.C. § 424, which protects DIA employees' identities and organisation) and 6 (personal privacy). Source: doc-dia-foia-00159-2018.pdf
- documented The letter states that “DIA is currently conducting a review of all its AATIP holdings and preparing those documents for release via the DIA website.” Source: doc-dia-foia-00159-2018.pdf
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