Memo Record Info Request

29August,1978 !-1EMOR.~'tIDUMfortheRecord Ino~-ma~ionrequestsolicitation TheenclosedchronologywasdraftedfortheSgroupsecuri~yofficer andisfon.ardecforinfo~ation. ~bkgroundinfonna.tionis The:rollow$~:isreportedfortherecord. Mondav,10July.1978Checkedaboard.Ft.l'isade providedtomaintainperspective. appoint-me:::' con~cted"II"IIII"1t Honea....24J'.;.lv 'o::-isfby115 myposition andrelatec. checkedwithD4onttis Dis:~ssed1J70s Uponcheck~ng toacomr d~donotgenerallys~:aoethis problemtillIamsettledinbutinthiscaseIwasduetoattendis.U?O SymposiuminDayton, O:-~ioonthethought prope::-tonotify~3Abeca~seofthe::-emotepossibilityof s~w.posiu:n gettingso~enational~e acove::-ageandthepossibilityt~tmyname mightbeassociatedhithsuohcoverage. ..neAttended SaturdavandSundav. Symposium,Dayton,Ohio. Onsaturdayap::-o~:~"~spresen~edbyaMr. StringfieldandasanaSju...~ctheintrod.uceda 1'lr.Robert:B~'. tr~tIfelt"tr~tthelette::-swerefraudsandtr~t!thoughtIcouldpossibly IprOVidethemhithcopiesoftheletters,nhiohItid,whereintheyeventully req,uested IexplaiDed onthematte=oftheContactedNSA~ duced:to~..r.Stringfield2.:ld::-eq,uested.co::Piesoftheletters. immeaiateopir~onwasthattheletterswe::-efraudulent. andshowedpUbliclY,t"olettersheallegetly Thu:::-sc.av.'1AUE:ust letters,nhointU-T"Ilrefe=::-edmeto_IlL.:_21.11_ r~vethemcheckedout. andsomepeoplein eUFOcommur.ity,Iraedevelopedso:esuspicions, explaining :Iraudulent. thepe::-ioc.t.hat.I lett.erswith 12~'bll 21.d..12n~JTlnSd.or, c.some volvemer-tbecausehecla~ec.t.oknowt~e Sunday.27AU&rust4C::>"1"1edmeatapp=o:>:ir':.ately2000. nearlyO:lehou=.lie nesaidhehadbeen III~and":.r..a.t~rae.saidIhaC.checkedonr..:..s"""" emploJ~entatNSA.-~c t.heprocessoflett gt.heproperpeoplel:noftI aboart, tha.tthefactit"2.St.hatNSA::-ecorC.sdid.notreflectthathehadever'j'Wo::-ked. from196:3to1966,1..nAS;"a..."ldatonetimehadbeenashiftsu?erviso=ata Hehadbeen, informationfromNSAand Thedisc~ssio~t~-ne~togene~al lieexpla.ined"~zt sformer2Ssociation'Wit.hNSAwas. theybothprovideaservicea.~d/o=aproducttomanygove::-nmentagencies. c=it-a-comrelayF7 D?Otopicsa.~dsomegen~conve::-sation...............NSAsrole,ie. cameupinrelationtosomeoneelserequest.ing 'Then~.:'zedme'ifit~ou1dbepossible'.tornetodosomelooking around~tNSAforUFOrelatedinformation.Hefurtherexpl~inedt thedid notmeancovertlookingbutopenlycheckingen teverIcould.Itoldhim mystandard~nswer,thattheonlythingIcoulddo"~stowatchforinfor tion ~ndtonoteitsdeclassificationd~te,then,ifitwasorwouldbedeclassified, Iwouldeitherrequesttheinfo~tionmyselforqueuesOE~oneontheoutside torequesttheinform~tionfromtheoriginator.Hebroughtupthef~ctthat "somethL'"1gscouldbedecl~ssifiedsiAilplybyasking",suggesti.'"lgthatonecan notaskforsomethingthattheydidnotknoHofitsexiste:r;ce.Itoldhim tr~tinthatc~seIwouldhavetoworkthatproble~stricklyfromtheinside untillsuchdocumentsorinformationwasdeFlassified.Iwentontoexp'l ain tohimt tIworkinCOHSEC,whichtermheunderstood,andtr~tIHouldhave verylittleopportunity, any,'toeverfindoutifanysuchinformation existed.Furthertb..at1."1myexper.iencewiththeNavytha.tingeneralIhad seenverylittleinforIna.tionofinteresttotheU~OcO~ilunityandthatnhen Ihadit"~notinanofficialUFOcontext.Hethenexplainedthc::.theunder- stoodtba.ttherenascertai.'I'}i.'"lfroIl'~tiontha.t,he,norandoneelseinthe civiliancommunity,wouldeverseebecauseofmethodsand/o'rsources,but, fore~apleheYJnewthattheNationalCOmE~ndCenterhadsentUFOinforrr.ation toNSAaspartofanaddressgroup AllinallhenasrequestingmetoHatchoutforUFprelatedinforffiation withinNSA,whichItendtodo onmyown,buthen~Sre~uest;ngthatIpass onnhatIcould.I,allinall,lefthilnwiththeunderstandingthatInas.. verylimitedinwhatIcoulddo.Ihave,tosomedegree,checkedo~ ~characterwithsomepeoplenhohaveworkedwithhimmoreclosely. Thereissomethou5ht"th.=.the~ouldbecapableofbeIngbehtndt~ fraud~ndthatheis~?ttogoto'mostanylengthtocollect;nformationor tobendfactstofithisneeds. Ipersonall.,"1.avesomef'eazt.hatnovthatt lasmadeconi:.actwithme. eitherprivately.orworse,.publiclyattemptto eitlookasifI amanL~sidecontact~ithNSAfo!:'hL~.O!:',ontheother' d,he mayelude tohav~lgsuchacontactforyea=s,the~whenhefeelsitappropriateorwhen cornered,hopetoproduce~east tcor-tact. Ireall)'donotknoxthemanbutIa.11fullyconfidentthatIcanhandle thatsho~ldhaveconveyedtohim'mypositionand Ifeel,withcutspecific examplesofhisbe;~gdishonest,IshouldgivehL~ach ceofbUildinga h~inthissituation. Ihaveta.Ikedwithhiminafrank.'clearmannex productive;;orkmgrelationship.Asforhisreq,uestfori.~fon:lation,from wpztIknowofthemanIexpectedhimto esuchaforwardapproachupon meeting,thoughIdidnota..~ticipateh lookingmeup. expeccedthattoo. I essIshouldhave furthercor-tacto~requestsfor;~forn~t~onwillbereported