William Spaulding / Peter Gersten (Declassification) (1977) — CTD-0234

DATE1 Sep 1977

LOCAL TIME—

LOCATIONUnited States

COORDINATES38.11°N, 76.72°W

Ground Saucer Watch filed FOIA lawsuit against the CIA, forcing an agency-wide search that located 355 UFO documents totaling ~900 pages. Pioneering use of FOIA for UFO disclosure.

[ PRIMARY CITATION // CIA FOIA READING ROOM · CTD-0234 ]

WITNESSES & UNITS

William Spaulding Peter Gersten

SENSORS & EVIDENCE

Declassified archival release

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

## RELATED FILES

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1977-01-01A 1977 FOIA Dispute Reportedly Prompted a Large CIA UFO-Record ReleaseUnited StatesCTD-0221 →1978-12-14Central Intelligence Agency (Declassification)United StatesCTD-0248 →1980-06-24Peter Gersten / Eugene F. Yeates (Declassification)United StatesCTD-0268 →