NASA Fourth Interim Response Leaves UAP File Open

The letter That framing matters: an interim response is a progress report, not a closing statement. The clarified request had been received in the Office of Communications on July 22, 2021, meaning the agency was still producing records roughly a year after the search began. NASA's own prior correspondence — dated October 6, 2021, January 11, 2022, and March 25, 2022 — had already notified the requester that the Office of Information Technology was tasked with searching the named email accounts using the specified keywords and date ranges, and that the resulting volume of records would be issued on a rolling basis.

The July 2022 tranche covers only two accounts: Margaret Kieffer, Director of the Export Control and Interagency Liaison Division, and Karen Feldstein, Associate Administrator for International and Interagency Relations. Within that slice, 50 pages were released in full, 19 in part, none withheld in full, and 19 were…