Regarding Declassification

I am a long time lurker here. I don’t contribute much, so allow me to try and be helpful. Someone, somewhere in Reddit, mentioned that the files (if any) on the Roswell 1947 incident will be coming up for declassification soon due to the regulations stipulating automatic declassification at 75 years. I began to wonder if this might be a credible reason why the government seems to have suddenly changed its tune regarding UFOs.

Any extension of classification beyond 75 years seems to be very difficult to achieve and it may be that they are attempting to get ahead of the narrative before things are released. They have already claimed that the incident is nothing more than Project Mogul, after all. It might be difficult to convince anyone that a Top Secret weather balloon program requires an extension.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project\_Mogul

On Thursday July 8, 2021 it will have been 74 years since the Roswell Daily Record reported the capture of a “flying disc.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell\_incident

The U.S. Government’s system of classification is set to expire on December 31st of the year that will have been the 75th year of classification of any and all materials related to the Roswell incident.

https://www.archives.gov/isoo/faqs

What are the requirements for the use of the 50X and 75X exemptions?
E.O. 13526, Section 3.3(h)(2) allows for agencies to seek the exemption of specific information from automatic declassification at 50 years in “extraordinary cases.” Records containing information exempted from declassification under this provision will be automatically declassified on December 31 of the year 75 years from the date of origin of those records, unless an agency seeks the exemption of specific information from automatic declassification at 75 years.

Section 3.3(h)(3) allows for agencies to seek the exemption of specific information from automatic declassification at 75 years. Proposals to seek an exemption at 50 or 75 years, shall be submitted to the Director of ISOO, serving as Executive Secretary of the ISCAP, 1 year before the information is subject to automatic declassification.

· Exemptions require ISCAP approval prior to use.

· Require a date or event. (50X1-HUM and 50X2-WMD are the only exemptions that can be used without a date)

· Must be included in agency declassification guide.

Example of requesting a 75X1 or 75X6 exemption:

1. Description of Information: The identity of senior officials of foreign governments who provided intelligence information to the U.S. about those governments, with the expectation of confidentiality, between 1935 and 1942.
2. Explanation of Exemption: The declassification the identity of this confidential human source would prevent the U.S. Intelligence Community from collecting intelligence from confidential human sources, and would cause serious harm to the diplomatic relations of the U.S. Government if relationship of those officials to the U.S. Government at that time is not known by the current governments of those nations.
3. Date or Event for Declassification: Declassify no later than 90 years after the date of the record containing the exempted information.

Hope this is somewhat helpful. It does seem unlikely that being granted an exemption to the 75 year rule is going to happen.

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