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DOC-018: Termination Order

Official termination order for Project Listener. Dated August 17, 1977. Partially redacted.

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546

In Coordination With REDACTED

Document ID: NASA-LP-1977-018
Date: August 17, 1977
Time: 0847 hrs EST

TO: Director, ECHO-1 Facility
FROM: REDACTED REDACTED, Office of REDACTED
SUBJECT: Immediate Termination of PROJECT LISTENER

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

By order of REDACTED and in accordance with National Security Directive REDACTED, PROJECT LISTENER is hereby terminated, effective immediately upon receipt of this order.

REASON FOR TERMINATION: REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED

The following actions are to be completed within 72 hours:

  1. All monitoring operations shall cease immediately. No further recordings are to be made.
  2. All equipment at the ECHO-1 facility shall be powered down and prepared for removal.
  3. All recorded materials, including but not limited to audio tapes, signal logs, analysis reports, and personal notes, shall be collected, inventoried, and prepared for transfer to REDACTED.
  4. All personnel shall sign the attached Non-Disclosure Agreement (Form NDA-77-LP). Failure to sign will result in immediate detention pending security review.
  5. All personnel shall undergo exit debriefing with REDACTED representatives before departure from the facility.
  6. The ECHO-1 facility shall be decommissioned. REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED.
  7. No copies of any project materials are to be retained by any personnel under any circumstances.

PERSONNEL REASSIGNMENT: All PROJECT LISTENER personnel will receive new duty assignments within 30 days. Assignments have been determined by REDACTED. Personnel are not to discuss their previous assignment with new colleagues under any circumstances.

VIOLATION PENALTIES: Unauthorized disclosure of any information related to PROJECT LISTENER is a violation of REDACTED and is punishable by REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED.

ADDITIONAL DIRECTIVE: REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED

This order is not subject to appeal.

REDACTED REDACTED
REDACTED, Office of REDACTED

REDACTED
Director, REDACTED

REDACTED
NASA Administrator

RECEIVED
AUG 17 1977
ECHO-1

DISTRIBUTION:

Copy 1: ECHO-1 Facility Director
Copy 2: REDACTED
Copy 3: REDACTED
Copy 4: REDACTED
Copy 5: Secure File

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Archivist's Note: This document was found among materials recovered in 2019. It appears to be Copy 1 (ECHO-1 Facility Director's copy). The extensive redactions were present in the original document. The reasons for project termination have never been declassified. The attached NDA form (Form NDA-77-LP) referenced in the order was not recovered.

Note the timestamp: 0847 hrs EST on August 17, 1977. This is less than 48 hours after Transmission 77-A was received on August 15, 1977.