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      "citation": "Act No. 3 of 1982 (Cth)",
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      "appeal_deadline_days": 60
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      {
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        "detail": "FOI Directorate, Department of Defence, PO Box 7910, Canberra BC ACT 2610",
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    "holdings": [
      "'Unidentified aerial sightings' policy files to 1996, when Defence ceased investigating",
      "RAAF sighting summaries and base intelligence reports (older series at the National Archives of Australia)",
      "Post-1996 correspondence declining investigation"
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      "Files older than 20 years fall under the Archives Act open-access period — a free access application to the National Archives of Australia (series A703, A9755 and related), not an FOI request.",
      "Defence publishes an FOI disclosure log; check it before paying processing charges."
    ],
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    "confidence": "high",
    "source": "Hand-compiled international layer. Bodies and statutes are real; contact routes are inferred unless marked verified, and none has yet been proven by a delivered letter."
  },
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}