Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Memorandum regarding Dr. Leon Davidson and space message inquiry
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AI-Generated Summary
The Chicago Office informed Dr. Leon Davidson that records regarding his 'space message' inquiry were destroyed. The author admits the response was evasive to avoid contradicting prior official statements.
This memorandum, dated January 9, 1958, from the Chicago Office, details a telephone communication with Dr. Leon Davidson regarding his inquiry into a 'space message' and its transmitter. The author informs Dr. Davidson that the agency is unable to resolve his inquiry because the relevant records have been destroyed by the evaluating agency. Dr. Davidson accepted this explanation but noted that he was preparing a second article for publication concerning the Air Force's handling of space sightings. He suggested that the previous information he received from the Pentagon security review was insufficient and hinted that he would likely pursue the matter further in the future. The author of the memorandum acknowledges that the response provided to Dr. Davidson was intentionally noncommittal and evasive, designed to avoid contradicting previous statements made by the agency and other involved parties, while admitting that the answer was likely unsatisfactory to Dr. Davidson.
We appreciate that there have been many cooks in the kitchen on this dish and that, as a result, the extraordinarily noncommittal and evasive answer we were instructed to give Davidson was perhaps the only one possible if we were to avoid crossing up previous statements of our own, and other involved agencies, to this man.
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Official Assessment
The agency cannot resolve the problem concerning the space message and its transmitter because records on the matter have been destroyed by the evaluating agency.
Dr. Davidson was informed that records regarding his inquiry were destroyed. He indicated he had a second article for publication regarding Air Force handling of space sightings and may revisit the issue later.
Key Persons
- Dr. Leon DavidsonIndividual inquiring about a space message and author of articles on UFOs