Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Correspondence regarding Dr. Leon Davidson and space message inquiry
AI-Generated Summary
This document records a 1958 communication with Dr. Leon Davidson regarding his inquiry into a space message. The agency informed him that relevant records were destroyed and acknowledged that previous agency responses to him had been evasive.
This memorandum, dated January 9, 1958, from the Chicago Office, details a telephone communication with Dr. Leon Davidson regarding his inquiries into a 'space message' and its associated transmitter. The agency informed Dr. Davidson that they were unable to assist with his request because the records pertaining to the matter had been destroyed. Dr. Davidson accepted this explanation, though he mentioned he had a second article concerning Air Force handling of space sightings currently under review by the Pentagon. The author of the memorandum reflects on the agency's previous interactions with Dr. Davidson, admitting that the 'extraordinarily noncommittal and evasive' answers provided to him were unfair and unlikely to be accepted by him. The document concludes by noting that the agency expects further contact from Dr. Davidson in the future.
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 informed Dr. Davidson that they could not resolve his inquiry regarding a space message and its transmitter because the relevant records had been destroyed. Dr. Davidson accepted this explanation but noted he had a second article regarding Air Force handling of space sightings currently with the Pentagon security review people.
Key Persons
- Dr. Leon DavidsonIndividual inquiring about a space message and its transmitter