Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Memorandum regarding Dr. Leon Davidson and space message inquiry
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1958 memorandum details the inability of the Chicago Office to assist Dr. Leon Davidson with his inquiry into a 'space message' due to the destruction of relevant records. The author acknowledges that previous agency responses to Davidson were evasive and unfair.
This memorandum, dated January 9, 1958, from the Chicago Office, documents a telephone conversation with Dr. Leon Davidson regarding his inquiries into a specific 'space message' and its associated 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. The document notes that Dr. Davidson had previously been informed of this destruction. During the conversation, Dr. Davidson mentioned that he had prepared a second article concerning the Air Force's handling of space sightings, which he believed was mild enough to pass Pentagon security review. He also hinted at his intention to revisit the matter of the space message at a later date. The author reflects on the previous handling of Dr. Davidson's inquiries, admitting that the 'extraordinarily noncommittal and evasive' answers provided by the agency and other involved parties were unfair to him and unlikely to be accepted. The document concludes with the expectation that further contact from Dr. Davidson is likely.
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 inquiry because records concerning the space message and its transmitter have been destroyed by the evaluating agency.
Dr. Davidson was informed that records were destroyed. He indicated he had written a second article regarding Air Force handling of space sightings and might revisit the issue of the message later.
Key Persons
- Dr. Leon DavidsonInquirer regarding a space message and transmitter