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 inquiries into space messages and Air Force handling of sightings. It notes that records were destroyed and that Davidson was preparing further articles for publication.
This memorandum, dated January 9, 1958, from the Chicago Office, details a telephone communication with Dr. Leon Davidson. The primary purpose of the contact was to inform Dr. Davidson that the agency was unable to resolve his inquiry regarding a specific space message and its transmitter, as the records pertaining to the matter had been destroyed. During the conversation, Dr. Davidson acknowledged this information, noting that he had previously been told the same. He further disclosed that he had prepared a second article concerning the Air Force's handling of space sightings, which was currently under review by security personnel at the Pentagon. The author of the memorandum expresses frustration with the handling of the situation, noting that there have been 'many cooks in the kitchen' and that the resulting evasive answers provided to Dr. Davidson were not fair to him and were unlikely to be accepted. The document concludes with the expectation that further communication 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
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Official Assessment
The agency informed Dr. Davidson that his inquiry regarding a space message and its transmitter could not be resolved because the relevant records had been destroyed. Dr. Davidson indicated he had a second article concerning Air Force handling of space sightings currently with Pentagon security review personnel.
Key Persons
- Dr. Leon DavidsonIndividual inquiring about a space message and its transmitter