CIA-UAP-004, CASE 17708 (CLOSED) and DR. Leon Davidson

Kind: Document
Agency: CIA
Incident date: 1958
Released: Jun 12, 2026

The file opens on war.gov, the Department of War's PURSUE site.

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This 1958 CIA memorandum discussing a phone conversation with Dr. Leon Davidson regarding concerns about a destroyed "space message and its transmitter." A redacted version of this memorandum has been available on CIA's public website.

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