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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Chief, Contact Divi.sicn
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1. ~1e bm, c~ted Dr. Dav.td.son by ielepboce advising hi:a
that ve cannot. reaolve bis problem cocc-e:rrdng the spic-e message and
.i.ta t:ransmittcr beca:ose reco:rds en the t::e.~..er l::ave been. destroyed
by tho ~ti.:lg agency. Parldson accepted. thia sta.temait vitb the
cc=.1eI1t tba-t he b!4 been told thi.a bei'ore, tbat he Il01' had a seca:id
art:Lcl..e ~c,r pnbllcatiOll cOJJ.Ce:rn:1ng .Aj.r Force banditng or S];:BCS sight-.
1.ng3 1.n the l;anc'J:1 ~ the Penta.gr:m secorl:t;y revie-;, peopl~ (wich be
thought w.a mild e?lOtlgh to J;aSS them}. and he ll1nted that be lidglit
lid.sh to take ,::g, asz,1n at a la:ter date the ma.tte:r or this i:a-,rt1cul.ar
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2. tle a~ec!a~ that there have been rraey cQOks :1n •"the ki.~ •
on tbis dish and that, as e. result, the ~ nonea:mt:I.ttal.
am evasive 8.l:l.SVe2" ve were inst.meted to give Davidsen w..s ~:pe .-;lle
only Cllle pos:ibl.e tt lie 'li'e::r'C to a-void czossillg up previous sta:te:,ent•
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r~ su:re tbat wen ~ +ruJtea to us in the court of' ippeaJ.s
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Context
This is one of 21 CIA records in the declassified archive. It was published in Release 03 (6/12).
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