CIA Memorandum on Dr. Leon Davidson's Saucer Publication
This CIA internal memorandum, circulated by buckslip, concerns Dr. Leon Davidson and his latest publication on 'space saucers' titled 'The Air Force and the Saucers, Part Three: The Central Intelligence Agency Becomes Involved With Saucers.' The memo flags page 13, a section describing Davidson's 'Visit to the CIA' office in Chicago, and notes that Davidson did not withhold a name because asked but because he could not remember it well enough to avoid misspelling. It clarifies that a 'sound-proofed conference room' was in fact an ordinary conference room on the first floor of a courthouse. The author records a promise to obtain a code translation and identify a transmitter for Davidson, and to give him some response within a week. Davidson was reportedly not asked to keep the Chicago CIA location secret, but was advised not to use CIA letterhead in his forthcoming article without first clearing with CIA authorities in Washington. The memo characterizes references to CIA's Chicago location as 'sheer drama aimed at magazine story appeal,' noting the matter never came up. It references a telephone conversation with Davidson on 8 January 1958 regarding his next article. The document reflects CIA's monitoring of and interaction with civilian UFO researchers during the 1950s.
Description
A CIA internal memorandum discussing Dr. Leon Davidson, a private UFO researcher, and his forthcoming publication 'The Air Force and the Saucers, Part Three: The Central Intelligence Agency Becomes Involved With Saucers.' The memo addresses Davidson's account of visiting a CIA office in Chicago, requests to review his manuscript, and CIA concerns about references to the agency.
Claims
CIA advised Davidson not to use CIA letterhead in his forthcoming article without first clearing with CIA authorities in Washington.
90%CIA promised to attempt a code translation and identification of a transmitter for Davidson.
80%Dr. Leon Davidson authored a publication titled 'The Air Force and the Saucers, Part Three: The Central Intelligence Agency Becomes Involved With Saucers.'
90%Davidson described visiting a CIA office in Chicago, including a 'sound-proofed conference room.'
75%CIA characterized references to its Chicago location as 'sheer drama aimed at magazine story appeal.'
75%The CIA memo asserts the 'sound-proofed conference room' was actually an ordinary conference room on the first floor of a courthouse used by court personnel.
70%The 'sound-proofed conference room' Davidson described was actually a routine conference room on the first floor of a courthouse used by court people.
70%Davidson's depiction of CIA's Chicago location was dramatized for magazine story appeal and never actually came up in Washington.
70%
Events
Jan 7, 1958
Telephone conversation with Davidson
CIA telephone conversation with Dr. Leon Davidson referenced in the memo, during which he advised on the status of his next article.
Davidson's visit to the CIA Chicago office
Davidson's account, described in page 13 of his article, of visiting the CIA office in Chicago, involving a conference room, a promised code translation and transmitter identification.
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Extracted text (OCR)
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