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

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Approved for Release 2026 Chief, Contact Divisica FOR : Support Branch Chief, Chicago Office 9 January 1958 CHI-58-17 5-49559 Case 1T708 (Cosed) and DI. Leon Davidson ERY : HA 26643, and Connell, Lomann, Lakountain Ielecan of 8 Jan 58 1. He bare contacted Da. Davidson by telephone advising him that we canot resalve his problem concerning the space message and Its transmitter becausa records on the batter bave been destroyed by the evaluating agency. Davidion acceyted this statement ulth the coument tbat be had been told this before, that he now had a second article for publteation concerng Alr force handling of spacs sigit-. inge in the bands of the Pentagon secarity review people (which he thought was mild enough to pass them), and he hinted that he right wish to take up again at a later date the natter of this particular message. 2. He appreciate that there have been many cooks in the kitchen on this dish and that, as a reault, the extraordinarily sonccamittal and evasive answer ve were instracted to give Davidson vas percapa the only one possible 1f we were to avoid crossing up previous statesents of our own, and otber tuvalved agencies, to this bar. But the answer as hardly fair to laviason, and me not likely to be fully accepted by hia. 3. Referenced telephone couversatica disclosed that thera is nothing in the record to show that Davidson inex he was denling with the Agency in his costacts with Balker and Stabich, that in tact, an etfort bad beca sade to conceal tbeir CIA identity Drom him. He are rescrably sure that when Danilson talked to as in the Court at Appeals Building conference rock, ho know very well with thon be las dealing, and in the Davidson-LaHountain telepbone conversation, Davidson spect ically mentioned "your agency" by untch he presumably beent CIA. A. He are sure nore will be heard fran Daridson. Extallountain: 13 R.P.B. LOENAN™ FULL TEXT COPY DO NOT RELEASE CONFIES NT ALT