PURSUE Release 03 — CASE 17708 CLOSED AND DR LEON DAVIDSON (CIA-UAP-004)
Source: U.S. Department of War, PURSUE (Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters) — Release 03 (third tranche), published 12 June 2026. Document CIA-UAP-004.
URL: release portal https://www.war.gov/UFO/release/03/ · bundle https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/061226/release_03/release_03_documents.zip (file: CIA-UAP-004-CASE_17708_CLOSED_AND_DR_LEON_DAVIDSON.pdf)
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What this is: CASE 17708 CLOSED AND DR LEON DAVIDSON. Index/analysis: pursue-release-03-uap-records.
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1e bm, c ~ t e d 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 ~ t i . : l g 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..ec,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 cessage.
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3.. Be:texeDCed. te:l.epbone ~ disclosed t=t the:ra 1a .. nothing ill tm :record to sbo;i- that Drnideon lmev he was ch.mBng vi.th the ~ 1.n ?wJ contacta nth twalker aoo. Smk1.ch, that in fact., mi ettort bad becsi ::sde to caiceru tbe.!r CL\ 1dem;:1ty- :Crcm·him. Ve- an, . r ~ su:re tbat wen ~ +ruJtea to us in the court of’ ippeaJ.s Building confc:xeace .rocu, h9 kru!,v ver.,-vell. v.lth. Yball he l.a.s deaUJ?g; run in the Davidsan-I.alfountaiu tel.eyhone eoxrrersati~ Davidson speett,· j _i’f calJJ l?leX1t:1.oned • )“O’l:U’” a ~ rs-,- which he p;ns:11::sh.1.J” mem1t en. ·… . 4-.
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