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PURSUE Release 03 — CASE 17708 CLOSED AND DR LEON DAVIDSON (CIA-UAP-004)

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)
Captured: 2026-06-12. Text below is the clean born-digital / OCR text extracted from the released PDF (1 pages).
What this is: CASE 17708 CLOSED AND DR LEON DAVIDSON. Index/analysis: ../../../sources/pursue-release-03-uap-records.

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  1. 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..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
    cessage.

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  1. tle a~ec!a~ that there have been rraey cQOks :1n •"the k i . ~ •
    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 ~ : p e .-;lle
    only Cllle pos:ibl.e tt lie 'li'e::r'C to a-void czossillg up previous sta:te:,ent•
    ~ oar O'WJl, and other UlV'Ol.ved agellC:leS, to this man. :But the tUJsWc:r
    ~ bard1y tai.r to na:v1.d.scm, and cm~ not J 1kelJ to be f'ully acc-epted
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3.. Be:texeDCed. te:l.epbone ~ disclosed t=t the:ra 1a
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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. ·... .
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