Event · 2019
Admiral Wilson memo begins circulating online
In 2019 a 15-page document began circulating online that presents itself as notes typed by the physicist Eric Davis of a 16 October 2002 conversation with retired Vice Adm. Thomas R. Wilson, a former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. According to the notes, Wilson tried to gain access to a covert programme reverse-engineering recovered craft but was refused by its gatekeepers.
The document was reportedly found among the papers of the late Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell. Neither Davis nor Wilson has confirmed its authenticity. In May 2022 Rep. Mike Gallagher had the notes entered into the record of a House Intelligence subcommittee hearing, which made them a public congressional document but did not establish that their contents are true.
Sources: Wilson–Davis notes (House record, 2022)
Facts and claims
- documented In May 2022 the notes were entered into the record of the HPSCI open hearing at Rep. Mike Gallagher's request; entry into the record confirms provenance, not accuracy. Source: Admiral Wilson memo (EWD notes)
Connected files
Documents
- Admiral Wilson memo (EWD notes) (about)
People
- Eric Davis (attributed to) — Presents itself as Davis's notes of a 2002 conversation with Wilson; neither has confirmed it
- Thomas R. Wilson (involves) — According to the notes, Wilson was refused access to a covert reverse-engineering programme
Mentioned in this file
- Defense Intelligence Agency (Organization)
- Crash retrieval & reverse engineering (Concept)
- Edgar Mitchell (Person)
- Mike Gallagher (Person)
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