The Wilson-Davis Memo

Notes from a meeting between Vice Admiral Thomas Wilson and Dr. Eric Davis — October 16, 2002

What The Document Says

The Wilson-Davis memo is a 15-page document of handwritten notes allegedly taken by astrophysicist Dr. Eric Davis during a meeting with Vice Admiral Thomas Wilson at the EG&G facility in Las Vegas on October 16, 2002. Wilson was the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 1999–2002 and had previously served as Director of Intelligence for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

According to the notes, Wilson described a 1997 encounter in which he attempted to access a classified UAP-related programme held by a private aerospace contractor. Despite his senior rank and clearance, Wilson was denied access by programme security personnel who told him he did not have a “need to know.” When Wilson escalated through the Inspector General and Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, he was told the programme was legal, properly oversight, and he still could not access it.

The contractor programme, according to the document, was involved in reverse engineering recovered non-human technology — materials from an object not made by human hands, with no discernible propulsion system, and materials science that was beyond anything in the classified US inventory.

Provenance and Authentication

The document surfaced publicly in April 2019 when it was found in the papers of astronaut and UAP researcher Dr. Edgar Mitchell at the Mitchell family estate, and was posted online by researcher Roger Glassel. It was subsequently obtained by researcher Grant Cameron and journalist Keith Basterfield.

Dr. Eric Davis has confirmed the meeting took place but has not confirmed or denied the specific content of the notes, citing classification concerns. Admiral Wilson has denied the meeting occurred. Multiple document analysts have assessed the handwriting as consistent with Davis’s known writing samples. The document has never been officially confirmed or denied by the US government.

Why This Matters

If authentic, the Wilson-Davis memo is the most significant UAP document in existence. It describes a functioning reverse-engineering programme held by a private contractor, operating with congressional oversight but inaccessible to the Director of the DIA. This is precisely the structure David Grusch described under oath to Congress in 2023 — a special access programme hidden within a private contractor, deliberately structured to evade government oversight. The document is either a sophisticated fabrication or the smoking gun of everything.