Eric Davis
Dr. Eric Davis is an American astrophysicist and UAP researcher best known for his role in the Wilson-Davis Memo, a document purporting to record an October 16, 2002 conversation between Davis and Vice Admiral Thomas Wilson regarding Wilson's 1997 discovery of and denial of access to a classified UFO crash retrieval and reverse engineering program. The memo has become one of the most significant documents in modern UAP disclosure discourse.
| Role | Astrophysicist; UAP researcher; subject of the Wilson-Davis memo |
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Background and Credentials
Davis is an accomplished physicist with extensive ties to the Department of Defense and the former Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). He served as Chief Science Officer within the esteemed EarthTech International and has been featured on papers regarding advanced propulsion and cutting-edge physics concepts.
In 2018, journalist George Knapp leaked reports of 38 studies commissioned by AATIP within the DoD, later confirmed by John Greenewald of The Black Vault through a 2019 Freedom of Information Act request. Among the studies were research proposals titled "Traversible Wormholes, Stargates and Negative Energy," "Anti-Gravity for Aerospace Applications," and "Concepts for Extracting Energy from the Quantum Vacuum"—all authored by Eric Davis. These papers demonstrate Davis has been on the cutting edge of advanced scientific topics with potential applications to UAP propulsion and physics.
Investigation of Crash Retrieval Programs
In 2002, Davis was contracted with the Department of Defense and had been investigating an embedded UFO crash retrieval program within the United States government. This investigation led him to seek a meeting with Vice Admiral Thomas Wilson, who had recently retired as Deputy Director and Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
The meeting was facilitated by Oak Shannon, former manager of special projects at Los Alamos National Laboratories and former Department of Energy nuclear physicist, who requested Wilson speak to Davis about what Wilson had told Will Miller regarding crashed/retrieved UFO craft.
Prior to the meeting with Wilson, Davis had received a letter from Commander Will Miller offering contractual services for research into crash retrieval programs. Miller claimed knowledge of special teams focused on crash retrievals (possibly projects code-named Moon Dust, Blue Fly, or Zodiac), a senior officer with firsthand knowledge of alien reproduction vehicles, and civilian contractors with knowledge of "alien-derived technologies, crashes, landings, and associated events."
The October 16, 2002 Wilson Meeting
On October 16, 2002, Davis met with Wilson in Wilson's car outside defense contractor EG&G. During this meeting, Wilson allegedly recounted his 1997 investigation into special access programs, his discovery of a crash retrieval program run by an aerospace contractor, his meeting with the program's Watch Committee, and his subsequent denial of access despite being Deputy Director of the DIA.
According to the 15-page memo documenting the meeting, Wilson told Davis the program had "a craft, an intact craft they believed could fly" that was "not of this Earth, not made by man, not by human hands." Wilson described the extreme sensitivity of the information and told Davis that if Davis ever violated his trust, Wilson would "deny the meeting, deny everything said in the meeting, and would never seek to know more or talk more on this topic without clearance."
Davis concluded the meeting by promising to keep it private for personal use only and to never discuss it without clearance.
Public Statements on the Memo
In a now-deleted segment of The Basement Office with Steven Greenstreet, Davis refused to directly comment on whether the meeting took place, citing security clearances:
"I can't discuss that... I'm not at Liberty to discuss it... They were leaked out of Ed Mitchell's estate. There's nothing I can say about it... I can't address that at all. I won't answer any questions on the Admiral Wilson notes... When you have security clearances that's something you don't want to violate because the Department of Justice under the Obama Administration and continued under the Trump Administration policies is they will vigorously prosecute anybody with security clearances who will go out of the way to discuss any classified information that got leaked or released into the public illegally."
While Davis would not confirm or deny the meeting itself, he did confirm the notes were leaked from Edgar Mitchell's estate. His refusal to deny the meeting while citing security clearances is interpreted by many researchers as implicit confirmation of the meeting's authenticity—if the meeting never occurred, Davis could simply say so without violating any clearances.
Del Rio Endorsement
In June 2018, Davis was interviewed by journalist George Knapp on Coast to Coast AM. When discussing UFO crash retrievals, Davis stated: "Yeah, they've got—I would say, you know, if you're going to throw your bets on Roswell, your bets really good. Del Rio, Texas—that was a 1950s case. That was another one. And the other ones I won't bring up because those are still classified." This endorsement of the Del Rio, Texas region as a high-credibility crash retrieval case is cited by UAP Gerb as establishing context for the 1950 and 1955 incidents.
Legacy Program Research
Davis co-outlined the legacy program structure that has been critiqued and analyzed by UAP researchers. In the context of the TR-3B investigation, UAP Gerb identified Davis as a key figure, noting his insights from the Wilson-Davis memo would implicate the CIA Directorate of Science and Technology, with support from agencies such as the NRO, the National Underwater Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and likely the NSA, as leading teams behind UFO crash retrievals.
Aerospace Corporation Research
Davis, alongside Jacques Vallee, Hal Puthoff, Kit Green, and Kristen B. Zimmerman, identified The Aerospace Corporation as one of the suspected legacy private corporations engaged in covert UAP research. This research consortium's analysis—documented in Vallee's Hidden Science 5—provides additional context for the corporation's documented work with Defense Support Program (DSP) satellites and Fast Walkers detection systems.