YouTube video · UAP Gerb · 9 January 2024
The Wilson Davis Memo and US Secret UFO Reverse Engineering Programs
Gerb's first video walks through the notes of a 2002 meeting between Eric Davis and VADM Thomas Wilson, which surfaced from Edgar Mitchell's estate. He sets the notes' account of a 1997 search, a contractor 'watch committee' and an intact craft beside Mitchell's 2008 Larry King account, Will Miller's statements and Davis's refusal to deny them, and concludes the notes are real. It is the seed of his later gatekeeper model.
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1994
Perry's 'special project records group'Per the notes, unacknowledged carve-outs were grouped under Perry in 1994.Deputy Secretary of Defense memo creating the SAPOC (5 January 1994)
1997
Pentagon meeting with Greer, Mitchell and MillerWilson admits meeting Greer and Mitchell; Miller confirms the meeting.
Apr-Jun 1997
Wilson's 45-day searchOn advice from Gen. Marshall Ward and SecDef Perry, per the notes.
1997
The 'watch committee' refuses accessThree people at an aerospace contractor tell the DIA director he has no need to know, per the notes.The Legacy Program
2008
Mitchell on Larry King LiveA vice admiral found the black funding and was told he had no need to know.Edgar Mitchell
Feb 2016
Mitchell dies; notes copied from his estateJames Rigney names himself as the one who copied them.
The claims, checked
On the record (1)
A 15-page set of notes dated 16 October 2002, attributed to Eric Davis and describing a meeting with VADM Thomas Wilson, circulates publicly.The document exists; who wrote it is not confirmed.firsthandthe leaked notesThe Wilson–Davis memo
Witness testimony (6)
A friend of James Rigney helped Edgar Mitchell's family disperse his estate after his death in February 2016, and Rigney copied the notes; he named himself on Richard Dolan's podcast.Rigney is a private individual and gets no record.firsthandJames Rigney (on Richard Dolan's podcast)The Wilson–Davis memoEdgar Mitchell
Will Miller wrote to Davis and Puthoff offering contract work on crash-retrieval programs, naming a team and two key officers. To Joe Murgia he confirmed the 1997 meeting, said he did not recall the letter, and said he believes the US has operational craft.Named, on the record with Murgia.firsthandWillard MillerHal PuthoffThe Wilson–Davis memo
Wilson told Billy Cox: 'It's all fiction. I wouldn't know Eric Davis if he walked in right now.' He admitted meeting Greer and Mitchell.A denial the notes predict, so it counts at half weight. Gerb dates the interview 2020.firsthandVADM Thomas Wilson (to Billy Cox)The Wilson–Davis memoSteven GreerEdgar Mitchell
Davis told Steven Greenstreet he is 'not at liberty to confirm or verify any aspect of those notes' and that they leaked out of Mitchell's estate.A non-denial, citing his clearances.firsthandEric W. DavisThe Wilson–Davis memo
On Larry King Live in 2008 Mitchell said a vice admiral at the Joint Staff found the black-budget funding for the project and was later told he did not have a need to know.Eleven years before the notes leaked.firsthandEdgar MitchellThe Wilson–Davis memo
Mellon wrote that the memo lends credence to reports of a program exploiting recovered technology; Elizondo said 'that thing isn't going to die'; Coulthart and Dolan also treat it as genuine.Their views, not proof of authenticity. Gerb gives the Mellon post a 2002 date, which must be 2022.analysisChristopher MellonLuis ElizondoRoss Coulthart
Alleged / one person's word (9)
In April to June 1997 Wilson ran a 45-day search, on advice from Gen. Marshall Ward and SecDef William Perry, and found a 'special project records group' of unacknowledged carve-outs that Perry had organised in 1994.Content of notes whose authenticity is disputed.secondhandthe Wilson-Davis notesVADM Thomas Wilson (alleged) → Eric Davis (attributed notes) → told itThe Wilson–Davis memoH. Marshall WardWilliam PerryDeputy Secretary of Defense memo creating the SAPOC (5 January 1994)
Four of seven program managers pointed him to a three-person 'watch committee' at an aerospace contractor: a security director from NSA, a program director and a corporate attorney. They refused him access, and the bigot list of 1990-93 held only civilians.Content of the notes.secondhandthe Wilson-Davis notesVADM Thomas Wilson (alleged) → Eric Davis (attributed notes) → told itThe Wilson–Davis memoThe Legacy Program
The program held an intact craft 'not made by human hands', worked on by 400 to 800 people with slow progress.Content of the notes.secondhandthe Wilson-Davis notesVADM Thomas Wilson (alleged) → Eric Davis (attributed notes) → told itThe Wilson–Davis memo
The Senior Review Group under John Deutch upheld the denial, and Wilson was warned his career was at stake.Content of the notes.secondhandthe Wilson-Davis notesVADM Thomas Wilson (alleged) → Eric Davis (attributed notes) → told itThe Wilson–Davis memoJohn Deutch
Jacques Gansler, USD(A&T), told Wilson in January 1998 that 'UFOs are real, so-called abductions not real'.Content of the notes.secondhandthe Wilson-Davis notesVADM Thomas Wilson (alleged) → Eric Davis (attributed notes) → told itThe Wilson–Davis memo
The contractor in the notes was Lockheed.Gerb's guess in January 2024; he later favours SAIC.speculationLockheed Martin Skunk WorksSAIC
Oke Shannon, a former manager of special projects at Los Alamos, confirmed the memo's authenticity.Said to be in a Jay Anderson (Project Unity) interview; not checked here.secondhandOke Shannon (per Jay Anderson)Oke Shannon → Jay Anderson (Project Unity) → UAP Gerb → told itThe Wilson–Davis memo
The memo was entered into the Congressional Record in 2022.Per Gerb; not yet checked against the Record.analysisThe Wilson–Davis memo
Wilson's denial is what the notes predict, given the promotions and the career he had at stake.Gerb's reading.speculationThe Wilson–Davis memo