Born1948 - Rhode Island
AliasesThomas Wilson, Tom Wilson, Adm. Thomas Wilson, Vice Adm. Wilson
Service1970-2002 (U.S. Navy / DIA)
ClearanceTS/SCI (former)
Summary
Retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral who served as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 1999 to 2002. Wilson is the central figure in the Wilson-Davis Memo - a leaked 15-page document describing an alleged April 2002 meeting between Wilson and physicist Eric Davis in which Wilson reportedly confirmed the existence of a private aerospace contractor conducting reverse-engineering of non-human technology under a deeply classified Special Access Program, and that Wilson himself had been denied access to that program despite his seniority. The memo surfaced publicly in 2019 via the estate of Edgar Mitchell. Wilson has neither confirmed nor denied the memo and has not pursued legal action against any party who has published or analyzed it.
Roles
- -Director, Defense Intelligence Agency (1999-2002)
- -Vice Director for Intelligence (J2), Joint Chiefs of Staff
- -Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired)
Organizations
Defense Intelligence AgencyJoint Chiefs of StaffU.S. Navy
Education
- -B.S., University of Rhode Island, 1970
Early Career
- -Commissioned as a Naval officer upon graduation from the University of Rhode Island in 1970
- -Rose through Naval intelligence ranks over two decades, serving in multiple senior intelligence billets
- -Served as Vice Director for Intelligence (J2) on the Joint Chiefs of Staff prior to DIA appointment