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Philip J. Corso Born May 22, 1915 Died July 16, 1998 (aged 83)
Jupiter, FloridaAllegiance United States of America Service/branch United States Army Years of service February 23, 1942 – March 1, 1963 Rank Lieutenant Colonel Commands held Battalion Commander of European Air Defense
Intel Staff Officer Plans & Estimate Branch GHQ Far East Command
Chief Special Project Branch G-2 Section of the HQ AFFE 8000th AU Command
Chief Foreign Technology Division of the United States Department of Defense
Staff Officer in the Plans Division OCRD Washington DC, Fort RileyBattles/wars World War II
Korean WarAwards American Campaign Medal
American Defense Service Medal
Bronze Star
Commendation Ribbon
EAME Campaign Medal
Legion of Merit
World War II Victory MedalPhilip J. Corso (May 22, 1915 – July 16, 1998) was an American Army officer.
He served in the United States Army from February 23, 1942, to March 1, 1963,[1] and earned the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Corso published The Day After Roswell, about how he was involved in the research of alleged extraterrestrial technology recovered from the 1947 Roswell UFO Incident. On July 23, 1997, he was a guest on the popular late night radio show, Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell where he spoke live about his Roswell story. This interview was rebroadcast by Coast to Coast AM on July 3, 2010.
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Biography
Military career
After joining the Army in 1942, Corso served in Army Intelligence in Europe, becoming chief of the US Counter Intelligence Corps in Rome. In 1945, Corso arranged for the safe passage of 10,000 Jewish World War II refugees out of Rome to the British Mandate of Palestine.
During the Korean War (1950–1953), Corso performed intelligence duties under General Douglas MacArthur as Chief of the Special Projects branch of the Intelligence Division, Far East Command. One of his primary duties was to keep track of enemy prisoner of war (POW) camps in North Korea.[2] Corso was in charge of investigating the estimated number of U.S. and other United Nations POWs held at each camp and their treatment. At later hearings of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, Corso provided testimony that many hundreds of American POW's were abandoned at these camps.[3][4]
Corso was on the staff of President Eisenhower's National Security Council for four years (1953–1957).
In 1961, he became Chief of the Pentagon's Foreign Technology desk in Army Research and Development, working under Lt. Gen. Arthur Trudeau.
When he left military intelligence in 1963, Corso became a key aide to Senator Strom Thurmond.
In 1964, Corso was assigned to Warren Commission member Senator Richard Russell Jr. as an investigator into the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
The Day After Roswell
Main article: The Day After RoswellIn his book The Day After Roswell (co-author William J. Birnes) claims he stewarded extraterrestrial artifacts recovered from a crash near Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947.
Corso says a covert government group was assembled under the leadership of the first Director of Central Intelligence, Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter (see Majestic 12). Among its tasks was to collect all information on off-planet technology. The US administration simultaneously discounted the existence of flying saucers in the eyes of the public, Corso says.
According to Corso, the reverse engineering of these artifacts indirectly led to the development of accelerated particle beam devices, fiber optics, lasers, integrated circuit chips and Kevlar material.
In the book, Corso claims the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), or "Star Wars", was meant to achieve the destructive capacity of electronic guidance systems in incoming enemy warheads, as well as the disabling of enemy spacecraft, including those of extraterrestrial origin.
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References
- ^ "Philip J. Corso's Department of the Army Form 66, Officer Qualification Record". http://www.cufon.org/cufon/corso_da66.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
- ^ "House Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Statement of Colonel {ret.} Phillip Corso". 1996-09-17. http://www.aiipowmia.com/testimony/corso17.html. Retrieved 2009-05-15.[dead link]
- ^ "Testimony Of Dolores Alfond Before The Pennsylvania Legislature". 1999-05-03. http://www.nationalalliance.org/korea/k-alfond.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
- ^ "Senate Select Committee 49". AII POW-MIA. 1992-11-11. Archived from the original on 2006-11-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20061103115429/http://www.aiipowmia.com/ssc/ssc49.html. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
Further reading
- W. Nelan, Bruce (September 30, 1996). "Lost Prisoners Of War: "Sold Down The River"?". Time (magazine). http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985224,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- LeBoutillier, John (June 13, 2000). "POWs: America's Biggest Cover-Up". News Max. http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/6/12/202658. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- Huyghe, Patrick (March 20, 2000). "Taking the UFO Case to Court". Space.com. http://www.space.com/spaceimagined/area51/caus_court_000320.html. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- The Day After Roswell (paperback, 1998) ISBN 978-0-67-101756-9
External links
- Philip J. Corso - Obit - Death
- Philip J. Corso - About - Biography
- Philip J. Corso - Coast to Coast AM - Biography
- Philip J. Corso - Coast to Coast AM - William J. Birnes (interview)
- Philip J. Corso - Voice Stress Analysis - William Michael Kemp
- Holmes, Steven A. (1992-11-11). "Hearings Opened On Korea M.I.A.'S". New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10617FD345B0C728DDDA80994DA494D81&n=Top%2fNews%2fWorld%2fCountries%20and%20Territories%2fChina. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
- Space Weapons as Defense - Nexus Magazine vol 13:2 - Michael E. Salla Ph.D
- The Korean War - Tackling the Tough Topics Issue #63 - Darryl Eberhart
- Phillip Corso Jr. talking about aliens and ufos
Videos
- Disclosure Project - Extraterrestrial Contact and Close Encounter: Part 2 - 2001
- Dateline (NBC) - Claims of Close Encounters and Cover Ups - 1997
- Coast to Coast AM - Radio Interview with Art Bell - July 23, 1997
UFOs and ufology Notable Incidents - List of sightings
- List of aircraft-UFO incidents
- List of UFO sightings in outer space
- Aurora (1897)
- Roswell (1947)
- Washington (1952)
- Tehran (1976)
- Rendlesham Forest (1980)
- Japan Air Lines (1986)
- Belgian UFO wave (1990)
- Phoenix Lights (1997)
- O'Hare Airport (2006)
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- List of notable studies in ufology
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UFO conspiracy theory - Majestic 12
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Skeptics Categories:- American military personnel of World War II
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- Warren Commission
- Roswell UFO incident
- 1915 births
- 1998 deaths
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