| Philip J. Corso | |
|---|---|
| File:Philip J. Corso.jpg | |
| Born | May 22, 1915 |
| Died | July 16, 1998 (aged 83) |
| Place of death | Jupiter, Florida |
| Allegiance | 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 Riley |
| Battles/wars |
World War II Korean War |
| Awards |
American Campaign Medal American Defense Service Medal Bronze Star Commendation Ribbon EAME Campaign Medal Legion of Merit World War II Victory Medal |
Philip 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 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.
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. He was the personal emissary to Giovanni Battista Montini at the Vatican, later Pope Paul VI, during the period when the "Nazi Rat Lines" were most active.
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 first hand testimony, that many hundreds of American POW's were abandoned at these camps.[3][4]
At those hearings, Senator John McCain [R-AZ] dismissed these undocumented and uncorroborated allegations made by Corso as being extremely difficult to believe. McCain implied that Corso was guilty of fabricating the truth and essentially terminated the testimony being given by Corso immediately after a severe verbal reprimand on live television. McCain noted that his personal relationship with Eisenhower, led him to believe that Eisenhower was just not capable of allowing known American POWs to remain incarcerated after the termination of the Korean War.[citation needed]
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.
The Day After Roswell[]
In 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.
Gallery[]
Personal[]
Files[]
His service number on his id card was 01047930 as shown on TV.
See also[]
- Roswell UFO Incident
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. Archived from the original on 2000-05-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20000511071218/http://www.space.com/spaceimagined/area51/caus_court_000320.html. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- The Day After Roswell (paperback, 1998) ISBN 978-0-671-01756-9
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
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