Philip J. Corso

Philip J. Corso
Born	May 22, 1915(1915-05-22)
Died	July 16, 1998(1998-07-16) (aged 83) 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 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.

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 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

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  In Rome, 1945

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  In Tokyo, 1953

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  In Germany, 1960

Files

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  DA Form 66 (page 1)

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  DA Form 66 (page 2)

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  DA Form 66 (page 3)

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  DA Form 66 (page 4)

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  DA Form 66 (page 5)

See also

	United States Army portal
	World War II portal

• Roswell UFO Incident

References

1. ^ "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. 
2. ^ "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]}
3. ^ "Testimony Of Dolores Alfond Before The Pennsylvania Legislature". 1999-05-03. http://www.nationalalliance.org/korea/k-alfond.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-09. 
4. ^ "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

Persondata
Name	Corso, Philip J.
Alternative names
Short description	US Army officer
Date of birth	1915-5-22
Place of birth
Date of death	1998-7-16
Place of death	Jupiter, Florida