Philip J. Corso

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Philip J. Corso
May 22, 1915(1915-05-22) – 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.

Late in his life, in the book The Day After Roswell, Corso tells about how he was involved in the research of extraterrestrial technology recovered from the 1947 Roswell UFO crash.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Military career 1.2 The Day After Roswell 2 Gallery 2.1 Personal 2.2 Files 3 See also 4 References 4.1 Further reading 5 External links 5.1 Videos

[edit] Biography

[edit] Military career

After joining the Army in 1942, Corso served in Army Intelligence in Europe.

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.

[edit] The Day After Roswell

Corso relates in his book The Day After Roswell (co-author William J. Birnes) how he stewarded extraterrestrial artifacts recovered from a crash at Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947.

Corso relates how 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 divulges how 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 disablement of enemy spacecraft, including those from extraterrestrial origin.

[edit] Gallery

[edit] Personal

In Rome, 1945

In Tokyo, 1953

In Germany, 1960

[edit] Files

DA Form 66 (page 1)	DA Form 66 (page 2)	DA Form 66 (page 3)	DA Form 66 (page 4)
DA Form 66 (page 5)

[edit] See also

• Roswell UFO Incident

[edit] References

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[edit] Further reading

• The Day After Roswell (paperback, 1998) ISBN 978-0-67-101756-9

[edit] 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
• "Hearings Opened On Korea M.I.A.'S". New York Times. 1992-11-11. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10617FD345B0C728DDDA80994DA494D81&n=Top%2fNews%2fWorld%2fCountries%20and%20Territories%2fChina. Retrieved on 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

[edit] 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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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