Person
Philip J. Corso
Also known as Corso, Philip Corso
- Lt. Col., U.S. Army; Foreign Technology Desk, Army Research & Development
U.S. Army lieutenant colonel (1915–1998) who served on President Eisenhower’s National Security Council staff and at the Army’s Foreign Technology Desk. In The Day After Roswell (1997, with William Birnes) he claimed he seeded technology recovered at Roswell into U.S. industry. Historians and the Army dispute much of the book.
Sources: Wikipedia · his lecture of 22 February 1998 (video on file)
Facts and claims
- claimed Claimed that while heading the Army’s Foreign Technology Desk he managed the reverse-engineering of alien artifacts recovered at Roswell in 1947. — Philip J. Corso Source: The Day After Roswell
- documented In 1997 the MoD was briefed that U.S. authorities had found Corso had “a previous track record of unreliable testimony.” (DEFE 24/2047, pp. 239–240); an MoD assessment of his book concluded he was not a reliable source of information (DEFE 24/1986, pp. 157–158). Source: highlights-guide-09-08-11.pdf
Connected files
Books
- The Day After Roswell (authored)
Claims
- Recovered alien craft were studied at Area 51, at a site called S-4 near Groom Lake in Nevada (disputes claim)
- The U.S. government has deliberately spread false or misleading information about UFOs (asserts)
- Programs dealing with UAP have been hidden from congressional oversight (asserts)
- The U.S. has recovered the bodies of non-human beings from crashed craft (asserts)
- The U.S. holds recovered craft of non-human origin and runs a secret program to reverse-engineer them (asserts)
- A craft of non-human origin crashed near Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947, and the military recovered it (asserts)
Documents
- Ministry of Defence UFO files: release of 3 March 2011 (35 files) (subject of) — DEFE 24/1986, pp. 157–158: the MoD assessment of his book
- Ministry of Defence UFO files: release of 11 August 2011 (34 files) (subject of) — DEFE 24/2047, pp. 239–240
Incidents
- Roswell crash (claims about) — Corso made broader claims about recovered technology
Concepts
- Crash retrieval & reverse engineering (alleges) — Claimed he managed the reverse-engineering of artifacts recovered at Roswell
Videos
- Col. Philip J. Corso: The Day After Roswell lecture “at the Ranch” (22 February 1998) (appears in)
- Citizen Hearing 2013: Closing Remarks (discussed in)
- Exopolitics Toronto - Paul Hellyer Speaks of UFO Disclosure - 9/25/2005 - Part 1 (discussed in)