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 U.S. 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 described his involvement in the research of extraterrestrial technology recovered from the 1947 Roswell UFO crash.

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[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 WWII refugees out of Rome to 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. 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.[2][3]

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.

Corso married Nancy Janice Moore in 1968. They have a son, Philip Corso Junior.

[edit] The Day After Roswell

Main article: 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.

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 1947, according to Corso, a covert government group (see Majestic 12) was assembled under the leadership of the first Director of Central Intelligence, Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter. Among its tasks was to collect all information on extraterrestrial spacecraft. The US administration simultaneously discounted the existence of flying saucers in the eyes of the public, Corso says.

Corso further relates that the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), or Star Wars, was meant to achieve the capability of killing the electronic guidance systems of incoming enemy warheads and disabling enemy spacecraft, including those of extraterrestrial origin.

Many of the claims made in this book have been challenged by other UFO researchers; for a detailed investigation of his claims, see Kal K. Korff's book The Roswell UFO Crash: What They Don't Want You to Know.

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[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

United States Army Portal

[edit] References

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  1. ^ Philip J. Corso's Department of the Army Form 66, Officer Qualification Record. Retrieved on 2007-02-10.
  2. ^ Testimony Of Dolores Alfond Before The Pennsylvania Legislature (1999-05-03). Retrieved on 2007-02-09.
  3. ^ Senate Select Committee 49. AII POW-MIA (1992-11-11). Retrieved on 2007-02-10.

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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
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