Summary

Retired U.S. Army Colonel and veteran of both World War II and Korea who served on Eisenhower's National Security Council before being assigned to the Pentagon's Army Research and Development division under Lt. General Arthur Trudeau. In his 1997 memoir 'The Day After Roswell,' Corso claimed he managed a program to seed Roswell crash debris to private defense contractors as 'foreign technology,' resulting in development of fiber optics, integrated circuits, night vision, and Kevlar. His account remains the most detailed military insider claim about systematic Roswell artifact reverse engineering ever published.

Roles

• -U.S. Army Colonel, Pentagon R&D Division
• -Chief, Foreign Technology Division, Army Research and Development
• -National Security Council Staff Member (Eisenhower administration)
• -Author - The Day After Roswell (1997)

Organizations

Education

• -U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
• -Various Army military education programs

Early Career

• -Commissioned Army officer, served in World War II in North Africa and Italy
• -Served in Korea during Korean War, assigned to intelligence roles
• -Assigned to National Security Council staff under President Eisenhower, 1953-1957
• -Oversaw POW camps in Italy post-WWII; reportedly witnessed a live alien entity being transported through Fort Riley, Kansas in 1947

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