Philip Corso publishes 'The Day After Roswell'

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Army officer Philip Corso receiving a medal in Rome
Philip Corso as an Army major receiving the Bronze Star in Rome US Army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Retired Army Lt. Col. Philip Corso claimed in a Pocket Books memoir that Roswell debris seeded technologies such as lasers and fiber optics. Sen. Strom Thurmond, who wrote the foreword, said he had been told it was a memoir and knew of no cover-up; the claims are unverified.

Sources

  1. PressThe Senator and the UFOs (opens in a new tab)Government Executive (Louis Jacobson) / 1997-06-04
  2. PressThe Day After Roswell (review) (opens in a new tab)Publishers Weekly / 1997-06-30

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How the story came out

This reports on Roswell debris recovery (8 Jul 1947).

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