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<td bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" width=3D"639"><p align=3D"center"><big><big>Phi=
lip J. Corso's Department
of the Army Form 66,</big></big><br>
<big><big>Officer Qualification Record</big></big></p>
<p><u>The Day After Roswell</u>, caused immediate controversy when it w=
as published in
1997 because of the apparent qualifications and background of the autho=
r retired US Army
officer Philip J. Corso, and because of the extraordinary claims made i=
n the book: that
Corso handled and parceled out to US industry technology recovered from=
a UFO crash in New
Mexico in the late 1940's. </p>
<p>The documents, images of which are presented below, were originally =
obtained by Larry
Bryant through a Freedom of Information Act request, subsequently suppl=
ied to <a href=3D"mailto:jan@cyberzone.net">Jan Aldrich</a> of <a href=3D"h=
ttp://www.project1947.com/" target=3D"_top">Project
1947</a>, and finally sent to us by Jan. The documents are Philip J. Co=
rso's Department of
the Army Form 66, Officer Qualification Record, which summarizes his mi=
litary career. The
information contained in this record is in summary form, and generally =
can't be used to
determine specific reasons why something happened in a person's career.=
Some items are
blacked out because of the Privacy Act. Some items are in apparent conf=
lict with
statements made in <u>The Day After Roswell</u>.</p>
<p>CUFON is presenting these items in furtherance of our goal to make p=
ertinent
information freely available to an interested public. Corso's book has =
further divided
much of the UFO community seemingly validating the belief systems of so=
me, and damaging
those of others. Corso's credibility results largely from the credentia=
ls he brought to
the subject by virtue of his military career. The documents presented h=
ere, while not his
whole military personnel record, shows some apparent conflicts with cla=
ims made in The Day
After Roswell.</p>
<p>Comments below are from Jan Aldrich: </p>
<p>The information on the forms provides the following facts: </p>
<div align=3D"left"><table border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=
=3D"0" width=3D"610">
<tbody><tr>
<td width=3D"33">1.<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">LTC Corso was a commissioned in the Artillery and=
the Artillery was his
control branch during his career.<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">2.<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">He was a reserve officer.<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">3.<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">He served 21 years in the Army. 23 Feb 42-1 Mar 6=
3 .<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">4.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">He has credit for 4 overseas tours.<br>
European theater 13 Apr 43- 22 Mar 46<br>
Mediterranean theater 24 May 46-22 Mar 47<br>
Far East Command 1 Sep 50-2 Jun 53<br>
US Army, Europe 19 Oct 57-13 Sep 60 <br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">5.<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">He was granted a General Staff Identifier on 1 Ju=
n 62.<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">6.<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">He was promoted to Lt.Col. in AUS on 30 July 53 a=
nd in USAR 21 May 1957. <br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">7.<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">He had a long list of Military Occupational Speci=
alties most involved with
Intelligence and Air Defense Artillery. <br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">8.<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">He had a command as a Battalion Commander of Air =
Defense Battalion in
Europe. <br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">9.<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">Civilian Education includes 2 years of college. H=
e had two Intel Courses
and three Artillery Courses.<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">10.<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">He was awarded the Legion of Merit and other comm=
endations. He has a
number of campaign ribbons for service during WW II and the Korean =
War.<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">11.<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">He has no credit for campaigns in Korea. <br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">12.<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">He was detailed away from his career main branch =
five times comprising a
significant part of his career.<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">13.<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">He was assigned to Fort Riley, Kansas from 21 Apr=
il 1947 - 12 May 1950. <br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">14<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">He was assigned to GHQ, Far East Command on 11 Se=
p 50 to 1 Jan 53, as
Intel Staff Officer, Plans & Estimate Branch, Theater Intellige=
nce Div, G-2.<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">15.<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">From 1 Jan 53 to 2 Jun 53 he was assigned as Chie=
f Special Project Branch,
G-2 Section of the HQ, AFFE, 8000th AU (I do not know what these de=
signations mean.)<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">16.<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">From 15 Jul 53 to 20 Oct 56 he served in various =
Intel positions in
Washington, DC included a short temporary duty to the Psychological=
Strategy Board (PSB)
at the State Department. <br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33"></td>
<td width=3D"577">He had various other assignments until 1961. The =
most important to his
career was as Battalion Commander from 1957 to 1958.<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">18.<br>
<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">On June 20th, 1961 he was assigned to the Foreign=
Technology Division
(FTD) as a Staff officer. He stayed at that assignment until 18 Jul=
y 1962, when he was
assigned as Staff Officer in the Plans Div, OCRD, Washington, DC. <=
br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">19.<br>
<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">During his FTD assignment, he was chief from 18 A=
pril - 18 Jul 1962. Of
this 90 day assignment, which qualified him for a official rating r=
eport as chief, he was
absent for 15 of those days.<br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</div><p align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">Corso=
said he was head of the
Foreign Technology desk. I take that to mean he was Chief of the Foreig=
n Technology
Division just as when Edward Ruppelt said he was head of the UFO desk a=
t ATIC, we can take
that to mean Ruppelt was chief of Project Blue Book. </font></p>
<font size=3D"3"></font><p><font size=3D"3"><font face=3D"Times New Rom=
an">William Birnes called me up to dispute this
little point. I still stand by what I said and the records bear me out,=
Corso was only
chief or HEAD of the Foreign Technology Division for 90 days not two ye=
ars. You can
parse words all you want the first sentense in Corso's book definitely =
leaves the
impression that he is the chief or head. If that was not what was inten=
ded, then it should
have been worded differently.</font></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D=
"2"></font></p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">
</font><p>Certain things can be inferred from Corso's record. However, =
drawing conclusions
from limited information is very likely to lead to incorrect answers. <=
/p>
<p>DA Form 66's are generally better maintained for officers than for e=
nlisted personnel.
Assignments and "duties performed" for officers are usually taken from =
their
rating reports. However, mistakes are incorporated into the form more f=
requently than
personnel officers would like. The officer is required to audit his for=
m periodically and
Corso's form indicates that an audit was done just prior to his retirem=
ent. </p>
<p>So with the qualifications expressed above, what can be concluded ab=
out Corso's career?
</p>
<div align=3D"left"><table border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=
=3D"0" width=3D"610">
<tbody><tr>
<td width=3D"33">1.<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">He obtained a General Staff Identifier. This is r=
ather important and
impressive. This would be a positive factor for further promotion c=
onsideration.<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">2.<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">He did not try to raise his civilian educational =
level. This figures
against him for promotion and retention.<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">3.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">He had a wide variety of assignments, many of the=
m away form the his
career branch. Once again, this would figure against him for promot=
ion and retention
unless his raters outside the Artillery Branch could influence his =
Branch to give special
consideration for the duties performed.<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">4.<br>
<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">Corso's Form 66 would not indicate if he applied =
for Regular Army status.
It is obvious that he did not have it. Reserve Officers generally w=
ere under an "up
or out" policy. If they were considered and passed over for promoti=
on, generally
twice; then they had to leave the Service.<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33"></td>
<td width=3D"577">He was assigned to Fort Riley, Kansas during the =
time he indicated in his
book and probably served a number of times as Field Officer of the =
Day (FOD).<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">6.<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">He was Chief of FTD for 90 days. He worked for FT=
D for one year.<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">7.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">FTD was part of OCRD and he was assigned there fr=
om 5 May 61 to his
retirement on 1 Mar 1963; less than two years, of which he was abse=
nt for 37 days.
Considering that he had to get his retirement planning and preparat=
ion done and the
required time for out processing, more than the 37 days must have b=
een consumed on
personal matters.<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">8.<br>
<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">He was awarded the Legion of Merit for his Far Ea=
st tour. This is a
significant award, not just an "I-was-there-too" award. Since 1989 =
or so, the
Army has handed out awards like candy. During Corso's career, soldi=
ers generally earned
the awards they got. <br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">9.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">Someone commented that Corso was only Battalion C=
ommander for part of this
tour in Germany. There is nothing adverse here. It is standard proc=
edure to spend half a
tour in command and then go on to a staff position. In Corso's case=
, it was Inspector
General for 7th Army Support Command. <br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">10.<br>
<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">Most of Corso's Military Occupational Specialties=
(MOS) were awarded due
to qualification from schools. His Research and Development Coordin=
ator MOS was apparently
awarded by virtue of his work in that position.<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">11.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">Both the R & D Coordinator MOS, the General S=
taff Identifier and the
Chief FTD assignment were about the same time. One could speculate =
that Corso's boss was
trying to get his records spruced up for the next promotion/retenti=
on board. Certainly,
this is not unheard of. Whether it is true or not is another questi=
on. <br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=3D"33">12<br>
</td>
<td width=3D"577">Corso last officially reviewed his records on 25 =
Feb 63 which was probably
in preparation for his retirement on 1 Mar 63.</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</div><p>The DA Form 66 does not indicate security clearances. Generall=
y, today a
Battalion Commander in the Air Defense requires a Top Secret/Sensitive =
Compartmentalized
Information (TS/SCI) clearance which requires a Special Background Inve=
stigation.
Clearance information is on the clearance form itself or on the Officer=
Record Brief. </p>
<p>Some of Corso's assignments like Unit Advisor to the National Guard =
in Towson, Maryland
from 10 Oct 60 to 5 May 61 could very well have been a cover assignment=
, or may have been
an actual assignment. If Corso were such a fast burner in the intellige=
nce field, his
superiors should have got him his promotion to full Colonel. That may h=
ave required some
greasing of the skids with the Artillery Branch, but certainly not unhe=
ard of. </p>
<p>Speculation on what could, should or would have happened is just tha=
t: speculation. </p>
<p>Jan Aldrich<br>
Project 1947<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.project1947.com/" target=3D"_top">
http://www.project1947.com/</a><br>
P. O. Box 391, Canterbury, CT 06331, USA<br>
Telephone: (860) 546-9135<br>
<br>
</p>
<hr width=3D"500">
<p align=3D"center"><big><big><strong>FOIA RELEASE LETTER</strong></big=
></big></p>
<p> </p>
<p align=3D"CENTER">DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY<br>
U.S. ARMY RESERVE PERSONNEL CENTER<br>
9700 PAGE AVENUE<br>
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63132-5200</p>
<p><small><small><font face=3D"Arial">REPLY TO<br>
ATTENTION OF AUG 04 1997</font></small></small></p>
<p>Freedom of Information Act</p>
<p>Privacy Act Inquiry Office</p>
<p>Mr. Larry W. Bryant<br>
[ ADDRESS DELETED BY CUFON ]</p>
<p>Dear Mr. Bryant:</p>
<p>This is in response to your request for a copy of Colonel Philip J. =
Corso's military
personnel record. The request was received in this office on June 27, 1=
997. A copy of
Colonel Corso's military personnel record is not releasable without his=
written consent.</p>
<p>Enclosed is a copy of Colonel Philip J. Corso's DA Form 66, which co=
ntains releasable
information. Personal information has been deleted and the record withh=
eld in accordance
with Title 5, U.S. Code, Section 552 (b) (6).</p>
<p>If you consider my response to be a denial of your request, you may =
appeal by writing
to the Commander, U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Center, ATTN: ARPC-IMP-F,=
9700 Page Avenue,
St. Louis, MO 63132-5200, within 60 days of your receipt of this letter=
. Your appeal must
state the basis of your disagreement. Fees and charges allowable under =
the Freedom of
Information Act are waived.</p>
<p>Enclosures</p>
<p><a name=3D"links">S</a>incerely,</p>
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=3D"0" width=3D"610">
<tbody><tr>
<td width=3D"64"></td>
<td width=3D"546">/s/ Ange F. Nash<br>
Ange F. Nash<br>
Freedom of Information<br>
Privacy Act Officer</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</div><hr width=3D"500">
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">Click here to view images of Colonel Philip J. Corso's DA Form
66</a></p>
<p><a href=3D"http://www.cufon.org/cufon/corso_da66.zip">Click here to =
download .ZIP file (.HTM files, images in
.JPG + release letter in MS Word 97 format)</a></p>
<p> </p></td>
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