And who knows ...

Maybe if we're on the brink of a nuclear holocaust, maybe they will intervene. But our species is no where near "endangered".

And I would hope that they would not intervene. If we can't get past our differences here on Earth, we have no place traveling our Galaxy ... much less the rest of the Universe.

Hopefully, they will preserve some of our species .. much like a zoo here on Earth, so that we should not perish from all existence.

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Originally posted by Springer
I asked George to present this not only because he is one of our newest ATS Video Pros, but much of this has never been seen by anyone. I think it gives a great perspective into the real Philip Corso without all the preparation of a speaking engagement.

Whether you discount him as fantasy, believe parts or think he was exactly what he said he was, this is an opportunity to see him like you never have before and never will again, as he is now deceased.

Springer...

To add to that before he died according to his family (son I believe) he said something along the lines of "I wish I had never written that damn book" There's a documentary out there I saw some time ago interviewing his family after his death. His family says on his death bed he swore every word in the book was true but he was made out to look like a "loon" hence the reason he wished he had never written it.

People are concentrating too much on the UFO stuff in the documentary. There is one part where he starts to talk about Russia launching a nuclear bomb at a satellite and missed it then it cuts out and goes to another subject. Right before that he mentions there was 2 incidents.

There could possibly be a correlation between 2 incidents that occurred where (gamma was it?) waves were detected as if 2 nuclear bombs had gone off in space detected by scientists/astronomers on the ground and was later just pawned off as a space/astronomy mystery/anomaly. I was really hoping to hear what he had to say after that but it was cut off, shoot.

Considering I have a copy of his DA Form 66 sitting right next to me it pretty much gives quite a interesting history of all his duty stations and for how long along with his titles which all pretty much correlate with what he has said in interviews.

If asking how I got a copy all you have to do is submit a freedom of information act for "Colonel Phillip J. Corso's DA Form 66" In the late 90's they were releasing it so quite a few of us already in the military decided to try and get it.

I think it might also be posted on the black vault website but not 100% certain of that.

A good majority of my superiors in the military believed what he claimed to have known but wouldn't dare mention it publicly just due to career suicide.

I pretty much have to believe what he claims he has seen although I do agree his story sometimes changes here and there but as old as he was I'm not surprised. All it takes is one joke from him about it to make him look like a loon, which I've seen happen in interviews he's done. A good example was the 20/20 interview at the end when he jokingly said wait till I tell you about the time machine and they played it off as if he was serious. He was jokingly serious but those that haven't looked into him just took it as meaning he was a loony old man which is quite sad.

This is the only person to date I have believed when it comes to UFO's. I'm guessing it's due to his time in service and hard solid proof from Washington itself that he worked there both as, "Staff of Foreign Technology Div" and then promoted to "Chief of Foreign Technology Div" As accurate as he is with recalling dates it's quite stunning to be honest considering all the different assignments he had.

I kind of have to laugh at his "debunkers" considering most of them haven't even heard of him and his stories have been around a long long time. I'm also curious how much these guys have studied up on him. Simple fact is if they haven't heard of him except through a post like this then they are not true debunkers much less seriously looked into the UFO phenomena as this guy is on top of the list.

Chances are if there is a UFO thing this is the guy to know. If he is a disinfo agent then all that's happening is the typical "hide it in plain site because no one will look there".

I'm really glad to have been able to see this video although I would have loved to know more about that Russian nuclear war head he talked about going into space and missing the satellite target by 250 miles, shoot shoot shoot lol.

Why do you think we are in their way if they wanted Earth as their own? What if they think Earth is theirs already??

Do you kill the ants in your backyard in order to claim that you own it? Or do you consider ants as not a threat to your property rights?

If you think aliens need to get rid of humans to "own" Earth, than I suppose you are probably killing a lot of ants in your backyard every week in order to keep your ownership intact.

I think we have to put ourselves; as best we can, in Col. Corso’s place. This man had a long, long military career and was also quite at home in the halls of power. The number of individual details stored in his memory, all of it important to one degree or the next, makes him a walking history book.

As he was speaking, that flood of information and experience is pouring out of him in overlapping stories that each then connect to something else. If we were talking about a younger man who led a fairly narrow occupational existence, we might expect a more precisely trimmed version of events. But someone with such a dynamic lifetime of experience? I would think a few stumbles and wayward tracks should be forgiven, if not even expected.

Beyond that, his story is one more piece of the puzzle.

Thanks to ATS for presenting it!

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Even though Mr. Knapp's interview has some type of credibility, I would not call it the smoking gun on the subject of UFOs. It is an interesting piece of work, which will be debated for several decades.

Some questions come to mind after watching this video and they include:
Does this film show definitive proof that there are aliens visiting Earth?
No. Even though you can look up some of his science, he does not provide facts that can be measured, tested, or touched.

Is Mr. Corso telling the truth?
Debatable. Since this video was taken when Mr. Corso was an older man, the reliability of his memory comes into question. Someone could easily say that he was suffering from Dimensia.

Could Mr. Knapp have staged or edited this interview for his benefit?
(No offense to Mr. Knapp).
Since I personally do not know the man, I would have to question his overall motive. Sure. He could have edited and staged this interview. If you watch anyone of the clips (start to finish), you can see that some type of editing was done. My question is "Why?"

Why did Mr. Knapp edit these videos? What is missing from them?

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Corso has been talking about this stuff since the 70's.

He gets dragged out now and again and starts to talk about it again here and there.

He wrote a book.

I am absolutely surprised that he is not taken more seriously.
Even the astronauts talk about aliens, particularly Mitchell.

so are all these high ranking officials to be written off because their subject matter is beyond the mental grasp of msm?

probably.

meh, let the people panic I say.
we'll adapt and we'll get used to it quickly like any other huge event.

Since I have never heard about Mr. Corso before, I do not have an earlier point of reference. I am only drawing upon what I know.

Well saids I got bumped a 1000 points or something for saying something wrong, when all I said was post the alien pictures because my little one thought it was cute. Keep the change on that, I didnt even know points was given out, can we buy a car or something with them lol. Anyways I just want those pictures of that alien posted, The Col has been longed proven to be a fraud, not much to the video but more he said she said, and well to hear the Col tell it, aliens are responsible for everything down to the toilet invention!

Even though I have no scientific evidence to support or negate Col. Phillip Corso’s claims – I believe him.
If there was disinformation involved I do not believe he was aware of it. The government is very compartmentalized – for all he knew, there was no other departments or agencies collecting data on this phenomena.

As for the news media: (20/20 and such interviews). They are a big part of the disinformation machine – anyone who has been on ATS long enough knows how the media can manipulate the masses, and usually the masses lap it up without question. 20/20 did it’s best to destroy Corso’s credibility, as did others. Of course – if there was a government insider coming out with secrets that the government wasn’t ready to release; wouldn’t that government’s said agencies implement a strategy to ruin the insider’s credibility?

Unfortunately for them, Corso has the military record to back up where he has been and what he has seen. Too bad he was so old when he came out with the truth.

Certainly an entertaining video, but I gotta tell you guys something: It is just very hard for me to believe this "old man". Something doesn't seem right when I watch him (before and present in other videos). Seems like a grumpy old bastard that certainly has knowledge of things, but regarding UFO ... eh?!?! I am not buying it.

I find his story to have the air of authenticity. He has always seemed to me to be one of the more believable high profile witnesses. Of course, his prestigious military record (which is publicly accessible to anyone) does lend him a great degree of credibility. It is not as if he was just some reserve desk officer - he was a Lt. Colonel who served on Eisenhower's National Security Council, among his many other high-level positions. It is simply too easy to write him off for a few minor errors in recall or communication and say that he had dementia or wanted to make some sweet cash from a UFO book deal.

And Corso is just one of many examples of UFO witnesses with credible and verifiable backgrounds in military, government, etc. Whatever you think about say, Greer and the Disclosure Project, the fact is a number of the witnesses involved with it held respectable positions in which capacity they claimed to have been privy to information about the UFO subject. Are all of them demented? Are they all writing books?

If we discount the testimony of witnesses such as Lt. Col. Corso and others as a product of mental deficiency and/or profit motive, that in itself raises serious questions. That such a large quantity of people in high level government positions are either out of their minds (a worrying thought) or have all somehow hit upon the idea of milking the UFO audience for a few book sales, or are just doing it for a lark... well, that's a phenomenon that in itself is worthy of study. After all, these people have had a lot to lose by coming forward with their stories, and many haven't even tried to work out a book deal. They want to testify. And it's a pretty crazy way to get attention if you ask me, which is why, if all of these witnesses are unreliable, it is very troubling.