Corso book

[Howpl]

I tried to get a dialogue going on Corso's book in the sci.skeptic group
with no success. How about you folks?

For those who haven't read it, here's the teaser -- meant only as an
enticement to read, i.e., don't judge the book by this summary alone.
[That would fail to take into account the entirety of the evidence - a
scientific no-no. Right?]

As head of the Foreign Technology section of the Army, Corso claims to
have used his office as examiner of foreign -- i.e., German technology --
as the perfect cover for a deeper agenda: analyzing Roswell
debris/technology (foreign = alien in this case), which he "harvested" and
covertly seeded to scientists working at major defense contractors. Night
vision, lasers, fiber optics, and other technological developments were
boosted by the "reverse engineering" he encouraged and funded. NBC's
Dateline did a segment on Corso a few weeks ago but was typically
superficial and did not lay a glove on him. Now in his 80s, it's doubtful
he wrote the book for the fame and fortune that may tempt younger hoaxers.

[auth...@webtv.net]

HOWPL hit it right on the head. Bravo!

Reply at: auth...@webtv.net

[Sherilyn]

In article <19970718145...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, Howpl
<ho...@aol.com> writes

>I tried to get a dialogue going on Corso's book in the sci.skeptic group
>with no success. How about you folks?

You ignored Ob1's follow-up pointing out Corso's rather large clangers
(Ob1 tells me he is not a skeptic, BTW).

Ob1's text is at:

http://www.ob1.com/Corso.htm

For myself, I'm rather partial to this Daryl Lease column about the
affair:

http://www.shorejournal.com/9707/dal0706a.html

>
>For those who haven't read it, here's the teaser -- meant only as an
>enticement to read, i.e., don't judge the book by this summary alone.
>[That would fail to take into account the entirety of the evidence - a
>scientific no-no. Right?]
>
>As head of the Foreign Technology section of the Army, Corso claims to
>have used his office as examiner of foreign -- i.e., German technology --
>as the perfect cover for a deeper agenda: analyzing Roswell
>debris/technology (foreign = alien in this case), which he "harvested" and
>covertly seeded to scientists working at major defense contractors. Night
>vision, lasers, fiber optics, and other technological developments were
>boosted by the "reverse engineering" he encouraged and funded. NBC's
>Dateline did a segment on Corso a few weeks ago but was typically
>superficial and did not lay a glove on him. Now in his 80s, it's doubtful
>he wrote the book for the fame and fortune that may tempt younger hoaxers.
>

I'd say that if he ever cared about the truth, he has long since ceased.
--
Sherilyn