Hi Mike, > From: "Mike Carrell" > > Steve wrote about a conversation with Corso, who claimed > to have seen transistor and fiber optics technology > recovered from UFOs, and showing them at US research > labs, and the claim that these developments came from > alien technology. > > Makes nice press. One can jump to conclusions about > stupid humans by overlooking the continuous thread of > development of these technologies extending back into > the 1800s. All this is well documented and obvious to > one with the technical understanding necessary to read > the literature. > > But it's not surprising that a UFO would contain > microelectronics and fiber optics. They are markers of > a certain level of civilization, like the stone, > bronze, and iron ages. What is really interesting are > the energy and propulsion technologies involved. These > lie beyond the general knowledge of present physics. > > Mike Carrell >
Indeed, Corso's claims DID make a lot of "nice press" at the time. It should be noted that if one googles "Philip J. Corso" they will get a considerable amount of literature on the man. Bon Appetite! Regardless of whether one believes Corso's fantastic UFO stories or not, during his active military service he was involved in the management of a lot of sensitive operations of a clandestine nature. While some have attempted to vilify his character (probably because he started talking about is involvement in the controversial UFO field), he appears to have been well respected by many in positions of power. Once ,Corso was called to the senate floor to discuss his knowledge on a number of sensitive U2 issues. I want to make it perfectly clear here that I really don't know if Corso was telling the truth or not concerning his alleged exposure to alien technology. Since he had been involved in clandestine operations during his military career it has been suggested (and rightly so, I might add) that he would have been a master at the art of generating disinformation. So, was Corso's dramatic Roswell tale just another disinformation tactic? What would have been his motive for doing so? I fear we may never know what really happened. All I can say is that based on the few brief conversations I shared with Corso he gave me the impression that he was telling the truth - as he perceived the truth to be - and that, of course, is a mouthful. I wholeheartedly agree with Jed on the issue that we earthlings are a whole lot smarter than many give us credit. I think we've been a clever species for thousands of years even though we often do incredibly stupid things. Generally speaking, I do NOT subscribe to Von-Daniken-like theories claiming we poor lowly earthlings got most of our technology from super advanced aliens. On the other hand, I personally think it is arrogant to assume that we learned EVERYTHING completely on our own. I would point out that if we're lucky we all learned valuable skills from our parents during our occasionally hesitant journey towards adulthood. It seems to me that Jed acquired valuable skills on how to go about assessing his reality, as taught to him from his highly intelligent mother. It is obvious that Jed had good reason to respect her intelligence. I wished I had met Jed's mother as well. The point being, we all go through stages when we learn valuable skills from our elders whom we i! nitially revered as "gods". Later on, however, we also go through stages where we must break those ties with our "gods" in order to seek our own rightful place in the universe as equals with the "gods". I suspect its possible that many planetary cultures may need to go through that adolescent-like stage of rebellion. I suspect we're smack dab in the middle of our own planetary adolescence. Meanwhile, as our planetary society negotiates its way through adolescence it is considered both rude and offensive to hear from our elders, so it is best to ignore evidence of their existence, and better yet, propagate the myth that they never existed in the first place. There's an old saying the behind every lie is a truth, and behind every truth lies a lie. It's a colorful saying. As for me, it's been my experience that "Truth" often seems to boil down to a matter of personal interpretation. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com
