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safehaven90's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
3.5
It didn't make me a believer but I enjoyed the read.
marissaflo's review against another edition
4.0
Reading this book as a fictional account is pretty entertaining. On that note, I rate it four stars, although it is very repetitive.
babygirl69's review against another edition
2.0
Well, it did not make me believe in aliens, but it did make me think about the considerable jump in technology that we have made in such a short time. --Another thing about the book is that if (and that's a big IF) what he says on the book is true, then why is he telling it? He swore an oath to not reveal this information, but he did. I understand that there are some things the public does not need to know, furthermore, there are some things that other nations don't need to know. If what he says is true, then he has given away national security secrets. And, it seemed like he was telling everybody what a big hero he is. Almost like he wants to be up there with Audie Murphy, Lincoln, Paul Revere, etc. I did not like that. --- While I'm open to new evidence, it will take more than this book to make me believe in ET's.
wyntrchylde's review against another edition
3.0
The Day After Roswell
Author: Col Philip J Corso with Wiliam J Birnes
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published In: New York
Date: 1997
Pgs: 341
REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Summary:
As Chief of the Army’s Foreign Technology Division in 1961, Philip J Corso stewarded the Roswell, New Mexico, alien artifcats in a reverse-engineering project that led to: integrated circuits, fiber optics, lasers, super tenacity fibers, and seeded the Roswell alien technology to the giants of American industry. The Roswell tech was a grand leap forward and powered the boom in the 20th century American military-industry complex.
...If...if it’s true and this isn’t just another cover story.
Genre:
Autobiography and memoir
Conspiracy theories
Controversy
Espionage
Government
History
Military
Non-fiction
Science and nature
Space
UFOs
Why this book:
Roswell. Truth. Retired Colonel. Senator Strom Thurmond.
______________________________________________________________________________
The Feel:
Feels repetitive chapter to chapter. The format and style and the way the chapter structure is broken up make it seem that a lot of stylistic, textual forms are reused. The same information is re-communicated a number of times.
Pacing:
The style and repetitive nature of some of the text negatively impacts the flow and pace of the story.
Hmm Moments:
Post 1947, the CIA, Navy, and Army did more to trigger the Man in Black scare than anything else. They went into a full court press to ferret out Soviet agents in and around the areas specific to the material recovered from Roswell. The plan came out of the Truman administration, probably originating either with the CIA or the DOD.
Ask too many questions and knocking at your door would be a couple of plainclothes investigators who didn’t need a search warrant to rummage through your things. So maybe the army was a little overzealous in the interrogation procedures…
This gives an excuse for the massive technological explosion that man underwent in the last century, but it doesn’t give man much credit. Yes, it does give him kudos for reverse engineering the tech, but it doesn’t give any credence to the idea that these leaps were purely a product of mankind’s ingenuity. Halfway through the book, I’m begging to get that watching television feel where the guy with the funky hair is about to appear and say, “I’m not saying it’s aliens...but it’s aliens.”
______________________________________________________________________________
Last Page Sound:
Is he part of the cover up and only feeding us “his” version of what happened? By his own admission everything was steeped in hoax and dissembling, so how do you trust his account.
Author Assessment:
The repetitive chapter to chapter bit with Corso’s angst over the reports and what he’s got and his talks with Trudeau begin to grate after you re-read almost the same exchange for the third or fifth time. Whether these were actually repeated conversations or if these were one conversation remembered a dozen times in service to telling each items’ story as it went through the industrialization process from the Army to R&D guys to the defense contractors is unclear, but each chapter seems to have another repeat of the conversation.
Editorial Assessment:
Editorially, someone should have said something about how the repetitive structures of the chapters was impacting the story flow. Almost seems like an editor may have only looked at this as each chapter was completed vs how all the chapters hung together as a whole.
Knee Jerk Reaction:
it’s alright
Disposition of Book:
Half Price Book stack
Would recommend to:
no one
______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Col Philip J Corso with Wiliam J Birnes
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published In: New York
Date: 1997
Pgs: 341
REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Summary:
As Chief of the Army’s Foreign Technology Division in 1961, Philip J Corso stewarded the Roswell, New Mexico, alien artifcats in a reverse-engineering project that led to: integrated circuits, fiber optics, lasers, super tenacity fibers, and seeded the Roswell alien technology to the giants of American industry. The Roswell tech was a grand leap forward and powered the boom in the 20th century American military-industry complex.
...If...if it’s true and this isn’t just another cover story.
Genre:
Autobiography and memoir
Conspiracy theories
Controversy
Espionage
Government
History
Military
Non-fiction
Science and nature
Space
UFOs
Why this book:
Roswell. Truth. Retired Colonel. Senator Strom Thurmond.
______________________________________________________________________________
The Feel:
Feels repetitive chapter to chapter. The format and style and the way the chapter structure is broken up make it seem that a lot of stylistic, textual forms are reused. The same information is re-communicated a number of times.
Pacing:
The style and repetitive nature of some of the text negatively impacts the flow and pace of the story.
Hmm Moments:
Post 1947, the CIA, Navy, and Army did more to trigger the Man in Black scare than anything else. They went into a full court press to ferret out Soviet agents in and around the areas specific to the material recovered from Roswell. The plan came out of the Truman administration, probably originating either with the CIA or the DOD.
Ask too many questions and knocking at your door would be a couple of plainclothes investigators who didn’t need a search warrant to rummage through your things. So maybe the army was a little overzealous in the interrogation procedures…
This gives an excuse for the massive technological explosion that man underwent in the last century, but it doesn’t give man much credit. Yes, it does give him kudos for reverse engineering the tech, but it doesn’t give any credence to the idea that these leaps were purely a product of mankind’s ingenuity. Halfway through the book, I’m begging to get that watching television feel where the guy with the funky hair is about to appear and say, “I’m not saying it’s aliens...but it’s aliens.”
______________________________________________________________________________
Last Page Sound:
Is he part of the cover up and only feeding us “his” version of what happened? By his own admission everything was steeped in hoax and dissembling, so how do you trust his account.
Author Assessment:
The repetitive chapter to chapter bit with Corso’s angst over the reports and what he’s got and his talks with Trudeau begin to grate after you re-read almost the same exchange for the third or fifth time. Whether these were actually repeated conversations or if these were one conversation remembered a dozen times in service to telling each items’ story as it went through the industrialization process from the Army to R&D guys to the defense contractors is unclear, but each chapter seems to have another repeat of the conversation.
Editorial Assessment:
Editorially, someone should have said something about how the repetitive structures of the chapters was impacting the story flow. Almost seems like an editor may have only looked at this as each chapter was completed vs how all the chapters hung together as a whole.
Knee Jerk Reaction:
it’s alright
Disposition of Book:
Half Price Book stack
Would recommend to:
no one
______________________________________________________________________________
sleepytchr's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this book. I listened to the audio version and I thought the narrator (who is also the co-writer, I believe) sounded a little hokey. However, whether it is true or not, it was a great story. I never know how
much credence I should give to folks who tell “top secret” tales. Our government certainly seems so inept that I have a hard time believing there are those who deal with such sensitive subjects with a high level of confidentiality. I’m still not convinced, but I do find the topic of UFOs and EBEs to be extremely interesting...if only to wonder, “What if?”
much credence I should give to folks who tell “top secret” tales. Our government certainly seems so inept that I have a hard time believing there are those who deal with such sensitive subjects with a high level of confidentiality. I’m still not convinced, but I do find the topic of UFOs and EBEs to be extremely interesting...if only to wonder, “What if?”
clancy19's review against another edition
1.0
Self aggrandizing ramblings of a delusional soul. I approached this book open to being convinced of at least its possibility. Sadly, this is not the book to convince anyone of anything. Historical facts are often incorrect, and the author contradicts himself several times. Too many things wrong here to really go into. Avoid this book.
adnielsen's review against another edition
1.0
Complete and utter nonsense. Honestly, it’s just silly fiction chocked full of tall tales including talk of a secret moon base. A complete waste of time and a struggle to finish.
librarimans's review against another edition
3.0
While the subject matter is pretty fantastical (recovered alien technology from the supposed crash in Roswell in 1947 leads to nearly every major scientific advance made in the post war and Cold War period), I honestly wouldn't be surprised if there weren't some nuggets of truch buried in the more outlandish claims. Do I believe the KGB had infilitrated pretty highly into the US Gov't during the Cold War? Sure, I think it would be a bit naive to think otherwise. Do I think our comparatively limited technology of the time was enough to thwart the advances of a race that had mastered interstellar travel? Yeah, not so much. Ultimatelt it was a pretty interesting read though.
palipoto's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
3.0
This book seems to be part of a psyop
whitecat5000's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
While interesting as a read, it felt more fantastical than reality.