The Day After Roswell
ISBN 0-671-00461-1 | | |
The Day After Roswell is an American book about extraterrestrial spacecraft and the Roswell incident. It was written by United States Army Colonel Philip J. Corso, with help from William J. Birnes, and was published as a tell-all memoir by Pocket Books in 1997, a year before Corso's death. The book claims that an extraterrestrial spacecraft crashed near Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947 and was recovered by the United States government who then sought to cover up all evidence of extraterrestrials.
Synopsis
The majority of the book is an account of Colonel Corso's claims that he was assigned to a secret government program that provided some material recovered from crashed spacecraft to private industry (without saying where the items came from) to
Colonel Corso also claimed the world was "at war" with extraterrestrials and that the Strategic Defense Initiative project was part of that campaign that was successfully concluded in Earth's favour.
Foreword in the book
When it was released, the book contained a foreword written by longtime U.S. Senator
Liz Hartman, director of publicity for Pocket Books, said in the same New York Times article; “We absolutely stand by the book. It's a memoir.”
Versions of the book purchased today, for example electronic Kindle downloads from Amazon, still carry the Thurmond foreword.
Reception
The book appeared on The New York Times Best Sellers List for several weeks,[2][3][4][5] and received both favorable and unfavorable reviews. Publishers Weekly advised, "[Corso's book] is only for the few special libraries that have made documenting the unconventional a collecting priority."[6] The Financial Post titled their review “Book Reads Like Unidentified Lying Object.”[7]
In 2001, The Guardian included the book in its list of "Top Ten literary hoaxes".[8]
Media appearances
Corso was a guest on
Editions
- ISBN 0-671-00461-1. (first edition)
See also
- Potential cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact
- The Fortec Conspiracy, a 1968 novel about the US Air Force's Foreign Technology Division hiding alien material and bodies
References
- ^ William J. Broad. "Senator regrets role in book on aliens". New York Times. June 5, 1997. Retrieved on August 1, 2008.
- ^ "Best Sellers: July 27, 1997". Retrieved on August 1, 2008.
- ^ "Best Sellers: August 10, 1997". Retrieved on August 1, 2008.
- ^ "Best Sellers: August 17, 1997". Retrieved on August 1, 2008.
- ^ "Best Sellers: August 24, 1997". Retrieved on August 1, 2008.
- ^ Scott H. Silverman. "The Day After Roswell / Beyond Roswell: The Alien Autopsy Film, Area 51, & the U.S. Government Coverup of UFO's". Library Journal. July 1997. 109.
- ^ Baker, Nicholson (2024-01-31). "How We Lost Our Minds About UFOs". Intelligencer. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ "Top Ten Literary Hoaxes". The Guardian. November 15, 2001. Retrieved on July 9, 2009.
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