Person
Arthur Trudeau
US Army lieutenant general who was Chief of Research and Development from 1958 to 1962 and Philip Corso's superior. Corso says Trudeau gave him the Roswell file and set up the Foreign Technology Division to seed its technology into industry. A secondhand account through Eric Davis and Jacques Vallée has George H. W. Bush saying Trudeau briefed him in 1968.
Claims (5)
Lieutenant general and Chief of Army Research and Development (OCRD) from 1958 to 1962; the Army Research Office was set up under him in 1958. Gen. Dwight E. Beach succeeded him.Philip J. Corso - US Army UFO Technology Research & DevelopmentfirsthandOn the recordpublic bios and records (cited by UAP Gerb)
He handed Philip Corso a file cabinet of Roswell material in 1961, and Corso promised not to speak until Trudeau's death in 1991.firsthandSourced, unconfirmedPhilip J. Corso
Sperry Rand executives met him often, per his memoirs.Philip J. Corso - US Army UFO Technology Research & DevelopmentfirsthandSourced, unconfirmedTrudeau's memoirs (cited by UAP Gerb)
He briefed George H. W. Bush around the 1968 Rivers hearings, and Corso's planned testimony about alien hardware sent to industrial labs was squashed.Philip J. Corso - US Army UFO Technology Research & DevelopmentsecondhandSourced, unconfirmedGeorge H. W. Bush
Trudeau's Army Foreign Technology Division was the first structured legacy program, and MITRE's founding in 1958 lines up with it.speculationLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)
Cases (1)
Connected
Army Foreign Technology Division (OCRD, 1960-63) orgThe MITRE Corporation orgEric W. Davis personGeorge H. W. Bush personPhilip J. Corso person
Sources
- UAP Gerb: Philip Corso and the Army Foreign Technology Division
- UAP Gerb: the MITRE Corporation
- UAP Gerb: 80 Years, the legacy-program timeline