Charles Hall?

[ArchieBedford]

I contacted Charlie Hall a couple of years ago and, over a few weeks of online dialogue, pressed him on the point of other corroborative witnesses to his claims, or some evidence which might convince a normal skeptic that they are true. I'm still not convinced. I was in NM earlier this year and unfortunately passed over the opportunity to meet with him, as my schedule was pretty much full.

His story is very detailed and consistent, and certainly interesting. He definitely served in the USAF, and was definitely where he claimed he was in Nevada in the 1960s. However, he remains in my grey basket until at least one other witness appears to publicly corroborate his tales.

 

[Martina]

Understood, and I get where you are coming from. I am not completely convinced as yet either, but it's still a darn good yarn, and I'd just love to have another of his interviews in my collection.

I've also exchanged emails with him, but at the time he was pretty busied out with emails from everyone after his interview on C2C, and I didn't get to question him as much as I would have liked.

 

[chikane]

I haven't read any of Charles hall books but listened to some other radio shows with him. The impression that it gave me was that he was telling stories. When asked about some specific points, he couldn't answer without refering each time to which chapter of his book in which there were adressed. It was like "this is written in my chapter x...I have talked about this in my chapter y...and this in my chapter z..." all along, so that it sounded like it was just that : a science fiction story that he knows very well.

Beside, some of his stories like the one of some tall whites going gambling in some casinos are really, really wacky (well, at least quite funny! ). Maybe I'm wrong but as for ArchieBedford, unless some other witnesses would come forward and corroborate his stories, I'll remained very doubtful about his claims. This is not to say that it would not be interesting to listen to him on the show.

 

[Martina]

I haven't read any of Charles hall books but listened to some other radio shows with him. The impression that it gave me was that he was telling stories. When asked about some specific points, he couldn't answer without refering each time to which chapter of his book in which there were adressed. It was like "this is written in my chapter x...I have talked about this in my chapter y...and this in my chapter z..." all along, so that it sounded like it was just that : a science fiction story that he knows very well..

Yeah, I've noticed him doing that a lot too, and I think he would be better off not to do that. I suppose he's just gotten into that habit having written a three volume set, and of course having done that he knows the material very well indeed, I'd just rather he didn't do that. He comes off like a really nice guy for the most part, I find him likable on a personal level, and he tells an interesting story.

Whether or not it's true I don't know. I just like the story.

 

[paraschtick]

But in the end, a story is just a story. I thought the paracast was interested in working out the truth about the whole paranormal/ufo phenomena. If I want to hear someone talk about a story ... well I don't really need to ... I go and buy their book. I don't need to hear them regurgitate a story which they have written and published, as I believe Hall has done here.

I believe there are far better candidates for the paracast than Charles Hall. People like Dr Joseph Farrell (who although I don't believe every single thing he talks about) has some genuinely interesting ideas which may helps us towards some sort of conclusion. Or Michael Schratt who can talk about real aircraft that the US has been playing with over the years.

Another "story" without any real facts ... and I mean hard FACTS rather than 3rd person testimony or whatever ... well they're a dime a dozen out there in the UFO field. I like a good story like everyone else but in the end it doesn't get us any further down the road to an answer to all this stuff we're so fascinated in.

 

[chikane]

But in the end, a story is just a story. I thought the paracast was interested in working out the truth about the whole paranormal/ufo phenomena. If I want to hear someone talk about a story ... well I don't really need to ... I go and buy their book. I don't need to hear them regurgitate a story which they have written and published, as I believe Hall has done here.

I believe there are far better candidates for the paracast than Charles Hall. People like Dr Joseph Farrell (who although I don't believe every single thing he talks about) has some genuinely interesting ideas which may helps us towards some sort of conclusion. Or Michael Schratt who can talk about real aircraft that the US has been playing with over the years.

Another "story" without any real facts ... and I mean hard FACTS rather than 3rd person testimony or whatever ... well they're a dime a dozen out there in the UFO field. I like a good story like everyone else but in the end it doesn't get us any further down the road to an answer to all this stuff we're so fascinated in.

I entirely agree. What I meant is though I'm quite skeptical about his stories, It could nevertheless be fair to listen to what he has to say once, that can be discussed in a critical manner. But maybe other guests with more substantiate stories are indeed more interesting to hear first...

 

[paraschtick]

I entirely agree. What I meant is though I'm quite skeptical about his stories, It could nevertheless be fair to listen to what he has to say once, that can be discussed in a critical manner. But maybe other guests with more substantiate stories are indeed more interesting to hear first...

Yeah I'm rather sceptical about his stories too. I just feel that there are people with better stories out there, and ones that are maybe true that need airing before Charles Hall is brought on the programme. Its just my opinion. Maybe I'm sounding more strongly about it than I really am over this matter. I'm not saying don't bring him on. I just think he's done the rounds enough for some of us to know how some of us regard him and his unsubstantiated claims.

But if he does come on, as always he should be asked hard questions. I'm not seeing a lot of hard questioning of his story up until now. We need to stop being so soft on people who put themselves in the public eye with stories that are possibly just made up just to sell not very good sci-fi books