Feb 8th - Scott Corrales

[BrandonD]

For all you ex Catholics out there when I was about four or five I thought this saying in mass was... seriously I heard it this way. "Lamb of God who takes away the sense of the world" ...

OMG that's really funny!

 

[Brian Now]

Aaron posted this in another thread. It explains the light thing:

UFO Beams around the World? Solved | forgetomori

David do you think this is valid? Can we all get some sleep now?

Thanks for this!
You know, there are those who can look at footage and at least see that it's likely BS, and there are others who can look at footage and explain why it's BS.
Scott Corralles is apparently neither of these types, which is why he's a C2C type of guest in my opinion.

 

[Gareth]

Thanks for this!
You know, there are those who can look at footage and at least see that it's likely BS, and there are others who can look at footage and explain why it's BS.
Scott Corralles is apparently neither of these types, which is why he's a C2C type of guest in my opinion.

Im starting to think that way myself. If only for the fact that he seemed entirely uninterested in that video when I emailed it to him.

Really disappointing.

 

[dorkbot]

Just wanted to say that I found the second hour of the show to be very engaging as the conversation touched on religious/ritual practices in S. America, magical realism etc. It seems there is easily another two hour show simply focused on those aspects and I would love to hear this stuff really drawn out in as much detail as possible. I would really like to learn more about the theories that float around within S. American research circles as to what are the substantive differences in the patterns of reports in those cultures vs the rest of the world and why.

I very much appreciate the opportunity to hear an uninterrupted session with somebody who is not fully embedded in the U.S./U.K western ufo groupthink whether it be the E.T/hardware types or the LightBeing/etheric-occult overlord types. It's nice to hear from people that run in different circles and have different levels of media exposure than we do here.

It would be fantastic if you guys could come up with a Russian, Chinese, and African counterpart to Mr. Corrales.

 

[Kevin Daly]

I was really glad to hear the sociological issues being discussed: honestly demands that we be open to the possibility that when certain phenomena seem to occur in certain cultural areas and not others, the phenomena themselves are cultural artefacts rather than objectively real.

Of course it's not an all-or-nothing deal either: we know that eyewitness testimony of all kinds tends to be pretty lousy. So ideas that are current in the culture will colour what people remember of a real experience, and how they interpret it.

There's also the possibility that the phenomenon does what we expect of it...either as a matter of policy or because it has no choice in the matter (Labyrinth again "Everything I've done I've done for you"...I'm always reminded of that when this possibility comes up).

 

[Stillborn]

I was really glad to hear the sociological issues being discussed: honestly demands that we be open to the possibility that when certain phenomena seem to occur in certain cultural areas and not others, the phenomena themselves are cultural artefacts rather than objectively real.

Of course it's not an all-or-nothing deal either: we know that eyewitness testimony of all kinds tends to be pretty lousy. So ideas that are current in the culture will colour what people remember of a real experience, and how they interpret it.

There's also the possibility that the phenomenon does what we expect of it...either as a matter of policy or because it has no choice in the matter (Labyrinth again "Everything I've done I've done for you"...I'm always reminded of that when this possibility comes up).

Aliens do exactly what I expect, act in ways in which confuse us. Actually, the details confuse me at times. The rest seem like what we do with other animals, only bring in the more psychological realm.

 

[Schuyler]

I agree with many of the posters here that Scott was not particularly insightful. When the conversation resorts to remininces of past cases without referrants it gets kind of tedious. But I'm going to give him a pass because I think his real value to the field is not so much analysis, but translation. We simply would not be aware of cases from the Spanish-speaking world if he did not translate and post for us.

I have a close friend in the translation business. Suffice it to say that he listens to the Bad Guys(tm). He can't talk about his job much, but he does say this:

"The Linguist does all the work and the Analyst gets all the credit."

As it happens, these are separate jobs with vastly different skill sets. The Linguist says, "This is an accurate account of what I heard or read." where the Analyst says, "This is what this means." Just because you are good at one does not mean you are even competent in the other. Scott is performing the Linguist roll here. I don't think we should insist that he perfom the Analyst roll in addition. Few people can do what he does and we should probably be thankful for his interest.

 

[subject x]

Another fine show. S. Corrales is, I think, always a good guest. The work he does in bringing UFO info from the latin world to the english speaking is a valuable asset for any interested in the field.

The fact that he doesn't try to explain the info he gets one way or another is a plus, to me. He's just reporting the info he gets in a straighforward, low speculation manner that isn't often seen in the UFO area, leaving the analysis to others. His work seems to have little if any bias, which is also rarely seen.

The "light beam" vid seems hokey to me, but if he came out, himself, saying that he thinks it's hokey (or real, for that matter), then he would be going beyond the realm of just reporting the info and into the realm of making a judgement, which, as I see it, is where journalism ends and opinion begins.

 

[ScottCorrales]

Because his "source" in Argentina said it was legit.

As much as I like and respect Scott Corrales, I found this little admission a little troubling. I mean, to look at the video, it looks absurd! Not to mention, considering Corrales is a professional, why doesnt he drop David an email (assuming he of course knows that David is an image guy) and ask about it, before putting it on his website?

He was saying that he doesnt judge the stuff, jsut puts it up for others to do. Thats all well and good, but he has to be careful that he doesnt go too far that way. Im sure everyone knows what Im talking about here. (hint: Paola Harris)

Thank you for your concern over the fate that awaits me in the UFO field, but I think my track record is sufficiently well established that it doesn't hinge on a cellphone video. Perhaps you missed the point, Gareth. There's no need for me drop David or anyone else an e-mail: video and photo analysts in the Spanish-speaking world (Jose Luis Figueras in Argentina, V.J. Ballester Olmos in Spain, Leopoldo Zambrano in Mexico) are every bit as competent. If Salvatore Carta from Vision OVNI vouched for the video's authenticity, I'm not going to gainsay him, and I will not stop posting images sent to me in good faith. That being said, I encourage you to stop by www.inexplicata.blogspot.com and follow what's going in Argentina and the rest of Latin America.

Best regards -- Scott Corrales

 

[ScottCorrales]

I agree with many of the posters here that Scott was not particularly insightful. When the conversation resorts to remininces of past cases without referrants it gets kind of tedious. But I'm going to give him a pass because I think his real value to the field is not so much analysis, but translation. We simply would not be aware of cases from the Spanish-speaking world if he did not translate and post for us.

Well, perhaps I do better in print. Why not look up my magazine articles in FATE, Strange, Fortean Times, etc.? I'm more of a writer than a speaker, anyway

 

[ScottCorrales]

The "light beam" vid seems hokey to me, but if he came out, himself, saying that he thinks it's hokey (or real, for that matter), then he would be going beyond the realm of just reporting the info and into the realm of making a judgement, which, as I see it, is where journalism ends and opinion begins.[/quote]

Thanks, Subject X! Writing opinion pieces is exactly what I've tried to avoid all these years.

 

[Gareth]

Scott I just found it curious that you didnt seem interested in the link I emailed you (or maybe you were but you just didnt address it in your reply). It really did explain the 'beam from UFO' phenomenon extremely well, and in my opinion debunks any notion that it was an actual beam from a craft. The videos in the link I sent (from stillborn originally) look exactly the same as ALL the so called UFO beam videos.

Anyway, just thought youd be interested.

You are still easily one of my top 5 guests. Always enjoy hearing you on the show.

 

[ScottCorrales]

Scott I just found it curious that you didnt seem interested in the link I emailed you (or maybe you were but you just didnt address it in your reply). It really did explain the 'beam from UFO' phenomenon extremely well, and in my opinion debunks any notion that it was an actual beam from a craft. The videos in the link I sent (from stillborn originally) look exactly the same as ALL the so called UFO beam videos.

Hi Gareth - I don't recall if I said so during the interview, but if it turns out that something is either a hoax or a misidentification, I will always make it known to my readers when I receive confirmation from the source country, which has now occurred. I did this last year during the media-fueled UFO sighting in Spain, and I've refrained saying yes or no about the Rosario cellphone video. Silvia Perez Simondini's own response to the situation was posted this morning at www.inexplicata.blogspot.com and it's been circulated it far and wide (hopefully). Vision Ovni still has my fullest confidence and I look forward making their research known to an Englishr-reading audience.

Best regards to you -- Scott

 

[Siani]

Scott, many thanks for raising awareness of the UFO situation in Latin America. It's an area of the whole UFO conundrum that fascinates me. As I don't speak Spanish, I find your blog an invaluable source of information. And it saves me having to learn a whole new language .