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| Dr. Irena Scott |
This
week I spoke with Dr. Irena McCammon Scott who had published the book, UFO’s Today: 70 Years of Lies,
Misinformation and Government Coverup. I had hoped that we would be able to
talk about what was new in the book and when I asked, she pointed to a tale of
Cordell Hull who had talked about alien bodies stored under the Capitol
building in Washington, D.C. The problem is that the tale is not new and was
reported in the International UFO
Reporter in the winter 2001 – 2002 issue. There doesn’t seem to be much in
the way of corroboration for the story. You can listen to the interview here:
(And,
as always, you can find it on YouTube by searching A Different Perspective with
Kevin Randle. Just add Dr. Scott’s name.)
We
did speak at length about the Kenneth Arnold sighting, and I wanted to know
more about Maury Island where a damaged UFO had touched down, leaving some
debris behind. Although we talked about the story being a hoax, Dr. Scott fell
back on the position that it was a hoax, but there was a Men in Black component
in it. She didn’t know that one of the witnesses, Fred Crisman, had been in
contact with Ray Palmer, the science fiction editor year or two earlier and who
had leaped onto the flying saucer bandwagon the first chance he got. The Men in
Black were probably Crisman and his partner Harold Dahl, who seemed to be
leaking everything to the newspaper and frightening poor old Ken Arnold. Arnold
believed his hotel room had been bugged because of the articles in the
newspaper. I don’t think we ever got through that, but I gave it a try.
We
did speak briefly about the nonsensical story of Charles H. Forgus, the Texas
deputy sheriff who claimed to have seen the crash site and the bodies of the
alien creatures found near Roswell. I reported on this a while back and you can
read the story here:
Next
week’s guest: Jan Harzan
Topic:
MUFON and the Inner Circle
Strewth, that was painful. Talk about low energy! ..You might want to either change her batteries or attach some jump-leads to her before you interview her again Kevin.
ReplyDeleteWasn't it Crisman who wrote to Palmer c. 1946 that he had served in the far east in WW2 and had been pierced by a 'ray gun' directed at him from one of Shaver's 'Deros' in a cave in Burma or Kashmir?
ReplyDeleteAccording to the Maury Island story I've heard, the UFO didn't touch down but just dumped debris on the witnesses. Not that it really happened anyway...
ReplyDeleteHi Kevin, I know this is off topic, but what is your opinion of Operation Mainbrace? Is there anything to this story of UFOs/USOs? I am not sure this has come up in your blog yet.
ReplyDeleteI don't mean to be rude, but Kevin's guest, despite her impressive background and many degrees, just didn't seem to have her story straight.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if this was just a case of "nerves" (I'm thinking not), or that she has never been interviewed before. It felt as though Kevin had to constantly correct and guide her to facts already known for years.
For a university professor with many degrees I'm surprised. Is she tenured given all her career moves? Analysis doesn't seem to be her strong suit.
If her book reads anything like her interview, I wouldn't spend any time in it.
Again no offense, but she was clearly unprepared and her conclusions lacked common sense, thoughtful reasoning, and logical analysis. I'm not really sure she even knew these cases well enough to discuss them. Very surprising.