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From: Steven Kaeser <steve@konsulting.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 16:58:17 -0500
Fwd Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 18:27:08 -0500
Subject: Re: 'The X-Factor' (issue 25) - Question to Corso

>Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 22:40:54 -0700
>From: jared@valuserve.com (Jared Anderson)
>To: Updates@globalserve.net
>Subject: Re: 'The X-Factor' (issue 25) - Question to Corso

>> From: Steven Kaeser <steve@konsulting.com>
>> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 17:30:35 -0500
>> Fwd Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 23:28:51 -0500
>> Subject: Re: 'The X-Factor' (issue 25) - Question to Corso

>> Good question, and one that will cause most people to write this
>> book off as unsubstantiated nonsense.  The question that many are
>> trying to answer is why a man with such a career history would
>> want to make such allegations.  From my understanding his income
>> from the book was very small, so the profit motive seems to be
>> missing.  This is especially true considerring his age.

>Can you talk a little more about that?...that's been the subject
>of a good degree of debate. There have been a lot of questions
>regarding just exactly how much financial gain Corso and his
>family stand to achieve from the book. I, personally, have no
>idea. Where did you hear that Corso's financial gain from book
>sales was small? Like you, I'm somewhat leary of critics taking
>refuge in the rather simpleminded contention that Corso
>fabricated all his UFO/alien claims in his book in order to seek
>financial gain. If there are other motivations for fabricating
>such claims for a man of his age in his position it's certainly
>incumbent on us to find out what they are.

>...questions abound.

I will try to see what information has been released on this, but
it really isn't my story to tell.


Steve