I'm late on this episode as I was playing catch-up on missed episodes from the most recent backwards. I went in with an open mind and was curious as to what this guy would have to say and although I listened to the entire episode, I immediately wrote him off as a supposed serious researcher of the phenomena once he name-dropped Greer, Bassett and Hellyer (I'll give Howe a soft pass). I thought both hosts were diligent in their questioning and I appreciated the applied pressure and follow-up questions in trying to get the slippery and evasive Correia to be more detailed and forthcoming.
I went to the GoFundMe page to see the current campaign progress and if you subtract the recent "offline donation" of $262K from a Lybia Ortega-Diaz (who, with a little Googling, turns out to be his 71yo mother) only $750 in donations have poured in. More Googling lead to Sean's LinkedIn page where he lists being a "Senior Team Member" on the Sirius Disclosure project for a year (3/15-2/16), only 10 months removed from this recorded episode, so we know he was very familiar with Steven Greer and his "Sirius" documentary, having been deeply involved in foisting this ridiculousness on the public via his work as (from his own LinkedIn description) "Senior team member responsible for the business execution strategy, investor relations and strategic alliances. He assists with funding, execution, organizational structures and other aspects to ensure successful execution. Correia also provides specialized sales, marketing and business development guidance."
So given his own listed expertise on his, what I'm guessing is a highly embellished LinkedIn page - Specialties: Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development - it's even more surprising and shady given his dissembling to Gene when he was pressed about the paucity of details, strategy and lack of a business plan on the GoFundMe $1 million campaign page. According to his own declared "strengths," that campaign page should be a high-level lesson in how to present a strategic business plan to raise $1 million for a "startup" project. If nothing else, the campaign page is a poor working example of his alleged skills and expertise.
IMO, the only conclusion one can come to after listening to the episode, investigating his connections and reviewing his alleged work experience and professed skills, is that he's taking a page from the Greer playbook and looking to fleece unwitting "true believers," of which there are many in the area of Ufology, to make a quick buck, though remarkably less successfully than Greer himself, so far. Unless, of course, you want to consider conning your own mother out of a quarter of a million dollars "successful." I would say there is a special place in Hell for hucksters like Correia.
Regardless, you are exactly right, especially when there are real scientists in the field. And his use of the Anonymous mask and some of their branding and video techniques is just really strange. It doesn't seem to jive with what he says wants to do.
