Institute of Hispanic Ufology
The Institute of Hispanic Ufology is a US-based outfit led by Scott Corrales that, through its publication Inexplicata, relays UFO cases from the Spanish-speaking world in English.
The Institute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU) is a small research and publishing outfit based in the United States that collects material on UFO and paranormal phenomena from the Spanish-speaking world and translates it into English. Its director and principal author is Scott Corrales.
Activities
The institute's best-known publication is Inexplicata – The Journal of Hispanic Ufology, which covers UFO cases and paranormal phenomena from Latin America, the Caribbean and Spain. The first print issue appeared in fall 1998; after a few years the journal moved online, and it has operated as a blog ever since. Inexplicata mainly publishes Spanish-language newspaper articles, researchers' reports and case descriptions in English translation, which other English-language UFO sites regularly pick up. This has made the organization one of the most important conduits of Spanish-language ufology to English-speaking audiences. Corrales has also written books, among them Chupacabras and Other Mysteries, about the chupacabra legend.
Assessment
The IHU is not a scientific institute but a civilian ufological publishing outfit. The value of its work is primarily documentary: it makes available to English-speaking readers cases and sources that would otherwise appear only in Spanish. According to skeptics, a significant portion of the reports it publishes rests on unverified press reports or witness testimony, and therefore they cannot be considered evidence on their own.