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Josef Allen Hynek (May 1, 1910 – April 27, 1986) was an American astronomer, professor, and ufologist. He is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research. Hynek acted as scientific advisor to UFO studies undertaken by the U.S. Air Force under three projects: Project Sign (1947–1949), Project Grudge (1949–1951) and Project Blue Book (1952 ...
Welcome to the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies. The Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) is a non-profit organization that includes scientists, professionals, academics, investigators, and others, all volunteers, dedicated to the study and analysis of the UFO phenomenon.
Jan 4, 2019 · American astronomer J. Allen Hynek is best known for investigations of unidentified flying objects and efforts to promote "ufology" as a legitimate scientific pursuit. By Tim Ott Updated: Jan...
Hynek’s job was simple: read over the UFO reports submitted to him by the Air Force and determine whether the object in question was a misidentified astronomical phenomenon. Hynek pursued the work with great relish, and was able to identify many mysterious UFOs as simple meteors, planets, and stars.
Jan 15, 2019 · Aidan Gillen as the astronomer J. Allen Hynek in “Project Blue Book” on History. The series dramatizes, with some flagrant embellishment, an actual Air Force program designed to investigate...
May 1, 1986 · J. Allen Hynek, an astrophysicist and consultant to an Air Force project to assess reports of unidentified flying objects, died of a malignant brain tumor Sunday at Memorial Hospital in...
May 1, 1986 · J. Allen Hynek Dies; Led AF Investigation of UFOs. J. Allen Hynek, the astronomer who took on what he described as a sprawling collection of “kooks, nuts, ding-a-lings and cultists”...
Apr 2, 2024 · Explore the UFO mysteries J. Allen Hynek uncovered with Project Blue Book and how his findings challenged the Air Force's narrative on extraterrestrial life.
Welcome to the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies. The Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) is an international group of scientists, academics, investigators, and volunteers dedicated to the continuing examination and analysis of the UFO phenomenon.
Dr. Hynek was born in Chicago in 1910. He received bachelor and doctorate of science degrees in physics and astronomy from the University of Chicago in 1931 and 1935 respectively. While working on his doctorate he was a fellow of the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. From 1936 to 1941, Dr. Hynek was an instructor and assistant ...
