Hynek Ufo Report

by Allen Hynek

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Status

Available

Call number

001.942

Publication

Dell Publishing Company

Description

The ultimate guide to Project Blue Book by one of the lead astronomers for the US Air Force program to investigate UFO sightings--and featured in History Channel's Project Blue Book. Originally released in 1977, this new edition by the world's foremost authority on UFOs distills 12,000 sightings and 140,000 pages of Project Blue Book evidence into a coherent explanation. A US Air Force-sponsored UFO-basher for years, Hynek had completely changed his tune by the late 1960s. Whether you believe in little green men or an official government cover-up policy, The Hynek UFO Report is required reading. Have UFOs really been reported by every nation across the globe? Can all the eyewitness reports simply be fantasy? Are we victims of mass hallucination or just plain lies? Have close encounters actually occurred? Is the government concealing deep secrets at a hidden location? The Hynek UFO Report is rational, logical, and realistic. It is for anyone interested in UFOs, the possibility of extraterrestrial life, and the role of the US government in hiding the truth from the public.… (more)

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LibraryThing member DougUnit12
This is, of course, a classic document in UFO research lore. While Dr. Hynek's involvement in Project Blue Book convinced many he was a mere spokesmodel for the perceived government-sponsored Not To Worry campaign, this book at least appears to be more open to the possibilities. The author,
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certainly one of the most widely recognized experts in the field, calls into question the Air Force's eagerness to jump to conclusions of "natural causes" and rational explanations for many hard to explain cases and events. Several such cases are re-examined in the light of other reports. Reading this with the Project Blue Book Report available side-by-side makes for some very interesting comparisons.

I had the good fortune to hear Dr. Hynek talk about this book and his related adventures during a college speaking tour in 1978, the year after this book was published. As a speaker, he made the possibilities sound even more compelling than this book might indicate.

It is a useful reference book for the ufologist or other persons interested in the phenomenon and in the history and evolution of UFO related research.
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Original publication date

1977

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