An astronomer, and for years the Air Force's own scientific consultant. J. Allen Hynek consulted for Project Sign in 1948 and later served Project Blue Book. In Socorro in 1964 he interviewed Lonnie Zamora and found him basically sincere, honest and reliable. Two years later in Michigan came his swamp gas explanation, and the press mocked it. Over time he broke with official verdicts. By 1972 he regretted agreeing to ball lightning at Levelland. With the Center for UFO Studies he received Betty Andreasson's 1975 letter. He also sat on the Project Hessdalen advisory committee.
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Astronomer who reviewed Incident 40: "no astronomical explanation seems possible"
Project Sign consulting astronomer who proposed the atmospheric eddy explanation
Astronomer linked to the Venus explanation, which he later rejected
Pro earlyReclassified Project Sign Incident 123 from unidentified to "bird"
Astronomer and Project Sign consultant who favored a bright meteor
Astronomer who retold the six intercepts in The Hynek UFO Report
Pro earlyAstronomer who reviewed the case for Project Grudge
Astronomer who criticised the Air Force's weak follow-up on the case
Project Blue Book consultant who interviewed Tombaugh in his 1952 survey of astronomers
Retold the case in The Hynek UFO Report (1977)
Pro earlyAstronomer; published the main account in The Hynek UFO Report (1977)
Astronomer present at the Robertson Panel who objected to the bird explanation
Pro earlyWrote about the case in The Hynek UFO Report, first leaning toward hallucination
Associate member, Ohio State astronomer and Project Blue Book consultant
Blue Book consultant listed as an investigator on the file; later called the witnesses trained observers
Co-author of The Edge of Reality (1975), which repeated the UFO version
Pro earlyAstronomer who in 1960 cited Vernon as the start of the French wave
Astronomer who interviewed O'Farrell in 1973
Blue Book consultant whose annotated copy is held by CUFOS
Air Force consultant who later withdrew his agreement with the ball lightning verdict
Astronomer who criticised the Air Force verdict at the AAAS in 1969
Pro earlyAstronomer who reviewed the case in The Hynek UFO Report
Author who cited the case in The UFO Experience (1972)
Astronomer and CUFOS founder who studied the case
Pro earlyAstronomer who received Salatun's 1977 communiqué on the case
Astronomer said to have spoken with her
Wrote the case up in The Hynek UFO Report
Project Blue Book consultant who investigated on 26 April 1961 and later gave the case more credence
Project Blue Book consultant, field investigation in Utah
Pro earlyCriticised the Air Force handling of the case
Pro earlyProject Blue Book scientific consultant who wrote to Quintanilla about the case
Project Blue Book science consultant who interviewed Zamora
Project Blue Book consultant reportedly refused authorization to visit the site
Pro earlyPossibly conducted the Blue Book telephone interview
Pro earlyProject Blue Book scientific consultant who wrote to the witness and filed a report
Covered the case in The Hynek UFO Report (1977)
Wrote the foreword to Salisbury's 1974 book
Pro earlyAstronomer whose summary of the witness testimony is quoted by NICAP
Pro earlyAstronomer who cited the case in The UFO Experience
Astronomer who covered the case in The Hynek UFO Report
Astronomer and Blue Book consultant who criticised the Air Force handling
Pro earlyProject Blue Book scientific consultant; wrote a letter and four page report on the case
Project Blue Book science consultant who studied the case privately
Pro earlyProject Blue Book scientific consultant who received the witness's letter of 24 March 1966
Pro earlyAstronomer who cited the case as a Close Encounter of the First Kind
Project Blue Book scientific consultant who proposed the marsh gas explanation
Pro earlyDiscussed the case in The Hynek UFO Report
Astronomer who pushed for the Venus finding to be withdrawn
Pro earlyAstronomer; catalogued the case as radar-visual RV-2 in The UFO Experience (1972) and criticised Blue Book's verdict
Pro earlyWrote a personal letter to Sorensen suggesting a rocket launch
Pro earlyCondon Committee investigator who visited the site
Critic of the report; founded the Center for UFO Studies in 1973
Center for UFO Studies; received Betty's 1975 letter and wrote the book's foreword
Pro earlyAstronomer who received Duggin's report
Pro earlyProject Blue Book scientific consultant who interviewed Fisher
Pro earlyBlue Book consultant who interviewed the principal and published the case as CE I-7
Project Blue Book scientific consultant who tested the negatives, flew over the site and had the specimen analysed
Pro earlyAstronomer who received the 1970 letter about the case
Pro earlyProject Blue Book consultant who disputed its verdict and wrote "Inquiry at Redlands"
Pro earlyProject Blue Book consultant to whom the case was forwarded
Pro earlyAstronomer, discussed the case in The UFO Experience (1972)
Astronomer who visited the site
Pro earlyAstronomer who surveyed the area in April 1972 and requested the study
Investigated at Pascagoula and in Ohio; founded the Center for UFO Studies in late 1973
Astronomer, former Project Blue Book consultant, interviewed the witnesses
CUFOS astronomer who interviewed Coyne
Center for UFO Studies. Rejected the fairy ring explanation
Astronomer and private researcher who met the pilot in mid-June 1975
Attended the 1979 congress where the photo analysis was presented
Toured Italy in 1978; his Rapporto sugli UFO became Italy's best-selling UFO book
Kept in contact with and advised the investigators
Called the Argentine phase one of the most astonishing in years
Member of the Project Hessdalen advisory committee
Astronomer and co-author of Night Siege