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“J. Allen Hynek”

Stories91 · page 2

Amarillo Plate-Like Object: Truck Stop Manager, Air Force Nurse and Gate Sentry (1968)

March 6, 1968 · U.S. Highway 287 at Pullman Road and the South Gate of Amarillo Air Force Base, east Amarillo, Potter County, Texas

UAP · Disc / saucer · 10 sources

28Thinly documented

The Redlands Mass Sighting

February 4, 1968 · North Redlands, San Bernardino County, California

UAP · Disc / saucer · 18 sources

32Partially documented

The Boyup Brook Car Stop: Alexander Roy Spargo's Encounter at Kulikup, 1967

October 30, 1967 · Road between Kojonup and Mayanup, Kulikup, near Boyup Brook, Western Australia

UAP · Other · 12 sources

17Thinly documented

The Corning Police "Aluminum Cigar"

July 4, 1967 · Corning, Tehama County, California (over Interstate 5, about two blocks south of Jay Munger's all-night bowling alley)

UAP · Cigar · 14 sources

18Thinly documented

The Warren Smith Photographs: Highwood Ranger Station, Alberta, 1967

July 3, 1967 · Near Highwood Ranger Station, about 50 miles southwest of Calgary, Alberta (also catalogued as near Nanton)

UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources · 8 photos

47Partially documented

The Jefferson City "World War I helmet" object, Missouri 1967

April 17, 1967 · Jefferson City and Jefferson City Memorial Airport, Missouri

UAP · Other · 12 sources

28Thinly documented

The Moline and Galesburg Police Sightings: Officer Bill Fisher's 8mm Film (Project Blue Book Case 11460)

March 6, 1967 · Moline and Galesburg area, Illinois

UAP · Cigar · 20 sources

40Partially documented

The Canterbury Bowling-Green "Humming Top" Saucer

March 1967 · Bowling green beside Wairoa Street, Canterbury, Sydney, New South Wales

UAP · Disc / saucer · 9 sources

15Thinly documented

The Matthew Manning Poltergeist: Shelford, Linton and Oakham School

February 1967 · Shelford and Queens House, Linton (Cambridgeshire), and Oakham School (Rutland), England

Paranormal · Other · 13 sources

23Thinly documented

The Andreasson Affair: Betty Andreasson Abduction

January 25, 1967 · South Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts

UAP · Being / humanoid · 35 sources

20Thinly documented

The Blue-Green Objects of Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas (Joplin Police UFO Wave)

January 13, 1967 · Joplin, Missouri, and surrounding towns (Pittsburg and Parsons, Kansas; Neosho, Monett, Carthage and Springfield, Missouri)

UAP · Sphere · 13 sources

29Thinly documented

The Lake Tiorati Photographs

December 18, 1966 · Lake Tiorati, Harriman State Park, Orange County, New York

UAP · Disc / saucer · 14 sources · 7 photos

33Partially documented

The Condon Report and the NAS Review, 1966 to 1969

October 6, 1966 · University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

UAP · Unknown · 37 sources

29Thinly documented

The Donnybrook Landing Traces (Don Flickinger, U.S. Border Patrol)

August 19, 1966 · Near Donnybrook, Ward County, North Dakota

UAP · Disc / saucer · 15 sources

36Partially documented

S/S Mount Vernon Victory: the expanding cloud with a light inside

June 27, 1966 · Pacific Ocean, about 400 miles east of Wake Island (19°N, 172°E)

International waters

UAP · Sphere · 11 sources

27Thinly documented

Charleston Radar-Visual Case: Braniff Flight 42 and the Light at 33,000 Feet (Hynek RV-2)

May 4, 1966 · Jet airway over the Charleston area, West Virginia (Charleston sector of Indianapolis ARTC)

UAP · Unknown · 13 sources

45Partially documented

The Portage County UFO Chase

April 17, 1966 · State Route 224, Portage County, Ohio, to Conway, Pennsylvania

UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources

24Thinly documented

The Temple, Oklahoma Fish-Shaped Craft on US-70 (Eddie Laxson)

March 23, 1966 · US Highway 70, about 8 miles south of Temple, Cotton County, Oklahoma

UAP · Other · 18 sources

28Thinly documented

Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings: Dexter and Hillsdale

March 20, 1966 · Mannor farm near Dexter, Washtenaw County, and Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan

UAP · Egg · 47 sources

47Partially documented

The Nederland Tadpole: Power Failure Under a Hovering Object in Texas

February 6, 1966 · 619 South 17th Street, Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas

UAP · Other · 9 sources

20Thinly documented

Names14 · see all

J. Allen Hynek Person · 92 stories
An astronomer, and for years the Air Force's own scientific consultant.
Robert J. Low Person · 3 stories
Boulder, Colorado.
Project Blue Book Programme · 250 stories
The US Air Force's long-running inquiry into unidentified flying objects grew out of Project Sign and Grudge.
APRO Organisation · 82 stories
A civilian research group with investigators in the field.
Center for UFO Studies Organisation · 60 stories
J.
ball lightning Term · 26 stories
A rare glowing atmospheric discharge.
Project Sign Programme · 17 stories
Project Sign was the Air Force programme that gathered flying saucer reports in 1948.
Ted Phillips Person · 10 stories
Ted Phillips studied physical trace cases.
Robertson Panel Programme · 8 stories
January 1953.
UFOCUS NZ Organisation · 8 stories
A New Zealand research group, UFOCUS NZ keeps the record on some of the country's strangest encounters.
CSIRO Organisation · 4 stories
Australia's national science body turns up whenever a strange case needed a laboratory answer.
Webb Person · 4 stories
Two men named Webb appear in the archive.

Documents78 · see all

Untitled (to J, Allen Hynek from H. Marshall Chadwell Thanking Him for Letter of 23 December Confirming the Astronomical Calculations Transmitted Earlier by Telephone) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1952-12-29· 2 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 29 December 1952 Professor J. Allen Hynek Graduate School The Ohio State University Columbus 10, Ohio Dear Professor Bynek: Thank…
Untitled (to Samuel Goudsmit from Philip Strong Discussing Hynek's and Lloyd's FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1958-01-05· 2 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …Actually, Allen Hynek sat with the Panel for part of the time, but was not a regular member of the…
Untitled (to Samuel Goudsmit from Philip Strong Discussing Hynek's and Lloyd's Participation on the Panel) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1958-01-03· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …Actually, Allen Hynek sat with the Panel for part of the time, but was not a regular member of the…
UFO Buffs Say Respect Is Replacing Ridicule FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2004-09-17· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …wash," said Dr. J. Allen Hynek, director of the Lindheimer astronomical research center of Northwestern University. Hynek, who has spent…
Analyses of Flying Saucers, from 'Able' to 'Zowie!' FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2010-07-23· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …mind, from "Able" to "Half-baked" to "ZOWIE!" J. Allen Hynek is Able. He is the longtime chairman of the…
xxxxxxxxxxxxx; JOHN JOSEPH MACCARTHY, JR. & HIS MILITARY/CIA CAREER & HIS INVOLVEMENT W/PROJECT "CHERRY" FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2006-06-05· 10 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 4 …derided our publication of the article by Dr. J. Allen Hynek, "The UFO Mystery," in the February, 1975, issue of…
- p. 5 …Enforcement Bulletin. That article was written by Dr. J. Allen Hynek, the spiritual leader of the vocal group of "believers…

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Videos4

Mar. 25, 1966 | Dr. J. Allen Hynek Addresses Michigan UFO Sightings

From Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings: Dexter and Hillsdale

Dr. J. Allen Hynek talks swamp gas

From Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings: Dexter and Hillsdale

Dr J Allen Hynek (Astronomer) in 1974 - Re: 1953 CIA Robertson Panel & 1952 Utah film

From The Robertson Panel: The CIA's Secret UFO Review

Hynek press conference footage

From Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings: Dexter and Hillsdale