AudioBlog- J. Allen Hynek Goes Public

From the very beginning of the flying saucer/UFO mystery, Joseph
Allen Hynek played a huge role as an investigator.  According
to him in his 1972 book, The UFO Experience, in 1947 he
was asked to be a scientific consultant for the Air Force’s
investigation program (which was then called Project Sign) based at
Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. He explains he was “then
director of Ohio State University’s McMillan Observatory and, as
such, the closest professional astronomer at hand.” He remained a
scientific consultant for what operated as Project Sign, Project
Grudge, and then Project Blue Book as of 1952, up until its
termination in 1969. He went on with his own investigations, formed
the Center for UFO Studies in 1973, and continued as its director
until his death in 1986. In his almost 40 years of involvement with
the mystery, Hynek’s beliefs and public stance evolved quite a
bit. Read more