J. Allen Hynek

Josef Allen Hynek (May 1, 1910 - April 27, 1986) was an American astrophysicist and ufologist who acted as a scientific consultant to the United States Air Force on three UFO inquiries &mdash; Project Sign (1947-1949), Project Grudge (1949-1952), and Project Blue Book (1952-1969) &mdash; and gave testimony at Congressional hearings on unidentified flying objects, later founding the civilian Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS).

Testimonials

 * Unidentified Flying Objects: Hearing by Committee on Armed Forces of the House of Representatives, Eighty-Ninth Congress, Second Session. April 5, 1966. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1966. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102300346