The Hynek UFO Report: The Authoritative Account of the Project Blue Book Cover-Up

by J. Allen Hynek, Paul Hynek (Foreword by), Scott Hynek (Foreword by), Roxane Hynek (Foreword by), Joel Hynek (Foreword by)

Overview

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. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590033036
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	01/01/2020
Series:	MUFON
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	423,525
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Josef Allen Hynek (May 1, 1910–April 27, 1986) was an American astronomer, professor, and ufologist. He is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research. Hynek acted as scientific advisor to UFO studies undertaken by the US Air Force under three consecutive projects: Project Sign (1947–1949), Project Grudge (1949–1952), and Project Blue Book (1952–1969).

In later years, he conducted his own independent UFO research, developing the Close Encounter classification system. He is widely considered the father of the concept of scientific analysis both of reports and especially of trace evidence purportedly left by UFOs.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Prologue 1

Chapter 1 Blue Book Is Not a Book 5

Chapter 2 The UFO Experience: The Phenomenon Itself 21

Chapter 3 It Can't Be: Therefore It Isn't 27

Chapter 4 Very Strange Lights at Night 59

Chapter 5 Flying Discs in the Daylight 89

Chapter 6 "Angels," "Bogies," and "Blips": The Radar UFOs 117

Chapter 7 UFOs Close Up: Close Encounters of the First Kind 139

Chapter 8 The UFO Leaves Its Mark: Close Encounters of the Second Kind 161

Chapter 9 Approaching the Edge of Reality: Close Encoutners of the Third Kind 193

Chapter 10 UFOTOS: A Picture Is Not Necessarily Worth a Thousand Words 223

Chapter 11 The Air Force Numbers Game 247

Chapter 12 Blue Book End Game: The Condon Report 275

Epilogue 285

Appendix A 287

Appendix B 289

Appendix C 291

Appendix D 295

Notes 297

Bibliography 303

Acknowledgments 305