The Hynek UFO report [Hardcover]

J. Allen Hynek (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1997

This work Distills over 12,000 sightings and 140,000 official Project blue pages, reveals wht the government suppressed and why.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 290 pages
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books; Barnes & Noble edition edition (1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760704295
• ISBN-13: 978-0760704295
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #234,758 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rational discussion of the UFO phenomena, April 10, 2005

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K Scheffler (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hynek UFO Report (Paperback)

If there's one book that you want to read on the UFO phenomena, then I'd suggest getting a copy of this one. J. Allan Hynek originally worked on Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's attempt to "study" and ultimately debunk, the numerous UFO sightings that were occuring after 1947. A trained scientist, he was a skeptic at first, but soon came to the conclusion that in a very small number of cases, something truly unexplained had occured. In a field where much has been published that is simply outrageous and fabricated, The Hynek UFO Report is rational, logical and realistic. I myself am somewhat of a skeptic, and I appreciate the manner in which Hynek addresses the issue; while still not totally convinced that UFOs are alien spacecraft, I have to concede that something unexplained has been happening in the skies over many nations on this planet.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the true classics of UFO literature, July 7, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Hynek UFO Report (Paperback)

One of the true pioneers in the field of Ufology (UFO research) was Dr. J. Allen Hynek (1910-1986), an astronomer at Northwestern University in Chicago. From 1948 to 1969 he served as the top scientific consultant to "Project Blue Book", the US Air Force's official group which investigated UFO sightings and incidents. What makes Hynek especially credible is that he started out as a debunker - he thought UFOs were "nonsense" and helped the Air Force to debunk most sightings. However, as the years passed he gradually became convinced that some UFO sightings were not hoaxes or misidentified "normal" phenomena such as stars, balloons, meteors, etc. He also became increasingly unhappy with Project Blue Book's highly negative attitude towards UFOs, and in the late sixties he became openly critical of how Blue Book's staff "investigated" UFO reports (in many cases they didn't bother to make even a brief investigation of a UFO sighting - they simply made up an explanation and filed it away). When the Air Force shut down Project Blue Book in 1969, Dr. Hynek founded his own organization to study UFO reports (called the Center for UFO Studies, or CUFOS, it still exists today). He also worked tirelessly - albeit with limited success - to encourage his fellow scientists to take the UFO phenomenon more seriously. In the 1970's Dr. Hynek wrote two "serious" studies of the UFO phenomenon, and both books are today considered to be "classics" in the study of UFOs. The "Hynek UFO Report", originally published in 1977, offers UFO cases taken directly from the once-secret files of Project Blue Book. Dr. Hynek describes dozens of impressive, hard-to-explain UFO cases that cannot be easily dismissed as hoaxes or mundane phenomena such as birds, balloons, ball lightning, etc. The book is also well-written and Hynek displays a dry wit throughout the text. If you're a serious reader of the UFO phenomenon, then the "Hynek UFO Report" is a "must" for your library, but even if you're a general reader looking to read a good book about UFOs, then the "Hynek UFO Report" presents credible sightings that will hold your attention - and grip your imagination - for hours on end. Highly recommended.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best book on Project Blue Book, December 20, 2001

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JimmyCrackCornIDontCare (the pacific northwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hynek UFO Report (Paperback)

Basically the government started Project Blue Book as a way to stifle public interest/awareness in UFO's - for whatever reasons they might have had. Whether they were trying to reduce public hysteria (especially after the 1947 Kenneth Arnold sighting), or they were trying to debunk the whole phenomenon altogether, no one really knows. All that mattered was that no one talked about UFO's. But despite Blue Book's attempt to label everything a hoax, many cases still went unsolved.