Tag: j allen hynek
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‘I Know What I Saw’ a top UFO documentary
James Fox made a top flight UFO documentary for History Channel in 2010, “I Know What I Saw,” (full movie linked). It’s a comprehensive treatment from first days to very crest of hysteria in 1952, resulting in largest press conference since WWII. The classic 1966 Michigan UFO sightings are covered that resulted in J Allen…
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1966 michigan sightings
Multiple UFO sightings in March, 1966 in southeast Michigan provide a classic episode when J. Allen Hynek dismissed the sightings as “swamp gas” in marshlands outside Ann Arbor. The Hynek entry in Wikipedia gives some sense how his vain attempt, entered popular culture, when Hynek’s “swamp gas” became focus of ‘national derision” and repeated “ad…
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Jacques Vallee: Pentacle Memorandum and Project Stork
An article by Philip Coppens, “A Missing Pentacle,” delves into government’s role as gatekeeper. Computer scientist and astronomer, Jacques Vallee discovered in 1967 a secret memorandum, while attempting to organize the UFO files of Dr J Allen Hynek.