When J. Allen Hynek was first hired by the US Air Force to consult on their UFO research, he was reluctantly complicit in their debunking agenda. But as he investigated more and more baffling cases, he eventually changed his mind on the UFO question, and led the world in the effort to create a true science of UFOs.

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Sources:

Mark O'Connell. "The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs." New York: Harper Collins, 2017.

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Richard Dolan. UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941-1973. Charlottesville: Hampton Roads, 2002. 1938): 247-260.

David Jacobs. The UFO Controversy in America. Don Mills, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1975.

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