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Hynek's FBI bulletin article steers police UFO reports to the CUFOS hotline

Name: Hynek's FBI bulletin article steers police UFO reports to the CUFOS hotline
Start: 1975-02
Location: Northfield, IL

When: Feb 1975
Where: Northfield, IL
Sources: 2 public sources

J. Allen Hynek (left), who urged police to send UFO reports to his CUFOS hotline United States Government, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

J. Allen Hynek's article 'The UFO Mystery' in the February 1975 FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin urged police to pass UFO reports to his Center for UFO Studies in Northfield, Illinois, which kept an unpublished toll-free hotline for police and official agencies.

Sources

PressThe Unexplained (Allen Spraggett column on Hynek's FBI bulletin article) (opens in a new tab)The Daily Press, Timmins, Ontario (transcription by Patrick Gross) / 1975-04-12
PressFBI files: Northwestern astronomer J. Allen Hynek wrote about UFO phenomenon for the FBI (opens in a new tab)Chicago Sun-Times / 2020-04-16

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