Hynek's letter 'UFO's Merit Scientific Study' in Science

When: 21 Oct 1966
Sources: 2 public sources

J. Allen Hynek, whose 1966 letter in Science urged scholarly study of UFO reports United States Government, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

J. Allen Hynek, the Air Force's own scientific consultant on UFOs, published a letter in the journal Science urging scientists to give unexplained reports serious, scholarly study rather than dismissing the subject.

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FirsthandUFO's Merit Scientific Study (J. Allen Hynek), Science vol. 154, no. 3747, p. 329 (opens in a new tab)Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) / 1966-10-21
OtherCrossref metadata record for doi:10.1126/science.154.3747.329 (opens in a new tab)Crossref

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