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J. Allen Hynek becomes chair of Northwestern's astronomy department

Name: J. Allen Hynek becomes chair of Northwestern's astronomy department
Start: 1960
Location: Evanston, IL

When: 1960
Where: Evanston, IL
Sources: 1 public source

J. Allen Hynek, left, who chaired Northwestern's astronomy department United States Government, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Astronomer J. Allen Hynek, the Air Force's scientific consultant on UFO reports, chaired Northwestern University's astronomy department and directed its Dearborn Observatory from 1960 to 1978, the base for his later UFO research.

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PressTime Capsule: A look at J. Allen Hynek, the NU professor whose UFO research inspired 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (opens in a new tab)The Daily Northwestern / 2023-03-06

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