J. Allen Hynek

Josef Allen Hynek May 1 1910 April 27 1986 was an American astronomer professor and ufologist He is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research Hynek acted as scientific advisor to UFO studies undertaken by the US Air Force under three projects Project Sign 19471949 Project Grudge 19491951 and Project Blue Book 19521969 In later years he conducted his own independent UFO research developing the Close Encounter classification system He was among the first people to conduct scientific analysis of reports and especially of trace evidence purportedly left by UFOs Description above from the Wikipedia article J Allen Hynek licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia