As a scientist I must be mindful of the past; all too often it has happened that matters of great value to science were overlooked because the new phenomenon did not fit the accepted scientific outlook of the time. — J. Allen Hynek Copy Share Image
When the long awaited solution to the UFO problem comes, I believe that it will prove to be not merely the next small step… — J. Allen Hynek Copy Share Image
Over the past eighteen years I have acted as a scientific consultant to the U.S. Air Force on the subject of unidentified flying objects… — J. Allen Hynek Copy Share Image
Blue Book was now under direct orders to debunk. . . I remember the conversations around the conference table in which it was suggested… — J. Allen Hynek Copy Share Image
Ridicule is not a part of the scientific method and the public should not be taught that it is — J. Allen Hynek Copy Share Image
As a scientist I must be mindful of the past; all too often it has happened that matters of great value to science were… — J. Allen Hynek Copy Share Image
I would not spend one further moment on the subject of UFOs if I didnt seriously feel that the UFO phenomenon is real and… — J. Allen Hynek Copy Share Image
Each wave of sightings adds to the accumulation of reports which defy analysis by present methods... An investigative process in depth is necessary here… — J. Allen Hynek Copy Share Image
I have begun to feel that there is a tendency in 20th Century science to forget that there will be a 21st Century science,… — J. Allen Hynek Copy Share Image
“I had started out as an outright 'debunker,' taking great joy in cracking what seemed at first to be puzzling cases. I was the… — J. Allen Hynek Copy Share Image
When one gets reports from scientists, engineers and technicians whose credibility by all common standards is high and whose moral caliber seems to preclude… — J. Allen Hynek Copy Share Image
![“Blue Book was now under direct orders to debunk. . . I remember the conversations around the conference table in which it was suggested that Walt Disney or some educational cartoon producer be enlisted in [the] debunking process.” quote by J. Allen Hynek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b9b/j-allen-hynek-40437_blue_blue-book-was-now-under-direct-orders-to_1022117.jpg)
