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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-allen-hynek/as-a-scientist-i-must-be-mindful-of-the-past-all-too-often-it-has/)

[J. Allen Hynek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-allen-hynek/)

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## More by J. Allen Hynek

> [When the long awaited solution to the UFO problem comes, I believe that it will prove to be not merely the next small step…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-allen-hynek/when-the-long-awaited-solution-to-the-ufo-problem-comes-i-believe/)

[J. Allen Hynek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-allen-hynek/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-allen-hynek/over-the-past-eighteen-years-i-have-acted-as-a-scientific-consultant/)

[J. Allen Hynek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-allen-hynek/)

> [Blue Book was now under direct orders to debunk. . . I remember the conversations around the conference table in which it was suggested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-allen-hynek/blue-book-was-now-under-direct-orders-to-debunk-i-remember-the/)

[J. Allen Hynek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-allen-hynek/)

> [Ridicule is not a part of the scientific method and the public should not be taught that it is](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-allen-hynek/ridicule-is-not-a-part-of-the-scientific-method-and-the-public-should/)

[J. Allen Hynek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-allen-hynek/)

> [As a scientist I must be mindful of the past; all too often it has happened that matters of great value to science were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-allen-hynek/as-a-scientist-i-must-be-mindful-of-the-past-all-too-often-it-has/)

[J. Allen Hynek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-allen-hynek/)

> [I would not spend one further moment on the subject of UFOs if I didnt seriously feel that the UFO phenomenon is real and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-allen-hynek/i-would-not-spend-one-further-moment-on-the-subject-of-ufos-if-i/)

[J. Allen Hynek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-allen-hynek/)

> [Each wave of sightings adds to the accumulation of reports which defy analysis by present methods... An investigative process in depth is necessary here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-allen-hynek/each-wave-of-sightings-adds-to-the-accumulation-of-reports-which-defy/)

[J. Allen Hynek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-allen-hynek/)

> [Science is not always what scientists do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-allen-hynek/science-is-not-always-what-scientists-do/)

[J. Allen Hynek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-allen-hynek/)

> [I have begun to feel that there is a tendency in 20th Century science to forget that there will be a 21st Century science,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-allen-hynek/i-have-begun-to-feel-that-there-is-a-tendency-in-20th-century-science/)

[J. Allen Hynek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-allen-hynek/)

> [“I had started out as an outright 'debunker,' taking great joy in cracking what seemed at first to be puzzling cases. I was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-allen-hynek/i-had-started-out-as-an-outright-debunker-taking-great-joy-in/)

[J. Allen Hynek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-allen-hynek/)

> [When one gets reports from scientists, engineers and technicians whose credibility by all common standards is high and whose moral caliber seems to preclude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-allen-hynek/when-one-gets-reports-from-scientists-engineers-and-technicians-whose/)

[J. Allen Hynek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-allen-hynek/)

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