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r e c e i v e d h i s Ph.D1. a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y
o f Chicago and t a u g h t a t t h e Ohio
S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y from 1936 t o 1960
i n t h e Department o f P h y s i c s and .
~ s t r o n o m y ; p r o g r e s s i n g from i n s t r u c t c
t o p r o f e s s a r and D i r e c t o r o f t h e
Applied P h y s i c s L a b o r a t o r y , John
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A s t r o p h y s i c a l O b s e r v a t o r y and head of
t h o S e c t i o n o f Upper Atmosphere-
S t u d i e s which i n c l u d e d t h e O p t i c a l
S a t a l l i t e T r a c i n g Program. He was i n
c h a r g e o f s e t t i n g up t w e l v e ' s a t a l l i t e
o b s e r v i n g s t a t i o n s around t h e world.
From 1960 t o d a t e , he h a s s e r v e d a s
P r o f e s s o r o f Astronomy, D i r e c t o r o f
ear born O b s e r v a t o r y and Chairman o f .
t h e Department o f Astronomy a t North-
w e s t e r n U n i v e r s i t y and D i r e c t o r o f
t h e Lindheimer Astronomical Research
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has served a s S c i e n t i f i c Consultant t
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o b j e c t was r e p o r t e d by P o l i c e S g t .
Harvey T o e p f e r who s a i d two m o t o r i s t s
t o l d him t h e y saw t h e o b j e c t a s t h e y
d r o v e . t h e 28 m i l e s between Rockford
and F r e e p o r t , and i t "seemed t o f o l l o w
them."
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S t . L o u i s . John was t h e E n v i r o n m e n t a l
i n e r r a t i c p a t t e r n s , s t o p p i n g and z i p - C o n t r o l S y s t w s E n g i n e e r on t h e Gemini
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d e s c r u b e d a s - b e i n g - s i l v e r - b l u e and the specifications f o r subcontracted
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p e m a i h c d v i s i b l e u n t i l 1 0 : 0 6 am one i n a s i m i l a r c a p a c i t y on t h e A i r l o c k
mornihg . ( s p e n t s t a g e O r b i t a l workshop) program,
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( ~ a t u q - d a y )f o u r UFO's were s e c n o v e r
S a l i n c ,. K a n s a s , and ( S u n d a y ) t o r e p o r t f i s h i n g , and one of h i s P e t p r o j e c t s
f o u r e b j . e c t s were i n v i e w o v e r J u n c t i o i s t h e YMCA h d i a n Guide Program f o r
C i t y , ; K a n s a s , ~t one of t h e s i g h t i n g 8 f a t h e r s and s o n s , AS . b e a r Claw, c h i e f -
t h e Smokcy H i l l A i r F o r c e Base s e n t of' t h e Chicasaw T r i b e o f t h e Souix
up i n Q e r c e p t o r s , and one f i g h t e r Nation, John t a k e s a n ' a c t i v e p a r t i n
plane.lwas given permission t o f i r e a t h i s program a n d i s o n e of i t s most
r o c k q t . The UFO's p u l l e d away from enthusiastic supporters,
t h e , c n t e r c e p t o r s a t g r e a t speed.
,' $ h e s e s i g h t i n g s were n o t g i v e n Kathy, h i s w i f e , i s a p h o ~ t oc o l o r i s t
news c y v e r a g e i n t h e l o c a l ' n e w s p a p e r s :and a r t i s t - , a s w e l l a s h o u s e w i f e and
and t h e l i s t n e r r e p o r t i n g a b o v e - h e a r d m o t h e r , and s h a r e s a l l h e r h u s b a n d ' s
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~ b j e c t sr e p o r t e d , making them I F O 1 s .
h e i s s u e i s a l s o c o n f b s f d b; t h e
lany l f ~ d o k s l 1and s e n s a t i o n a l i s t s who
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( 3 ) Animals i n t h e v i c i n i t y b e c o m e .
ner'vous and e x c i t e d .
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t h e r e i s o f t e n s t o p p a g e of
i g n i t i o n , l i g h t s and r f ? d i o .
( 5 ) UFO's a r e o f t e n s e e n by p o l i c e
on p a t r o l l a t e a t n l g h t . These
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a l s o s e e UFO's f a i r l y o f t e n b u t
h e s i t a t e t o make o f f i c i a l
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l s o h i n d e r e d by t h e l l c i r c u l a r r e a s o n i n g a r e conscience ( c o n s i d e r i n g it
f some ( s c i e n t i s t s , e . g . : t h e r e p o r t e d n p u b l i c d u t y ) , and c u r i o s i t y - -
8henomeQa a r e c o n t r a r y t o t h e known a wish f o r an e x p l a n a t i o n . Reports
nws o f [ p h y s i c s ; t h e r e f o r e t h e y c a n n o t a r e now coming i n from p e o p l e a

e r e a l ; t h e r e f o r e why b o t h e r t o i n v e s t - who Ilad UFO e x p e r i e n c e s y e a r s

g a t e tQem? D r . Hynek f e e l s t h e A i r ago but d i d n o t r e p o r t them a t
'orce fgllows t h i s school of thought t h e t i m e f o r f e a r of b e i n g t h o u g h t
nd p o i h t s o u t t h a t t h e government h a s queer.
e v e r g i v e n a UFO r e p o r t a t h o r o u g h
n v e s t i g a t i o n . P r o j e c t B l u e Book t a k e s When D r . Hynck bcgan h i s work a s
a c h UFQ r e p o r t one a t a t i m e and s e t t l e c o n s u l t a n t f o r t h e USAF i n 1 9 4 8 h e was
n a n a h s w e r . They n e v e r a n a l y z e a s u r e t h a t UFO's were n o n s e n s e . He
r o u p o( s i g h t i n g s t o d e t e r m i n e s i m i l a r b e l i e v e d by 1952 t h e whole t h i n g would
haractqristics or patterns. j u s t f a d e away--but i n s t a e d , a s h e
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o r t h e ' r s t u d y o f -UFO's i s t h e UFO r e p o r t t o d a y .
othingjmore. People d o n ' t b r i n g i n D r . Hynck q u o t e d t h e 1966 G a l l u p
a u c e r s o f l l t t l e g r e e n men---they b r i n g P o l l which showed t h a t o v e r 5 m i l l i o n
1 r e p o k t s . Most o f t h e r e p o r t s , a s Americans r e p o r t e d s e e i n g UFO's, f i f t y
m t i o n & d , a r e o b v i o u s l y normal o b j e c t s m i l l i o n p e o p l e i n t h e US b e l i c v e UFO's
i q i l y r e c o g n i z e d by t h e t r a i n e d a r e l'realll, thus i n d i c a t i n g an extremely
> 9 e s t i , g ~ t o r .B u t , once i n a w h i l e a high awareness of t h e ph~nomenon.
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/ w i t n e s s . P h o t o g r a p h s can b c f a k e d w i t h
' ( b ) The w i t n e s s d e s c r i b e s a n " e s - r e l a t i v c ease, h e p o i n t e d o u t , a n d
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m e t e o r , t h e n a n a i r c r a f t a b o u t i c a l l y t h a t a n y o f them was g e n u i n e .
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DR. HYNEK - CON.TINUED FROM PAGE FOUR.
He a l s o showed some i p - W e 3 8 i n g s k e t c h e s
o f UFO's and s a i d h e f i n d s them more
i % t e r e s t i n g t h a n most p h o t o s . He a l s o
ghowed/some c a r t o o n s f r o m h i s e x t e n s i v e
c o l l e c t i o n . Thses brought a d e l i g h t e d
r e s p o n s e from t h e a u d i e n c e , a s d i d t h e
many w i t t y r e m a r k s w i t h which h e l a c e d
h i s t a l k , although h i s gcneral tone wns
s e r i o u s i a n d expressive of a genuine
c u r i o s i J y and open-mindedness t o w a r d
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t h e UF phenomena.
k e a l s o showed 3eme slides o f
s p i r a l g a l a x i e s , 3s w e l l a s u c l o s e - ~ p s v
o f s e c t i o n s o f o u r own g a l a x y . He p o i n t -
e d o u t & h e r e a r c b i l l i o n s o f stars i n
e a c h g a i a x y . I t would b e e x t r e m e l y
p r o v i n c j a l o f u s t o b e l i e v e t h a t among
a l l t h e g e only our sun has a family of
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p l a n e t s , w i t h o n l y one o f them s u p p o r t -
i n g i n t l l i g e n t l i f e . The o d d s a r e
overwelrr3ing t h a t t h e r e a r e b i l l i o n s o f
s u c h s u n s . The g r e a t q u e s t i o n i s , a s h e
p o i n t e d ! o u t , how c o u l d c r a f t f r o m d i s t a n
s t a r s r&ach o u r e a r t h ? That i s t h e i m -
p o s s i b l e t h i n g according t o uor present
k n o w l e d g e . But c o n s i d e r how i m p o s s i b l e
7 j e t l i n e r would h a v e l o o k e d t o a c o v e r -
e d y a g o n t r a v e l e r $00 y e a r s a g o .
Then c o n s i d e r t h a t t h e i n h a b i t a n t s o f
other pl,mcts circling other stars
may h a v e g o t t h e i r s t a r t m i l l i o n s o f
y c x s a g o . Would we n o t e x p e c t t h e i r
t e c h n o l b g y t o b e immeasurably beyond
ours? (I
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a UFO h i m s e l f , b u t g i v e s h i s o p i n i o n
t h a t t h e possibilities indicated, i f
reports are true, are exciting. A s a
s c i e n t i s t , h e c a n n o t a c c e p t them a 1 1
u n t i l l t h e y h a v e been r e l i a b l y i n v e s t i -
g a t e d , o r u n t i l l h e h i m s e l f h z ~ s ex-
p e r i e n c e w i t h UFO's.
The l e c t u r e ended w i t h a q u e s t i o n
and a n s w c r p e r i o d . A r e p o r t on t h i s and
Dr. Hynek's s u g g e s t e d p l a n o f a p a n e l
of i n v e s t i g a t i o n w i l l be g i v e n i n t h e
n e x t i s s u e o f SKYLOOK,
. Mahl t o . D r . Hynek should.- b e a d d r e s s - .
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Dept o f Astronomy-.--
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TEACHER A N D FRIENDS WATCH UFO ' S
Mrs. ani ice S h i p l e y , o f 404 N . 5 t h
S t . , H a n n i b a l ; Mrs. B e t t y J o e l and two
c h i l d r e n , o f Vancouver, K a s h i n g t o n , a n d
Steven Gramling, age 1 6 j of K i r k s v i l l e ,
w e r e s u n n i n g . t h e m s e l v e s o'n t h e b e a c h a t
t h e S t x t e Park l a k e , t e n m i l e s n o r t h of
K i r k s v i l l e o n a sunny a f t e r n o o n i n
August ( t h e 2 0 t h ) when a l l o b s e r v e d
t h r e e groups o f o b j e c t s f l y i n g from
s o u t h e a s t t o n o r t h w e s t , f o l l o w i n g an
i d e n t i c a l p n t h ,?,bout 85 d e g r e e s a b o v e t h e
h o r i z o n , s p a c e d abo.ut 10-15 s e c o n d s a p a r t
The s k y was c l e a r w i t h a f e w h i g h
c i r r u s clouds scattered t o t h e south.
V i s i b i l i t y was good. The f i r s t o b j e c t
was s i g h t e d a t 6:19 pmq CDST, and was o f
a n o v a l s h a p e . Mrs. S h i p l e y , who made t h e
r e p o r t t o t h e 1 7 9 t h Radar S q u a d r o n Base
a t K i r k s v i l l e t h a t e v e n i n g , compared i t
t o a c i g a r and s a i d i t g l i s t e n e d
l i k e p o l i s h e d aluminium. I t was t r a v e l i n g
a t a c o n s t a n t s p e e d and t h e r e was
no j e t s t r e a m o r p r o p e l l o r v i s i b l e .
Mrs. J o e l saw s m a l l a l u m i n i u m c o l o r e d
o b j e c t s b e i n g e j e c t e d f o r and a f t from
he o b j e c t . ,\bout 1 5 s e c o n d s 3 f t e r t h s
UFO w 3 s o u t o ? s i g h t , r ~ n o t h e r ? p p e q r e d
on t h c s 2 m e f l i g h t p a t h . T h i s w 2 s made
up o f two ? a r t s t h a t were s q u a r e o r r e c -
t : ~ n g u l x r i n sh?:ie m d a?luminum i n c o l o r .
Onc w:!s a b o v e t h c o t h e r .md c o n n e c t e d
by a n u m b i l i c 2 l c o r d . They moved i n a n
undulating f3shion with th2 top object
s l i g h t l y i n t h c lend.
Mrs. S h i p l e y h a s o b s e r v e d t 3 n k e r s
r e f u e l i n g ~ l i r c r , ? f ti n f l i g h t and t h e s e
d i d n o t h a v e t h - t a p p e 3 r 2 n c e . She s a i d
t h e y l o o k e d l t l i k c rwo s h e e t s o f m e t a l
f l y i n g t o g c t h c r " and seemed t o l ? c k a n y
propulsion.
The t h i r d o b j e c t , g l o b e - s h p ~ e d and
aluminum i n c o l o r , f o l l o w e d t h ? f i r s t two
a l o n g t h c s:me p n t h and a p p a r e n t l y a t ,
t h z s-me r?ite of speed.
Mrs. S h i p l e y , who h a s h e r B..'i. f r o m
t h e K i r k s v i l l e S t n t e Teachdrs College,
and i s w o r k ~ n gt c w a r d h e r M a s t e r s , g - ~ v e
a v e r y c l e 2 r ~ n dc o n s i s e r e p o r t of what
s h e 2nd h e r f r i e n d s s ? w .
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i! . 2 1 ~ 0 h ~ d s e e n t h e UFO.
r n d a r beams t o g i v c f a l s e i n f o r m z t i o n
c o n c e r n i n g t h e 'number, l o c a t i i o n a n d s p e e d . The o b j e c t W I i S d e s c r i b e 3s a p p m r -
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wo,uld 'be z n o u g h t o k e e p .a. m r ~ j o rf i r m ,town .:south 2nd w o s t - o f c e n t r a l . i v ~ l s s o u r i ,
busy f o r u n t o l d y e 2 r s , assuming it, w.?s ' a n d ' t h e S.lLdi4 i W i d o f NOV. 1 3 t h r e o o r t e d
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t h e r e w l s 1 i d t . h e f f o r t b,iir.g expended : o b j e c t a b o u t 2 a.m..-Nov. 8 t h . S h e
:called a ilfighbor, V i o l e t Cotner.
t o w a r d t h e s o 1 , u t i o n 0.f t h e b i g p r o b l e m s l:ldies watch,.d, thi? o b j e c t w h i c h ,
2f s i l e n t f l i g h t , zxtr:d%e x c e l e r a t i o n described being ,'bigger th3n a
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? i c u t r + i s b e g i n n i n g t o c h n n g e . 2; s c r i o u v o f f ,2nd o n u n t i l a b o u t fivc0 1 c l o c k ,
Look . i ' b~e i n g g i v e n ' a t t h e r e p o r t s o f I The Nov. 1 6 t h i s s u e o f t h e SALEM
P O ' S j n d t h e t e c h n o l o g i c ~ Jc l d r a n c e s the); POST g a v e f u r t h e r r e p o r t s from t h o s e
seem t o i n d i c 2 t e : :who had s e e n t h e U1.0 on t h e .'8th. Mrs.
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J F O I S R 3 s p r o p e l l e d t h e U n i v e r j i t y of llightos too, ,3nd itmoved slowly.
: o l o r - ~ g bi n t o t h e s p o t l i g h t i s t h o f i r s t ishe moonl~
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i c i - n t j f i c groups i n p r i v a t e industry, ; t h a t s h e t o o s o w t h e o b j e c t i n t h e sky .
~ t h e ri l n i v a r 5 i t i e . s 2 n d e v e n t h e m i l i t : l r y j a S s u t 5 s h e w r o t e "The was , .
l o t h h&d and . a b r o a d . lpitch dark w i t h nothing e l s e i n t h e sky
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j i z o t p r o j e c t s .?im&d n t - c a s h i n g i n o n a n !of c l o u d s e x c e p t r i g h t b e h i n d t h c o b j e c t
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