J. Allen Hynek Professions : Astronomer Born : May 1, 1910 Died : April 27, 1986 Browse All Authors Top 10 quotes by 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 overlooked because the new phenomenon did not fit the accepted scientific outlook of the time. J. Allen Hynek fit matter past I would not spend one further moment on the subject of UFOs if I didnt seriously feel that the UFO phenomenon is real and that efforts to investigate and understand it, and eventually to solve it, could have a profound effect -- perhaps even be the springboard to mankinds outlook on the universe. J. Allen Hynek effort real profound I have begun to feel that there is a tendency in 20th Century science to forget that there will be a 21st Century science, and indeed a 30th Century science, from which vantage points our knowledge of the universe may appear quite different than it does to us. We suffer, perhaps, from temporal provincialism, a form of arrogance that has always irritated posterity. J. Allen Hynek arrogance suffering doe Ridicule is not a part of the scientific method and the public should not be taught that it is J. Allen Hynek scientific-method taught should 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 - UFO's. As a consequence of my work on the voluminous air force files and, to a greater extent, of personal investigation of many puzzling cases and interviews with witnesses of good repute, I have long been aware that the subject of UFO's could not be dismissed as mere nonsense. J. Allen Hynek air past years Science is not always what scientists do. J. Allen Hynek scientist When the long awaited solution to the UFO problem comes, I believe that it will prove to be not merely the next small step in the march of science but a mighty and totally unexpected quantum jump. J. Allen Hynek next long believe 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. J. Allen Hynek educational blue book When one gets reports from scientists, engineers and technicians whose credibility by all common standards is high and whose moral caliber seems to preclude a hoax, one can do no less than hear them out, in all seriousness. J. Allen Hynek hoaxes moral common Each wave of sightings adds to the accumulation of reports which defy analysis by present methods... An investigative process in depth is necessary here if, after twenty years of confusion, we want some answers. J. Allen Hynek confusion depth years Similar Authors Arthur Eddington astronomer Antony Hewish astronomer Annie Jump Cannon astronomer Andrea M. Ghez astronomer Allan Sandage astronomer Alar Toomre astronomer All Authors
