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To many he is known as "Mister Swamp Gas," because of his involvement with the famous sightings near Ann Arbor, Michigan,
circa 1966 which received international attention. Dr J. Allen Hynek's career in the study of UFO phenomena began in 1948 at Ohio State (where he was a full professor in physics and astronomer) when the Air Forced asked him to act as astronomical consultant ot Project Blue Book. Starting out as a would be skeptic he later would become a thorn in the government's side refusing to dismiss the unexplained as the product of unreliable witness testimony. Exploring the Bizarre hosts Tim Beckley and Tim Swartz interview MARK O' CONNELL'S is author of "The Close Encounters Man," (Hynek was a consultant to Stephen Spielberg on the box office smash hit movie) and a screenwriter, teacher and blogger who has written episodes for Star Trek: The Next Generation. Also joining in the conversation is JEROME CLARK author of more than 20 books, including the prizewinning, multivolume UFO Encyclopedia (1990-1998). Clark is a former editor for Fate Magazine and was closely associated with Dr Hynek as editor of the International UFO Reporter, the magazine of the Center for UFO Studies.
To many he is known as "Mister Swamp Gas," because of his involvement with the famous sightings near Ann Arbor, Michigan,
circa 1966 which received international attention. Dr J. Allen Hynek's career in the study of UFO phenomena began in 1948 at Ohio State (where he was a full professor in physics and astronomer) when the Air Forced asked him to act as astronomical consultant ot Project Blue Book. Starting out as a would be skeptic he later would become a thorn in the government's side refusing to dismiss the unexplained as the product of unreliable witness testimony. Exploring the Bizarre hosts Tim Beckley and Tim Swartz interview MARK O' CONNELL'S is author of "The Close Encounters Man," (Hynek was a consultant to Stephen Spielberg on the box office smash hit movie) and a screenwriter, teacher and blogger who has written episodes for Star Trek: The Next Generation. Also joining in the conversation is JEROME CLARK author of more than 20 books, including the prizewinning, multivolume UFO Encyclopedia (1990-1998). Clark is a former editor for Fate Magazine and was closely associated with Dr Hynek as editor of the International UFO Reporter, the magazine of the Center for UFO Studies.
