Center for UFO Studies

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Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS)
Key people
J. Allen Hynek, Founder
Websitewww.cufos.org

The Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) is a privately funded UFO research group. The group was founded in 1973 by J. Allen Hynek, who at the time was chair of the Department of Astronomy at Northwestern University in Illinois.[1][2]

History

Hynek was a scientific consultant for

alien visitation from other planets.[4] When the Air Force shut down Project Blue Book in 1969, Hynek, in 1973, founded the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) to continue to collect and study UFO reports.[2] Ufologist James W. Moseley wrote that CUFOS was "... the first real attempt to set up a private research group genuinely dedicated to scientific investigations and study of UFOs."[5] Moseley observed that CUFOS "wasn't a saucer club and, for a while, wasn't open to general membership. Participation was restricted to scientists and other professionals who donated their time and expertise, Hynek's invisible college. This wouldn't last—though CUFOS has."[6]

Operation

Started in

folklorist at Indiana University.[13]

The Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) has two principal activities. First, it maintains a library and archives of UFO-related materials, which are open for use by researchers and investigators who are writing about UFO-related topics. These materials include books, articles, documents, and sighting reports. Second, CUFOS continues to compile and analyze reports of UFO incidents from around the world.[14][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Franch John, The Secret Life of J. Allen Hynek. Skeptical Inquirer Volume 37.1, January/February 2013. Archived from the original on November 22, 2020.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-1-4786-1095-3
    .
  3. ISBN 978-1-56924-782-2
  4. ^ (Clark, p. 530)
  5. ^ (Moseley, p. 228)
  6. ^ (Moseley, pp. 228-229)
  7. ^ (Clark, pp. 538-539)
  8. ^ a b (Clark, p. 539)
  9. ^ "Journal of Scientific Exploration | Society for Scientific Exploration". www.scientificexploration.org. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  10. ^ "Center for UFO Studies".
  11. ^ "Center for UFO Studies".
  12. ^ "Center for UFO Studies".
  13. ^ "Center for UFO Studies".
  14. ^ "Center for UFO Studies".

Sources

  • Clark, Jerome. The UFO Encyclopedia. Omnigraphics: Detroit. 1998.
  • Moseley, James W. and Karl T. Pflock. Shockingly Close to the Truth! Prometheus Books: Amherst, New York. 2002.

External links

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