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From: "Bill Stockstill" <slick1ru2@email.msn.com>
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 12:11:00 -0400
Fwd Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 15:39:50 -0400
Subject: Re: Dr. J. Allen Hynek (1910-1986)


>Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 19:38:43 -0700
>From: Dr. Virgilio Sanchez-Ocejo <ufomiami@bellsouth.net>
>To: UFO UpDate <updates@globalserve.net>
>Subject: Dr. J. Allen Hynek (1910-1986)

>One of the finest ufologist in the USA was Dr. Hynek, and we
>lament that the new generation, involved in the most ambiguous
>aspects of the UFO phenomenon, such as abductions, sometimes
>don't even reconize his name.

<snip>

I totally agree that Dr. Allen Hynek should not be forgotten. He
did make a huge impact on giving credibility to Ufology, with
CUFOS being his legacy. But what I can't stop wondering about is
why did he not try and present these totally unexplainable cases
to his fellow scientists while he was a consultant to the Air
Force. Where would we be now if prior to the Colorado
Investigation (Condon Report) he had presented all the data from
the unexplained cases to the scientific community in the
appropriate setting.

Reading Forbidden Science, written by perhaps his closest friend
and colleague Jacques Vallee, Hynek's reasoning is that he did
not want to upset the Air Force by disclosing the quality
unknown cases to the scientific community. His fear was that he
would be denied further access to the data.

>From the Wednesday, June 8, 1966 entry in Forbidden Science,
Dr. James McDonald, professor of atmospheric physics at the
University of Arizona was authorized to spend two days at Wright
field (Blue Book Headquarters), requesting to see all cases
attributed to "globular lightning". "He was amazed and horrified
at what he saw: case after case that obviously had nothing to do
with electrical discharges in the air". Next he asked to see the
general files, "getting increasingly upset as he kept on
reading". He realized the official explanations where
"bull****".

After reading the official files, later that day he confronted
Hynek asking, "How could you remain silent so long?". Vallee
jumped in on the side of Hynek, "If Allen had taken a strong
position last year the Air Force would have dropped him as
consultant and we wouldn't be here talking about the
phenomenon". McDonald reply was, "I'm not talking about last
year. Its in 1953 Allen should have spoken out!"

This is burned in my mind. The data obviously was there and the
official explanations were bogus. Yet, Hynek did not start
talking about this until after Blue Book was dissolved. Most
then probably thought him a disgruntled scientist, his
multi-decade consultant job eliminated as the result of the
Condon Report's recommendations.

After accessing the Air Force data, McDonald spent much of the
next 3 years studying UFOs. He spoke to the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, 134th Meeting General Symposium
in 1969 trying to convince them that the data on UFOs was being
inadequately investigated and needed to be seriously studied.
Yet, his words fell on deaf ears. He killed himself in the early
70s. Some attribute his suicide to the negative effect his
interest in UFOs had on his career .

Perhaps while we are remembering scientists, we should remember
Dr. John McDonald. If he were the Air Force's consultant on
UFOs, imagine where we would be now.

Bill Stockstill
Section Leader
Abductions (yes, Abductions)
UFO Community on MSN
http://communities.msn.com/UFO