J. Allen Hynek
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Josef Allen Hynek was an American astronomer, professor, and ufologist. He is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research. Hynek acted as scientific advisor to UFO studies undertaken by the U.S. Air Force under three projects: Project Sign , Project Grudge and Project Blue Book .
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Published Works
- A survey of stars with composite spectra. (1938) (187)
- Astrophysics: A Topical Symposium (1952) (54)
- The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry (1972) (34)
- Neutral Oxygen in Stellar Atmospheres. (1950) (23)
- The Use of Infrared Spectra for the Determination of Absolute Magnitudes. (1945) (20)
- Astrophysics. A Topical Symposium (1952) (17)
- The World of Flying Saucers (1963) (10)
- The Composite Spectrum of ζ Tauri. (1942) (10)
- A New Theory by C. F. Von WEIZSÄCKER of the Origin of the Planetary Systen. (1945) (7)
- Astrophysics : a topical symposium : commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Yerkes Observatory and a half century of progress in astrophysics (1951) (6)
- Unusual Aerial Phenomena (1953) (5)
- Potentialities and Limitations of Image Scanning Techniques in Astronomy (1962) (5)
- The Helium Anomaly in ø Persei. (1944) (4)
- A research program based on the optical tracking of artificial earth satellites (1956) (4)
- The Classification and Luminosity of the N and S Stars of Type a (1936) (4)
- On the Effects of Image Motion on the Accuracy of Measurement of a Flashing Satellite (1960) (4)
- Evidence for Short-Lived Phenomena in Galaxies from Real-Time Image Orthicon Surveys. (1972) (4)
- Astrophysics: a topical symposium / J.A. Hynek (1951) (4)
- A Quantitative Study of Certain Phases of F-Type Spectra (1935) (3)
- Advances in the Application of the Image Orthicon to Astronomy (1966) (3)
- NOTE ON TRIGONOMETRIC AND SPECTROSCOPIC PARALLAXES (1936) (3)
- Color Temperatures of B-Type Stars and Rayleigh Scattering (1934) (3)
- UFO's Merit Scientific Study. (1966) (3)
- The optical tracking program for IGY satellites. (1956) (3)
- Observations of Satellite I (1957) (2)
- Astronomical instruments on the moon. (1970) (2)
- A New Spectrum Variable: 5 Lacertae. (1938) (2)
- Photometry of the G Band in Representative Stellar Spectra (1937) (2)
- The Corralitos Observatory program for the detection of lunar transient phenomena (1976) (2)
- AN AUTOMATIC QUESTION-ANSWERING SYSTEM FOR STELLAR ASTRONOMY (1966) (2)
- Note on the Spectrum of δ Sagittae. (1942) (2)
- Optical and Visual Tracking of Artificial Satellites (1958) (2)
- Challenge of the universe (1962) (2)
- Report on Project Star Gazer. (1963) (1)
- Axial Rotation and Stellar Evolution (1936) (1)
- On the Effective Quantum Efficiency of an Image Orthicon System Applied to the Detection of Faint Astronomical Objects. (1973) (1)
- Changes in the Infrared Spectrum of VV Cephei. (1947) (1)
- The orbit of the binary star O.Struve 77 = BGC 209 = ADS 3082 (1935) (1)
- Occultation of the Bright Star Regulus by Venus (1959) (1)
- THE COMPOSITE-SPECTRUM STAR 5 LACERTAE (1959) (1)
- Supernova in NGC 1058. (1969) (1)
- The Presence of Strong Lines of O i in the Infrared Spectrum of VV Cephei (1945) (1)
- A directional stellar scintillometer. (1957) (1)
- A UFO by any other name (1976) (1)
- Preliminary results of study of F-type spectra (1936) (0)
- Electro-optical Sensors Research Study and Astronomical Observations Semiannual Progress Report, 15 Jun. - 15 Dec. 1965 (1965) (0)
- Dearborn Observatory Report (1963) (0)
- Astronomy and the Smithsonian Institution (1966) (0)
- Fluctuations of Starlight and Skylight - and Appendixes I and II (1952) (0)
- Magnitudes and Colors in the Globular Cluster Messier 12 and Selected Area 108. (1942) (0)
- The Need for Basic Sky Studies (1951) (0)
- Bulletin for Visual Observers of Satellites. Number 2 (1956) (0)
- Astrophysical projects in the high altitude rocket program. (1947) (0)
- Astronomical Photometry and Other Recent Applications of the Image Orthicon (1976) (0)
- The igy optical satellite tracking program as a source of geodetic information (1958) (0)
- STELLAR MULTIPLICITY: AN ASPECT OF THE OBSERVATIONAL APPROACH TO STELLAR EVOLUTION. (1968) (0)
- BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS: The Universe and Its Origin (1964) (0)
- NOTE ON HE I ΛΛ 3965 AND 5016 (1940) (0)
- Book Review: The Face of the Moon, by Ralph E. Baldwin (1949) (0)
- High-Contrast Electronic Image-Orthicon Techniques Applied to the Lunar Surface. (1961) (0)
- Improvements in the Application of the Image Orthicon to Astronomy (1972) (0)
- Giant Binary Stars and the Mass-Luminosity Law (1948) (0)
- Fluctuations of Starlight and Skylight (1953) (0)
- The Russell-Moore discordant parallax stars. (1948) (0)
- The Use of Optical Systems in the Utilization of Solar Energy (1953) (0)
- Report of observatories 1951-52 (Perkins Observatory, McMillin Observatory, and Wesleyan Student Observatory). (1952) (0)
- Preliminary report on the axial rotation of visual binaries (1939) (0)
- BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS: An Unemotional Analysis: The UFO Experience — A Scientific Inquiry (1973) (0)
- Note on the Spectra of 17 Leporis and 7 ε Aurigae (1933) (0)
- BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS: A View of the Heavens: Introduction to Radio Astronomy (1970) (0)
- THE BEHAVIOR OF He I ? 5015 IN ? TAURI AND PERSEI. (1939) (0)
- Book-Review - Architecture of the Universe (1980) (0)
- The Development of Techniques for the Extension of the Magnitude Scale in Selected Equatorial Kapteyn Areas with an Image Orthicon System. (1976) (0)
- A study of the spectroscopic variable phi Per. (1940) (0)
- Lindheimer Astronomical Research Center and Dearborn Observatory, Evanston, Illinois. Report 1968-1969. (1969) (0)
- New UFO center (1971) (0)
- Three new emission line stars (1946) (0)
- Kepler's astrology and astronomy (1975) (0)
- Epiphany and Conspiracy: The UFO Controversy@@@The UFO Controversy in America. (1976) (0)
- Visual Observations of Satellite 1957 α1 Made by Moonwatch Stations (1957) (0)
- Binary Frequency as a Probable Index of Secular Changes in the Main Sequence. (1965) (0)
- Astronomy and the Smithsonian Institution: Lighthouse of the Skies: The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1846-1955 . By Bessie Zaban Jones. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1965. 355 pp., $5. (1966) (0)
- Distribution of Binary Stars among the Bright Stars. (1962) (0)
- Course 28: Star Evolution (1965) (0)
- The four major mysteries of mainland China (1984) (0)
- ON ''SPACE-VELOCITY VECTORS FOR 3483 STARS'' WITH ACCURATELY DETERMINED PROPER MOTIONS AND RADIAL VELOCITIES. (1968) (0)
- Why We Should Keep an Open Mind About UFO's. (1974) (0)
- The Procurement of Government Surplus Materials (1946) (0)
- Unidentified Aerial and Celestial Objects. Appendix B (1949) (0)
- Beta Lyrae in the photographic infrared. (1951) (0)
- A Lunar Transient Phenomena Detection Program (1966) (0)
- Architecture of the universe (1979) (0)
- Report on the precision optical tracking program for artificial earth-satellites. (1959) (0)
- EMISSION IN THE SPECTRUM OF Β2 CYGNI (1940) (0)
- Glueless bone meal in the nutrition of nursing sows (1991) (0)
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