The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs

This eye-opening and entertaining biography of J. Allen Hynek reveals the astronomer who created the concept of "Close Encounters" with extraterrestrial life and made belief in UFOs a national phenomena. Hynek was a professional astronomer employed by the Air Force to debunk UFO sightings. But after years of research and denials he made a shocking announcement that UFOs were very real. This biography traces Hynek's change from skeptic to believer and reveals the intriguing man behind so much of what we believe about UFOs. 

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