Hynek Testifies Before Congress: UFOs Deserve Scientific Study
On July 29, 1968, astronomer and longtime Air Force scientific consultant J. Allen Hynek testified before the House Committee on Science and Astronautics during a symposium on UFOs chaired by…
Narration
Twenty years of unexplained cases — twelve thousand files Congress could not ignore.
Washington D.C., July 1968 — Congress opens an unprecedented UFO symposium.
Hynek: a trim figure once tasked to debunk, now demanding real science.
Flawed methodology, twenty years of data — civilian science must investigate.
Outside Capitol Hill, summer 1968 moved forward — the hearing record endured.
One scientist's measured words before Congress — the question remains unanswered.