needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message center for ufo studies cufos founded 1973 headquarters chicago illinois united states key people j. allen hynek founder website http www.cufos.org the center for ufo studies cufos is a privately funded ufo research group . it was founded in 1973 by j. allen hynek the chairman of the department of astronomy at northwestern university in illinois . 1 2 hynek was also a scientific consultant for project blue book the united states air force official study of the ufo phenomenon from 1948 to 1969 . 3 although hynek started out as a skeptic and helped the air force to debunk most ufo reports he gradually became convinced that a small number of ufo cases were not hoaxes or explainable as misidentifications of natural phenomena and that these cases might represent something extraordinary even alien visitation from other planets . when the air force shut down project blue book in 1969 hynek decided to establish his own organization to continue to study ufo reports in a scientific and unbiased manner . started in evanston illinois but now based in chicago cufos continues to be a small research organization stressing scientific analysis of ufo cases . its extensive archives include historically valuable files from defunct civilian research groups such as national investigations committee on aerial phenomena nicap the largest ufo research group of the 1950s and 1960s . following hynek s death in 1986 cufos was renamed the j. allen hynek center for ufo studies in his honor . the current scientific director of cufos is mark rodeghier . ufologists who have served on the cufos board of directors are jerome clark ufo historian and author of the ufo encyclopedia ; michael d. swords a retired professor of natural science from western michigan university ; and thomas e. bullard a folklorist at indiana university . contents 1 in popular culture 2 see also 3 references 4 external links in popular culture edit the center was mentioned in the the x files television series by fox mulder in the episode conduit . see also edit list of ufo organizations references edit http www.bibliotecapleyades.net ciencia ufo briefingdocument orgs.htm franch john the secret life of j. allen hynek . skeptical inquirer volume 37.1 january february 2013 hynek j. allen the ufo experience a scientific enquiry . 1972 isbn 978 1 56924 782 2 external links edit www.cufos.org official site v t e ufos and ufology index of ufology articles incidents general list of reported ufo sightings sightings in outer space pre 20th century tulli papyrus possibly 15th century b.c. ezekiel s wheel circa 622 570 b.c. 1561 celestial phenomenon over nuremberg jos bonilla observation 1883 aurora 1897 20th century los angeles 1942 kenneth arnold 1947 maury island 1947 roswell 1947 aztec new mexico 1948 mantell 1948 chiles whitted 1948 gorman dogfight 1948 mariana 1950 mcminnville photographs 1950 sperry 1950 lubbock lights 1951 carson sink 1952 nash fortenberry 1952 washington d.c. 1952 flatwoods monster 1952 ellsworth 1953 kelly hopkinsville 1955 lakenheath bentwaters 1956 ant nio vilas boas 1957 levelland 1957 trindade island 1958 barney and betty hill abduction 1961 lonnie zamora incident 1964 solway firth spaceman 1964 exeter 1965 kecksburg 1965 westall 1966 shag harbour 1967 pascagoula abduction 1973 travis walton incident 1975 allagash 1976 tehran 1976 petrozavodsk phenomenon 1977 opera o prato 1977 valentich disappearance 1978 robert taylor incident 1979 val johnson incident 1979 cash landrum incident 1980 rendlesham forest 1980 trans en provence 1981 japan air lines 1986 voronezh ufo incident 1989 belgian ufo wave 1990 varginha 1996 phoenix lights 1997 21st century mexico 2004 o hare airport 2006 alderney 2007 norway 2009 morristown new jersey 2009 sightings 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