3: The UFO Book Club - For the Love of Hynek: 'The Close Encounters Man' by Mark O'Connell

Welcome to the inaugural UFO Book Club, where Brian Hastie and Angelo Fiorentino of the Double Density Podcast (//www.doubledensity.net/) , Sam Fredrickson of the Not Alone Podcast (//www.notalonepodcast.com/) , and Rob discuss The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs by Mark O'Connell (//www.amazon.com/Close-Encounters-Man-World-Believe/dp/0062484176/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1518383151&sr=8-1&keywords=the+close+encounters+man) . Diving deep, the group looks at the life and career of J Allen Hynek from the perspective of three people who read the book, and one (Sam) who didn't, but learned a lot about Hynek through a series of episodes about the history of the U.S. government's studies of the UFO phenomenon. They look at Hynek's journey from staunch skeptic, dismissing the UFO phenomenon as only a fad, to believer a believer in the phenomenon. By the end of this episode, you will get answers to such great questions, like was Hynek implicated in a cover-up of the Dexter-Hillsdale Sightings? How many professional wrestlers can Angelo cast to play J Allen Hynek in a biopic? ARE WE ALL JUST DISINFORMATION AGENTS?! Prepare yourself for a healthy dose of dad jokes, turtlenecks, and astro-beatnik neck ware on the first edition of the UFO Book Club! Memorable Quotes "Hell yeah. Hell yeah. I'm not going to let that turtle neck wearing son-of-a-bitch keep me from saying anything about UFOs. I'll say whatever the hell I want about UFOs. I will be as logical as I can about it, but that son-of-a-bitch, if he thinks he's throwing the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis on me, I'll make him eat his words." - Rob (//twitter.com/YerUFOGuy) "Perfect, so, Neil Degrasse Tyson, sliding into the DMs, demanding information about alien culture." - Brian (//twitter.com/BrianHastie) "Uh huh... uh huh... uh huh... so, yeah, how do you explain the reptiles. Uh huh... how do you explain the royal family, they're reptiles." - Angelo (//twitter.com/angelofioren) "You are disinformation. You're all dis... I know the truth! Me, laying in bed, no pants on. I know what's going on here! You're all disinformation agents! I know the truth," - Sam (//twitter.com/NotAlonePod) Links Double Density - Twitter (//twitter.com/double_density) Double Density - Facebook (//www.facebook.com/doubledensitypodcast/) Not Alone - Twitter (//twitter.com/NotAlonePod) Not Alone - Facebook (//www.facebook.com/NotAlonePod/) Not Alone - Facebook Group (//www.facebook.com/groups/140180083258120/) The J Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies (//www.cufos.org/) Flying Saucers Serious Business by Frank Edwards (//www.amazon.com/Flying-Saucers-Business-Frank-Edwards/dp/B002L07YPG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1518384911&sr=8-1&keywords=flying+saucers+serious+business) The UFO Experience by J Allen Hynek (//www.amazon.com/UFO-Experience-Scientific-Inquiry/dp/1530938724/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518384970&sr=1-6&keywords=J+Allen+Hynek) The Edge of Reality by J Allen Hynek & Jacques Vallee (//www.amazon.com/Edge-Reality-Progress-Unidentified-Objects/dp/153283067X/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518384970&sr=1-7&keywords=J+Allen+Hynek) The Hynek UFO Report by J Allen Hynek (//www.amazon.com/Hynek-UFO-Report-Government-Suppressed/dp/1542391350/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518384970&sr=1-1&keywords=J+Allen+Hynek) Attack of the Eggs: Odd Encounters with Ovular UFOs by Micah Hanks (//mysteriousuniverse.org/2016/04/attack-of-the-eggs-odd-encounters-with-ovalular-ufos/) Love and Saucers Documentary (//www.loveandsaucers.com/) Love in an Alien Purgatory: The Life and Fantastic Art of David Huggins by Farah Yurdozu (//www.amazon.com/Love-Alien-Purgatory-Fantastic-Huggins/dp/1933665432/ref=sr_1_1?crid=27X7OZKHCPWIL&keywords=love%20in%20an%20alien%20purgatory&qid=1566466554&s=gateway&sprefix=Love%20in%20an%20alien%2Caps%2C163&sr=8-1) Theme Song by Shane Yoder (//www.puttheminasong.com/) Art and Website by the Great Desdymona (//desdymona.com/)