{"id":250017,"date":"2025-07-12T02:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=47d458edec34c0d9d24e4ee9c69ec1f5"},"modified":"2025-07-12T02:58:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:58:59","slug":"what-my-father-knew-about-ufos-paul-hynek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=250017","title":{"rendered":"&quot;What My Father Knew About UFOs&quot; &#8211; Paul Hynek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj3Spf9cjzWQottunyo-5GaGGaBoBCegZR0YUrwtGkA9dU5T5FyXULaneBZkVj7M8e1EXjDD8Of7vAJKT46cM7CKTs4Zp2UZLj9I3oYB9b2iUtgQiJyrqqYoKqM0IQeppD08aZiM4gClojyqQnkD8d_qORcJdkmCBeVVARnumDCC3PQUHrEVm9ytiioUNIh\/s668\/UFOs-Paul-Hynek.png\" style=\"display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; \"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"375\" data-original-width=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj3Spf9cjzWQottunyo-5GaGGaBoBCegZR0YUrwtGkA9dU5T5FyXULaneBZkVj7M8e1EXjDD8Of7vAJKT46cM7CKTs4Zp2UZLj9I3oYB9b2iUtgQiJyrqqYoKqM0IQeppD08aZiM4gClojyqQnkD8d_qORcJdkmCBeVVARnumDCC3PQUHrEVm9ytiioUNIh\/s500\/UFOs-Paul-Hynek.png\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><center><big><b><font color=\"bright orange\">&#8220;What My Father Knew About UFOs&#8221; &#8211;<br \/> Paul Hynek<\/b><\/font><\/big><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\nArea52:<\/p>\n<p>Paul Hynek joins me for a deep conversation about his father, J. Allen Hynek, the astronomer who led Project Blue Book and created the Close Encounters scale. We talk about his father\u2019s work as a consultant on Spielberg\u2019s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, what he really believed about UFOs, and the legacy he left behind. Paul also shares stories about meeting Neil Armstrong, dives into fringe UFO cases, and opens up about his interest in the Monroe Institute, altered states, and the role psychedelics might play in understanding the phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"530\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d68a1JfwVsE?si=VFh8WaHGHHRVvfco\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b><font color=\"bright orange\">YouTube link:<\/font> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/d68a1JfwVsE?si=DARknGjauHFeFd3B\" ><u>https:\/\/youtu.be\/d68a1JfwVsE?si=DARknGjauHFeFd3B<\/u><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What My Father Knew About UFOs&#8221; &#8211; Paul Hynek<\/p>\n<p>Area52:<\/p>\n<p>Paul Hynek joins me for a deep conversation about his father, J. 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