UFO CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
HYNEK CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMIn the history of UFOlogy, the most influential figure in classifying UFO sightings was Dr. Joseph Allen Hynek. A professor of astronomy at NorthWestern University, Dr. Hynek gave UFOlogy intellectual respectability by recognizing that sighting reports were its principal source of data. Hynek divided accounts into two types: those where the witnesses was…