PositiveThe Los Angeles ReviewHynek, whose many contributions to science extend well beyond the scope of UFOs, has, according to biographer Mark O’Connell, been unfairly relegated to the fringe, lumped alongside swaths of pseudo-scientists whose UFO claims lacked scientific backing. Upon wading through Hynek’s files in the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS), O’Connell made it his mission to clarify the many misperceptions pertaining to the pioneering researcher ... O’Connell’s writing style and extensive research confirm he’s up for the task, and by book’s end, readers are treated to a complex retelling not only of a single man, but of the larger UFO phenomenon ...focuses more on the terrestrial, human story rather than veering toward the speculative, extraterrestrial tale ... In the end, readers are left with a book that smartly refuses to simplify anything. The mystery of UFOs persists, as does the mystery of J. Allen Hynek.
