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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


A cut-out, black-and-white picture of Josef Allen Hynek holding a copy of the “International UFO Reporter” against a purple background with illustrated UFOs.

Time Capsule: A look at J. Allen Hynek, the NU professor whose UFO research inspired “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”

March 7, 2023

In this series, The Daily is diving into key historical events and researching prominent figures from Evanston and Northwestern’s pasts. When Kevin Leonard (WCAS ’77) was an undergraduate at NU,...

Aidan Gillen as Dr. J. Allen Hynek in sci-fi TV series “Project Blue Book.” The show revolves around Hynek’s research on UFOs for the United States Air Force.

NUFOs: New sci-fi TV series documents late Northwestern professor J. Allen Hynek’s research on UFOs

January 24, 2019

From “Stranger Things” to the “Cloverfield” film franchise, there’s no shortage of blockbuster hits and Netflix series that bring aliens down from space and into our backyards. But one of the...

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