{"id":12948,"date":"2020-01-18T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T22:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parabnormalradio.com\/?p=12948"},"modified":"2025-03-01T21:03:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:03:32","slug":"ep-350-project-blue-book-paul-hynek-mark-oconnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parabnormalradio.com\/2020\/01\/18\/ep-350-project-blue-book-paul-hynek-mark-oconnell\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep. #350: Project Blue Book w\/ Paul Hynek &#038; Mark O&#8217;Connell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nPaul Hynek, son of Dr. J. Allen Hynek reflects on his father, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/shows\/project-blue-book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project Blue Book<\/a> and the state of ufology.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12955 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/parabnormalradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/paul-hynek.jpg?resize=245%2C252&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/parabnormalradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/paul-hynek.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/parabnormalradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/paul-hynek.jpg?resize=291%2C300&amp;ssl=1 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Biographer <a href=\"http:\/\/highstrangenessufo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark O&#8217;Connell<\/a> digs deeper into Hynek&#8217;s life story and case files.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12991 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m83.c68.mywebsitetransfer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mark-oconnell-scaled-e1620163616159-300x295.jpg?resize=300%2C295\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/parabnormalradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mark-oconnell-scaled-e1620163616159.jpg?resize=300%2C295&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/parabnormalradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mark-oconnell-scaled-e1620163616159.jpg?resize=1024%2C1008&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/parabnormalradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mark-oconnell-scaled-e1620163616159.jpg?resize=768%2C756&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/parabnormalradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mark-oconnell-scaled-e1620163616159.jpg?resize=1536%2C1512&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/parabnormalradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mark-oconnell-scaled-e1620163616159.jpg?w=1734&amp;ssl=1 1734w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/parabnormalradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mark-oconnell-scaled-e1620163616159.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Websites<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/shows\/project-blue-book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">history.com\/shows\/project-blue-book<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.highstrangenessufo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">highstrangenessufo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Book<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Close-Encounters-Man-World-Believe\/dp\/0062484176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13616 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m83.c68.mywebsitetransfer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mark-oconnell-close-encounters-man-199x300.jpg?resize=199%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/parabnormalradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mark-oconnell-close-encounters-man.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/parabnormalradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mark-oconnell-close-encounters-man.jpg?w=332&amp;ssl=1 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Social Media<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HistoryBlueBook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@HistoryBlueBook<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/historybluebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@HistoryBlueBook<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markoconnell_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@markoconnell_1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>News Links<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/local\/mysterious-boom-startles-residents-across-southeast-texas\/285-5f83e9dc-a6a7-4a6e-a35d-cd4ff659bc5a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Our whole house shook&#8217; | Loud boom rattles homes across Southeast Texas, but what was it?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/we-might-have-found-another-planet-near-the-sun-s-closest-neighbour-and-it-s-huge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Astronomers Have Found Signs of Another Planet at Proxima Centauri, And It&#8217;s Huge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/asteroid-inside-venus-orbit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This Newly Discovered Asteroid Is the Second-Closest Natural Object to the Sun<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Hynek, son of Dr. J. 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