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Air Force consultant J. Allen Hynek's swamp-gas explanation at a press conference covering a Michigan sighting wave became a focal point of public ridicule and a turning point in Hynek's reassessment of the topic, a key narrative step toward his 1972 book and the founding of the Center for UFO Studies.