Episode 170: The “Close Encounters Man” Allen Hynek… and Star Trek TV?

In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is American writer Mark O’Connell, author of the legendary Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode “Who Mourns for Morn”, talking about screenwriting for television as well as his non-fiction work, including his biography of Dr J. Allen Hynek, the “Close Encounters Man” who through his 20-year career on the US Air Force Project Blue Book, helped turn UFOs from fringe to mainstream. Links: Weird Tales Radio Show - https://www.urbanfantasist.com https://www.youtube/c/weirdtalesshow http://www.highstrangenessufo.com https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-close-encounters-man-mark-oconnell https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/far-fetched-1881135 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11916116/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Join English barrister and Reuters correspondent turned writer, editor, award-winning tech journalist and sometime werewolf-hunter Charles Christian for one hour of folklore, the supernatural, folk horror and other weirdness. "Fun and high strangeness" is how one listener described the show. The show archive of 187 episodes runs from September/Mabon 2017 to October/Halloween 2021.