Case file · Disclosure & CE-5
Hynek, Vallée and Poher at the United Nations
In 1978 J. Allen Hynek, Jacques Vallée and French engineer Claude Poher presented a statement on UFOs to the UN General Assembly's Special Political Committee.
1978 CE · 40.75, -73.97 · status: official
The account
The three scientists argued that the phenomenon deserved serious international study rather than ridicule. No UN programme followed, but the session is often cited as the high-water mark of official international attention in the 1970s.
The sceptical view
Nothing in the presentation offered new physical evidence; the UN took no lasting action.