J. Allen Hynek (1910-1986) served as official astronomical consultant to the US Air Force's Project Blue Book. He was an astronomer and professor of astronomy at Ohio State University and later became chairman of the astronomy department at Northwestern University in Chicago. Hynek started the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) in 1973 and was largely responsible for the founding of MUFON (originally called the Midwest UFO Network). His books include The Hynek UFO Report and The Edge of Reality.

Paul Hynek is a Wharton MBA, an adjunct professor of finance and accounting at Pepperdine University, and the creator of startup financial projections software that has raised over one billion dollars for thousands of startups. Paul works with numerous startups as either a board member, advisor, or part-time CFO. He was also consultant on History Channel's show Project Blue Bookand was the technology consultant on Discovery Channel's Mayne vs. Shark. He is the son of J. Allen Hynek.