June 24, 2025
Hayden Hewes and the International UFO Bureau
Hayden Hewes and the International UFO Bureau
Hayden C. Hewes (December 29, 1943 – September 13, 2017) was a pioneering UFO researcher who founded the International UFO Bureau (IUFOB) in Oklahoma City in 1957—remarkably, while still a teenager attending high school
What began as a passionate hobby quickly grew into a serious organization involving law enforcement, astronomers, scientists, and international witnesses reporting UFO sightings .
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There's an article about him by David Ferris headlined Remembering a Man Who Investigated the Unusual that was posted October 10th, 2019 on the Edmond Life and Leisure website.
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According to Ferris, Hayden Cooper Hughes was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on December 29th, 1943. His family moved to Oklahoma City, which is where he founded the International UFO Bureau in 1957.
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Hughes' organization attracted members throughout the U.S. and internationally and included members of the scientific community.
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He gained friends among the police and the media who kept him informed and referred witnesses to him.
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An early incident of note is when Hughes wrote a letter to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev asking for information about Russian UFOs.
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Khrushchev wrote him back Unlock this episode right now by clicking on the link for your free seven-day trial in the show notes or by visiting mysteriousradio.com.
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00:00:00.919 --> 00:00:10.819
Start your free seven-day trial and unlock this episode plus hundreds more, all ad-free when you become a Mysterian on Patreon.
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00:00:11.979 --> 00:00:23.319
There's an article about him by David Ferris headlined Remembering a Man Who Investigated the Unusual that was posted October 10th, 2019 on the Edmond Life and Leisure website.
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00:00:23.739 --> 00:00:36.880
According to Ferris, Hayden Cooper Hughes was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on December 29th, 1943. His family moved to Oklahoma City, which is where he founded the International UFO Bureau in 1957.
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00:00:37.279 --> 00:00:44.159
Hughes' organization attracted members throughout the U.S. and internationally and included members of the scientific community.
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00:00:44.459 --> 00:00:50.139
He gained friends among the police and the media who kept him informed and referred witnesses to him.
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00:00:50.180 --> 00:00:57.879
An early incident of note is when Hughes wrote a letter to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev asking for information about Russian UFOs.
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00:00:58.239 --> 00:01:10.279
Khrushchev wrote him back Unlock this episode right now by clicking on the link for your free seven-day trial in the show notes or by visiting mysteriousradio.com.
