1974: Excerpt from “Mysteries of Time & Space”

Excerpts from “Mysteries of Time & Space” by Brad Steiger Prenntice-Hall, 1974, ISBN 0-113-609040-0 In September, 1953 Albert K. Bender had figured out parts of the origin of flying saucers, and sent his theory off to a “trusted friend”. Soon thereafter three men dressed in black appeared, with his letter in hand. They told him ‘the real story’, and he became ill. Bender, apparently to “save mankind”, kept the details to himself and gave up UFO research. Parts of this story were retold in Gray Barker’s “They knew too much about flying saucers” (1956) [without the part of ‘revealed truth’], and said that several other people (in Australia and New Zealand) had also been visited. Bender decided to tell all in his 1962 “Flying […] Read More

1975: A REVIEW OF MIBS (Men In Black): A HISTORY

” A lot of people of heard of “something” about MIBS without really knowing any of the details.” “MONSTERS: Giants and Little Men From Mars” DELL Publications (paperback) (C) 1975 Written by: Daniel Cohen The purpose of this file is to acquaint users with MIBs history, how they are related to the cover-up allegations, along with associated reference material and names of files that contain more current thoughts on the subject. Sysops are encouraged to add in the files contained on their systems at the bottom of the file, and any other additional reference material which would be useful in helping others in their personal research. Chapter 10 “The Men in Black and Other Terrors” When the Condon Committee was sampling public attitudes toward […] Read More

1976: Agents of the Dark

From ‘The Unexplained’ No. 39. Rarely – if ever – do the threats of the mysterious Men In Black, following a close encounter, come to anything. So what could be the purpose behind their visits? In September 1976, Dr. Herbert Hopkins, a 58-year-old doctor, and hypnotist was acting as a consultant on an alleged UFO teleportation case in Maine, USA. One evening, when his wife and children had gone out leaving him alone, the telephone rang and a man identifying himself as vice-president of the New Jersey UFO Research Organisation asked if he might visit Dr. Hopkins that evening to discuss certain details of the case. Dr. Hopkins agreed; at the time, it seemed the natural thing to do. He went to the back […] Read More

1979: Excerpt from “Alien Intelligence”

Excerpts from “Alien Intelligence” by Stuart Holroyd. Everest House, 1979, ISBN 0-89696-040-4. Since the start of the modern era of reported UFO activity, which is generally considered as dating from the 1947 sighting by American businessman and amateur pilot, Kenneth Arnold, many people who have claimed sightings of UFOs or contact experiences with their occupants have reported subsequent visits from rather sinister gentlemen whose behavior has been distinctly odd. These reports have emanated from different countries and from individuals quite unaware that their experiences were not unique, and they have details in common that add up to a rather convincing case for the reality of the visitors. The men are generally described as dark or olive-skinned, rather oriental-looking, of short stature, and frail build, […] Read More

1991: WHO ARE THE MEN IN BLACK?

As UFO sightings increase, so does the harassment of witnesses – by the sinister Men In Black. Albert Bender, director of the International Flying Saucer Bureau, an amateur organization based in Connecticut, USA, once claimed to have discovered the secret behind UFOs. But unfortunately, the rest of the world is still none the wiser – for Bender was prevented from passing on his discovery to the world by three sinister visitors: three men dressed in black, known as ‘the silencers’. It had been Bender’s intention to publish his findings in his own journal, Space Review. But before committing himself finally, he felt he ought to try his ideas out on a colleague. He, therefore, mailed his report. A few days later, the men came. […] Read More

1992: Wanted: Info on MIB

From: John_-_Winston@cup.portal.com Subject: Re: Wanted: Info on MIB Date: 17 Jul 92 00:36:44 GMT  References: <1992Jul16.013041.5827@news.unomaha.edu> <62200@cup.portal.com> <1992Jul16.182152.27028@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com> Here’s some information about MIBs. I probably have posted this before but someone may have not read it. MEN IN BLACK.  In the past, a certain number of people often come around and ask people who would see spacecraft all sorts of questions, Then after they got the information they would threaten them with everything in the book if they ever talked about it to anyone. They sometimes would even kill the person if they didn’t shut up. They were called the Men in Black because they wore dark suits and drove dark colored cars. I recently got some information about these people. They are from the Sirius Star System although most of the good […] Read More

1992: A Review of MIB (Men in Black): A History

By Linda Murphy From ‘Astronet Review‘ No. 1 February 1992. A much more bizarre story was supposedly told by an unnamed family who had sighted a UFO. Sometime after the sighting, they said that they were visited by a very strange individual. Ivan Sanderson, who reported the incident in his book “Uninvited Visitors“, described the individual thus: “… almost seven feet tall, with a small head, dead white skin, enormous frame, but pipe stem limbs.” This oddity said he was an insurance investigator and that he was looking for someone who had the same name as the husband of this family. He indicated that the man he was looking for had inherited a great deal of money. Continued Sanderson, “This weird individual just appeared […] Read More

1994: In Focus: The Man who Shot a Humanoid

One inclement evening in November 1961, Paul Miller and three companions were returning home to Minot, North Dakota, after a hunting trip when what they could only describe as ‘a luminous silo‘ landed in a nearby field. At first, they thought it was a plane crashing, but had to revise their opinion when the ‘plane‘ abruptly vanished. As the hunters drove off, the object reappeared and two humanoids emerged from it. Miller panicked and fired at one of the creatures, apparently wounding it. The other hunters immediately fled. On their way back to Minot, all of them experienced a blackout and ‘lost‘ three hours. Terrified, they decided not to report the incident to anyone. Yet the next morning, when Miller reported to work (in […] Read More