Men in Black (The MIB Legend)
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The "Men in Black" are ufology's most enduring urban legend: black-suited visitors claiming government authority who warn witnesses into silence. The motif is widely traced back to the 1947 Maury Island affair.
The Men in Black legend is less about saucers than about what supposedly happens after you see one. As the story goes, anyone who photographs or talks about a UFO may be visited by expressionless, oddly pale figures in black suits, arriving in old dark sedans and flashing dubious federal credentials to frighten the witness into silence. The motif condenses Cold War anxieties about surveillance and official cover-up into a modern ghost story. Its canonical form is usually credited to researcher Gray Barker's 1956 best-seller, which spun UFO-group leader Albert Bender's claim of being scared into disbanding by three dark visitors into a book-length legend[1]. Ever since, the MIB have served as ufology's shorthand for "those who know too much get silenced."
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References
- 1.They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers — University Books · 1956Book
- 2.The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning (2nd ed.) — Omnigraphics · 1998Book