Monday, December 3, 2018

Men in Black: Are They the Government? By Tiffany Jones

    Ever seen something in the sky you can’t explain? Be careful not to ask too many questions, or you might get a knock at your door in the middle of the night. Tall men with large eyes might be on the other side of the door. They are said to look like men who wear black business suits, black hat, and have pale unnatural skin tone. These men are known as The Men in Black, mysterious men who visit people after unexplained incidents and leave them creeped out. People claim they are questioned and threatened by them not to speak of what they seen. There are theories about what or who the Men in Black are: aliens or our government. Let’s jump into this mysterious world of the Men in Black.

      The Men in Black are mysterious beings. No one knows who or even what these beings are and what they can do to you. It is said they may be working with the FBI or the CIA to keep people quite about aliens visiting earth. Many accounts start out as the same and depending on your answer the outcome is different. Someone sees something and starts asking questions about what it was. Next thing you know you have knock at your door at night and two to three men are standing there. They are in black suits, sunglasses, and have unusual skin tone. They show you badges that make think they are with the government. Once in they ask you questions about what you know, about what you seen, and if you have proof. On one account a man named Albert Bender an UFO researcher says this about the Men in Black “They floated about a foot off the floor… They looked like clergymen, but wore hats similar to Homburg style. The faces were not clearly discernible, for the hats partly hid and shaded them… The eyes of all three figures suddenly lit up like flashlight bulbs… They seemed to burn into my very soul as the pains above my eyes became almost unbearable,” (qtd. in Sablich 1). If you have proof and try to hide it from them, it will usually disappear after their visit. The Men in Black also know all about you and will let you know that. They warn you harm will come if you keep seeking the truth. Many people kept quite others have had some unfortunate bad luck.

They have been described as threating and evil. They show no mercy when they try to hush you. One account in 1967 by a man named Robert Richardson who apparently crash into a UFO and brought back a piece of the UFO to his house. A week later he was visited by men in black suits and they asked for the piece of the UFO he had. He informed them he had turned it in for testing. One of the men told him quote “If you want your wife to stay as pretty as she is, then you better get the metal back.” (Bergara, Ryan, et al.). They have shown they will go to great lengths to get what they want. Some UFO   researchers like Gaurav Tiwari and Max Spiers have died in strange ways after meeting with the Men in Black. These men also gave their family and friends a warning if they come up dead it was no suicide or accident.
Most people who don’t heed the warning have said they were stalked by the men. Some even said they have proof off being stalked by the Men in Black. Tyler from SecureTeam10 YouTube channel, a paranormal investigator has posted about his encounter.  Tyler rides his motorcycle down to the gas station to see what the guy will do. “When I left not even a minute later another man got in the car and they peeled out and went the same direction I did.” (“MIB: Are outside my house”) In the video he says its day three of this man sitting in his car outside his house. The man in the video is watching them and once he sees he is being watch he looks the other way.  Another man named Jack Robinson from New Jersey who was a UFO researcher, was also stalked and had his home rummaged through. Jack and his wife Mary saw a man outside their apartment for a couple days just watching them. On day three they had their friend come by but on the way to their apartment the friend needed to take a picture of the man. In the picture which is from 1968 shows a man in black suite and hat standing and watching the Robinson apartment. Both cases show that the Men in Black are very persistent beings.
  When looking into the mysterious Men in Black you will find many conspiracy theories about them. In the conspiracy theories surrounding the Men in Black there are two that are consistent. The first is they are government officials and they are preventing the truth about aliens from coming out. The second is that they are the aliens and they want to keep humans quite about them. Let’s start looking into these theories.
   The first conspiracy theory says the Men in Black are government officials trying to keep UFO believers quiet. Some say the government is trying to prevent mass hysteria about the truth of creature from another planet. Some witnesses never mention what they have seen to police or news, but somehow when the Men in Black appear, they know everything. We have heard before that the government is watching us, whether it’s through our electronics or phone tapping. Most of the people’s stories begin with an everyday Joe showing or telling what they have seen. Many will discount what they saw after the Men in Black visit. The Men in Black will show a badge that looks like an official government badge. John Keel wrote an in-depth article for Saga magazine in 1967. Titled ‘Agents of Terror’ he investigated visits by the men in black and even tried to track them down. “There had been incidents by UFO witnesses where they were approached by men saying they were from the Air Force, asking them questions and threatening them to not speak of it to others. The Air Force had never sent their own personnel to threaten civilians, and didn’t even have a department related to extraterrestrial incidents” (Men in Black: Government Officials Hiding). This caused the FBI to look into the incidents and create a department, called ‘Project Blue Book’.  So, who are these men who say they are with the Air Force? Could they be a part of something bigger? Well there are stories of an underground government that controls the world, for instances the Illuminati. S much is unknown about these so-called government officials. Well there is a government group who has been mistaking for the Men in Black. The NICAP which stands for the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena founded in 1956 and based in Washington, D.C. Although they have been mistaking for the Men in Black, they do not match the description. They have had agents who went a little overboard when talking to witnesses. There is nothing sinister about them they are just men who thought that had the power to be jerks.  “Some members had threatened people and even the police stopped talking to them, they becoming such a nuisance to them. The deputy director admitted that some members got ‘a little carried away sometimes’ and they were kicked out of the group immediately” (Men in Black: Government Officials Hiding). There have been government officials who are looking into the Men in Black. Project Blue Book was conducted by the Air Force to investigate UFOs. Coronal George Freeman spokesman for Project Blue:
 “Mysterious Men Dressed in Air Force Uniforms or all in black and displaying impressive credentials from government agencies have been silencing UFO witnesses. We have checked a number of these cases, and these men are not connected to the Air Force in anyway. We haven’t been able to find anything out about these men. By posing as Air Force officers and government agents, they are committing a federal offence. We would sure like to catch one, unfortunately the trail is always too cold by the time we hear about these cases, but we are still trying” (The Real Men In Black). Well if it not the government what else could they be?

      The second theory is just out of this world literally. To quote Mr. Giorgio A. Tsoukalos “Aliens!”  The one who want to keep things about UFOs a secret could be none other than aliens. Alien stories have been around for hundreds of years and when you look into human history there are signs of them. The Men in Black have been described as other worldly, from their large eyes and fake looking skin to the robotic way they speak. Many of the witnesses say they feel uneasy when the Men in Black leave their house. One story that has been circulating around is from Doctor Herbert Hopkins from Maine. In 1976 he was doing consultant on an alleged UFO teleportation case in Maine when he received a call. The person on the other end of the line ask to meet with him about the teleportation, Doctor Hopkins agreed. By the time he hung up the phone the person was already walking up the steps. Here where it gets strange, after telling the man what he wanted the man told Doctor Hopkins he had two coins in his pocket. He asked him to remove one. Hopkins did as he was told.  “Watch the coin, the stranger requested. As he observed it, his vision began to grow fuzzy and then to waver in his vision. After it changed color, it simply vanished. The man then said that no one on this plane would ever see that coin again” (Dr. Hebert Hopkins MIB Encounter). Weird, but could this man be an alien? There are different stories about the Men in Black that are hard to explain. Witnesses saying unexplained things happen when they met them. Albert Bender, UFO researcher and author of “Flying Saucers and the Three Men” talks about his experience with the Men in Black in his book. “They floated about a foot off the floor… They looked like clergymen, but wore hats similar to Homburg style. The faces were not clearly discernible, for the hats partly hid and shaded them… The eyes of all three figures suddenly lit up like flashlight bulbs… They seemed to burn into my very soul as the pains above my eyes became almost unbearable” (Bender). Makes you ponder about what these men really are and what they want. The MIB movies may actually be closer to the truth. Remember in the first movie where the alien was in a robotic human. Witnesses have said the Men in Black sound robotic when they spoke and they walk very strange. There is a story of a young girl named Adele being home alone and a man appears at her door selling insurance. Once inside the man started to acting strange. “Next, he turned his attention to a clock on the mantelpiece. Adele told the Men in Black that the clock was her father’s retirement present, at which he seemed baffled. “Is it your father’s time?” he asked, “Is it here and now?” Then the Men in Black seemed to freak out like a malfunctioning robot. He began repeating “your father - his time” over and over and became stiff and immobile. Turning to the door he had to use his hands to move one of his legs. He told Adele to “watch the lights” before leaving in a hurry, disappearing down the street impossibly quickly” (Weird Worm). Could this be aliens in a human robot? Maybe, but there is no truth or solid evidence just witness statement.

      What we can conclude is that no matter if they are government or aliens the Men in Black are not beings you want to mess with. In a Facebook survey I conducted I asked “Do you believe in the Men in Black?” Out of 27 men and women 19 believed they are real and 8 believe there is no such thing. The ones who believe told me to be careful not to dig too much, or there will be a knock at my door. With so many stories and so many cold leads we may never know what they are or even if they do exist. 
     There are theories about what or who the Men in Black are: aliens or our government. Whoever they are, they are not be taking lightly. They have shown to be cold-hearted, threating, and mysterious beings. Our government claims not to know who they are and have even investigated the Men in Black. Maybe aliens are using robotic humans to stop us from talking about them? With too many cold leads we may never know for sure. One question remains, do you believe in the Men in Black?


Works Cited

Bender, Albert. “The Flying Saucers and the Three Men”, Paperback Library, 1968
Bergara, Ryan, et al. “The Creepy Story Of The Men in Black”, Buzzfeed, 29 April 2016, https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanbergara/these-chilling-encounters-with-the-men-in-black-will-make-yo

Dr. Hebert Hopkins MIB Encounter” by Burdy, Tom.  June 2018, http://thenightsky.org/hopkins.html
“Men in Black: Government Officials Hiding Military Secrets or Terrifying Creatures From Another Planet Hushing UFO Enthusiasts?” by Paganpages 21 July 2017, https://paganpages.wordpress.com/2017/07/21/men-in-black-government-officials-or-terrifying-creatures/
“MIB: Are outside my house”, YouTube, uploaded by Secureteam10, 5 August 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS-u0DWRHQg&index=3&list=PLm87cVe8F3DNuVDCWWaS9SrHOUCFXN80R
Sablich, Justin, “The UFO Sightings That Launched ‘Men In Black’ Mythology” History Channel July 20, 2018, https://www.history.com/news/men-in-black-real-origins
“The Real Men In Black Complete Accounts” by Weird Worm, December 2013 http://humansarefree.com/2013/12/the-real-men-in-black-complete-accounts.html

The Real Men In Black | Documentary” YouTube, uploaded by Top5s, 11 Nov. 2015,   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou-BuUbcOak

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