When you hear the words “men in black” you, like most people, may think of the classic film franchise “Men In Black.” You may also think of the song by the famous musician turned actor, Will Smith. Heck you may even think of the comic book that started the franchise. What you may not know is that all of that came from actual men in black mythology.
From case to case, the features of the Men in Black have varied slightly. The most common features are men who wear black suits, hats, and have no facial hair. There have been sightings where the man or men are described as tan. Some sightings include supernatural features, such as weird complexions, glowing eyes, and floating above the ground.
Sightings of these mysterious men date clear back to June 27th, 1947, when a man named Harold Dahl claimed a man dressed in a black suit visited him after a UFO crashed with the debris hitting his son and killing his dog. They sat at a local diner, and the man recounted to Mr. Dahl the whole event. He claimed to know more about what happened than what Harold did. He told him that if he were to ever release his story, bad things would happen. He did not heed the man’s warning. In 1956, Gray Barker published Harold’s story in They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers.
In Ohio on February 22nd, 1967, a woman named Connie Carpenter was grabbed by a Man in Black in an attempt to abduct her. She was heading to school when he pulled up beside her in a black 1949 Buick. The vehicle itself is described as like new. These automobiles have also been reported in other sightings as well. The man opened the door and motioned for her to come over. The man grabbed her as she approached the car. Fortunately, she was able to escape. This happened a little over two months after The Mothman flew directly at her car in Mason, West Virginia.
In New Jersey, 1968, one of the first alleged images of a Man in Black was taken by a man named Tim Green Beckley, after his friends' apartment had been ransacked. The home belonged to UFO researcher Jack Robinson, and his wife, Mary. Whoever was doing this to their home would mostly go for the UFO phenomena files. Sometime after, Mary started seeing a man wearing a black suit and sunglasses around their home, staring up at their window. They eventually told Mr. Beckley about this strange person. Tim came by one day to see if he could see the man, and captured an image. Could he just have been trying to borrow some sugar?
Humanoid moths, flying space crafts, and men in black suits searching houses. Everything described sounds ripped straight out of a science fiction novel. Then again, who knows. Maybe, the reason why there are no hardcore facts whether or not we have had visitors from other worlds is because there are men working hard behind the scenes to keep it from the public eye?
