Podcast appearances and mentions of Albert Bender

Todos conocemos la saga de películas Hombres de Negro, pero no tanto a quienes las inspiraron, esas figuras enigmáticas emergen en la penumbra para silenciar testimonios sobre lo inexplicable. Se dice que estos agentes ocultan secretos sobre encuentros OVNI, actuando en la sombra. Su repentina presencia ha dado origen a leyendas urbanas, teorías conspirativas y mucha inquietud.

Host Marie Cecile Anderson sits down with Albert Bender, a local Cherokee activist, historian, attorney, and political columnist. With Metro Parks slated to hand down a decision on the renaming of Cumberland Park to Wasioto Park by Dec. 3, Albert explains why the change is important to our indigenous neighbors. He also educates us on the rich history of Nashville's past as an ancient Native metropolis, shares his feelings on Thanksgiving, and suggests how non-Native people might thoughtfully reflect as we gather around our tables next week. Want some more City Cast Nashville news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Nashville newsletter.  Follow us @citycastnashville You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 615-200-6392⁩ Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE.  Learn more about the sponsor of this Nov. 21st episode: Tecovas

The US Government has confirmed aliens are real. This show includes a Tore video on alien life. Non human entities are here. Who was first to reverse engineer an alien craft? The military are putting themselves on the line regarding UFO's. Drago Reptilians are running the government, of every nation. They also beat us to the moon, which is not really a moon. They can make themselves look like humans. Trump knows the subject well. The Albert Bender experience that ended his UFO research and started the Men In Black. Lots of training is being done. The riots will not be what you think. Trump's circle is violated again. There will be no peace. Kash could be more effective in another role. Real ID is going into effect in May. The MARS project had real goals. Our planned deportations will take time. State involvement will be mandatory. We have lots of drones, but a real lack of privacy. Roll up your sleeves and protect yourself. They are creating a super AI of data. DNA manipulation and off world bases were created to save humanity. Many staging points exist for things to go up. The Phil Schneider story. The truth is threatening to many. Other beings are older and wiser. Fear would grip the heart of the masses. The current world order is collapsing. We can finally see them for what they are. Trust in God. He has created more than we know.

In this intriguing episode of Infinite Rabbit Hole, our hosts explore the mysterious Men in Black and their connections to UFO phenomena. They share chilling encounters and discuss the influential works of Gray Barker and Albert Bender, examining the thin line between storytelling and research in the paranormal. Delving into the historical context of these figures in the post-World War II era, the hosts highlight John Keel's contributions, particularly *The Mothman Prophecies*. They explore theories about the Men in Black, considering them as ultra-terrestrials, time travelers, or manifestations of collective fears. Join us as we unravel the mysteries and implications surrounding these enigmatic figures.

In this lively episode of Infinite Rabbit Hole, the hosts start with playful banter before diving into the mysterious Men in Black. They explore theories about these enigmatic figures, discussing their appearances, behaviors, and the implications of their existence. Balancing humor with serious speculation, the conversation examines various encounters, particularly Albert Bender's experiences, and touches on themes of government involvement and impersonations. They also highlight Gray Barker's influence within the broader context of UFO sightings and conspiracy theories. Join us for an engaging exploration of pop culture and the unknown! infiniterabbithole.com

Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show.IN THIS EPISODE: The Bermuda Triangle isn't the only watery region with a reputation for unexplainable events and tragedies. For centuries, a triangular portion of Lake Michigan has been ground zero for sunken ships, disappearing crews, and vanishing aircraft. As if these incidents aren't creepy enough, what is now known as the Lake Michigan Triangle is also notorious for UFO sightings and strange lights appearing on the horizon. (The Lake Michigan Paranormal Triangle) *** There's a beast living in the woodlands outside of Rhinelander, Wisconsin – and its description is beyond belief. I'll introduce you to the hodag! (Meet the Hodag) *** Sylvia Plath died by suicide at the age of 30 on February 11, 1963, following a barrage of literary rejections and her husband's infidelity. We'll look at her haunting story and tragic death. (The Tragic Death of Sylvia Plath) *** It's approximately four hundred years old, full of colorful illustrations of plants, flowers, the stars, women, medicinal herbs, and text… yet no one has been able to decipher exactly what the Voynich Manuscript is for or what it says. (The Voynich Manuscript) *** The disappearance of a person is a tragedy no matter how you look at it. When we first read about missing people we usually automatically assume the most logical explanation was what happened. But what if we're wrong? We'll look at the vanishing of Claude and Sue Shelton. (The Shelton Disappearance) *** Unlike their Hollywood counterparts, the real-life Men in Black are mysterious figures who threaten people who have reported paranormal experiences.CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Cold Open and Show Intro00:05:12.932 = Intimidating and Terrifying Men In Black00:15:17.680 = Shelton Disappearance00:27:31.524 = Lake Michigan Paranormal Triangle00:46:12.087 = Tragic Death of Sylvia Plath00:55:06.005 = Voynich Manuscript01:03:52.145 = Meet The Hodag01:12:47.631 = Show OutroSOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…BOOK: “The Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers” by Gray Barker: https://amzn.to/3FMkmXZBOOK: “Flying Saucers And The Three Men” by Albert Bender: https://amzn.to/40IKixr“The Lake Michigan Paranornal Triangle” by Megan Summers for Graveyard Shift: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y2zb3xjd“The Tragic Death of Sylvia Plath” by Kaleena Fraga for All That's Interesting: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5764u398“The Voynich Manuscript” by Shelly Barclay for Historic Mysteries: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8a92bu“Meet the Hodag” from The Ghost In My Machine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8bv8ws (PHOTOS of the captured hodag: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8u5abz; statue in front of Chamber of Commerce:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8c3h38; statue at ice arena: https://explorerhinelander.com/Listings/rhinelander-ice-arena/)“The Shelton Disappearance” by Crystal Dawn for Lost N' Found Blogs: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckkskp7“The Intimidating and Terrifying Men in Black” by Austin Harvey for All That's Interesting:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3ccn32bjWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = =Originally aired: November 07, 2023CUSTOM LANDING PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/InhumanMIB

IN THIS EPISODE: One of paranormal history's most bizarre, worldwide, phenomena, the Men In Black, traces its origin directly back to one man, and his name was Albert. (The Albert K. Bender Story) *** Daryl Collins' encounters demonstrate the sheer level of weirdness that surrounds the UFO phenomenon. (Alien Abductions and High Strangeness) *** A young girl sees an odd cube shape floating in her back yard among the trees. Was it extraterrestrial, paranormal, or just the wild imagination of a child? (Floating Multi-Color Box) *** What began as a joke to tease his sister, became all too real for the boy. (Ouija) *** Legend has it that a man murdered his wife and young daughter, before committing suicide. Has this caused the Banff Springs Hotel to become haunted? (Room 873) *** Frank Nash was not only an infamous outlaw, but he could escape just about any prison – even the prison of his own coffin after being dead and buried. (The Kansas City Massacre) *** Due to a murderous plot, 11-year old Terry Jo Duperrault spent 84 grueling hours alone at sea until she was rescued. (Orphaned At Sea) *** Moving into your own place alone for the first time is often an exciting moment in a young adult's life – but it can also be a bit nerve-racking. But then, it probably doesn't help if you move into a place that is haunted. (My Closet Door) *** The true story of Rasputin is full of both truths and lies. Was he a controversial mystic with healing powers, or an evil or misunderstood man? Maybe he was a little of both. (Rasputin) *** The Lake Club in Springfield, Illinois had its heyday in 1940s and 50s – and not even a lingering ghost could stop the parties. (The Lake Club Ghost)SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…“Alien Abductions and High Strangeness” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2LlDcZZ“The Albert K. Bender Story” by Michael J. Bielawa from Bridgeport Library: http://bit.ly/33Q3VEl“Floating Multi-Color Box” by Keileigh Mather for PhantomsAndMonsters.com: http://bit.ly/2DKQJ9r“Ouija” by Juan Guzzman.. submitted directly to Weird Darkness“Room 873” by Jessica Ferri for The Line Up: http://bit.ly/33IH1ih“The Kansas City Massacre” by Troy Taylor for American Hauntings Ink: http://bit.ly/34P0hfn“The Lake Club Ghost” by Troy Taylor for American Hauntings Ink: http://bit.ly/2rOEG8q“Orphaned at Sea” by Gabe Paoletti for All That's Interesting: http://bit.ly/33LIhBd“My Closet Door” posted at YourGhostStories.com: http://bit.ly/2DMt884“Rasputin” by Ellen Lloyd for Ancient Pages: http://bit.ly/2rW5eUZWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Check out all of my podcasts - “Auditory Anthology”, “Retro Radio: Old Time Radio In The Dark”, “Church of the Undead”, “Micro Terrors”, “Weird Darkness”, and more by clicking on “EPISODES” at https://WeirdDarkness.com!= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Originally aired: August 13, 2018CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/albert-bender-and-the-men-in-black/

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT: 26:15 Albert K Bender, where to start, WWII air force veteran, UFOlogist, Author and all around character, but Albert Bender is quite possibly responsible for the phenomenon we know as "The Men in Black" thanks to his 1962 book Flying Saucers and the Three Men. True, Bender was not the first to talk about these mysterious figures, but it is his description and recounting that has lead to the image most people today have of Men in Black, but who was Albert K Bender, and how much of his story is credible or believable? The Strange Sessions Co Host Kurt Konecny and Emmy award winning author and all things weird expert Tim Swartz join us to discuss this strange man who started an entire Paranormal subculture... it's gonna be a fun one!! So kick back, enjoy and please rate and share the show. Let's keep the audience growing. Thank you all And hey, check out our Merch Store for Shirts. Hoodies, Coffee Mugs, Stickers, Magnets and a whole host of other items https://www.teepublic.com/user/tahistory All of our episodes are listed as explicit due to language and some topics, such as historical crime, that may not be suitable for all listeners.-Opening and closing theme is Random Sanity by British composer DeeZee

Nashville has a rich indigenous history that dates back to the last ice age, as well as a small but vibrant Native American community that is working to gain recognition and resources in Middle Tennessee. The first people to inhabit the area that is now modern Nashville were Native Americans who arrived here about 14,000 years ago. During the Mississippian period they built farms, villages and even cities — all decades before contact with European settlers. In this episode, we address a listener email This Is Nashville received after the first episode about the number of folks who lived in prehistoric Nashville. We speak to a historian and an archeological advisor to learn more about the original inhabitants of Nashville and what they left behind. Then, we're joined by two more members of Nashville's indigenous community to discuss their experiences and efforts to preserve and raise awareness of their history and culture, from beadwork to land acknowledgments. At the end of the episode, we'll also reconnect with Albert Bender and hear how his work has evolved over the past year and a half. This re-air was produced by Char Daston and Elizabeth Burton. The original episode was produced by Steve Haruch and Rose Gilbert.  Guests:  Albert Bender, Cherokee activist with the American Indian Coalition Charles Robinson, member of TN Archeological Advisory Council and enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation Sally Wells, president of the Native American Indian Association of Tennessee and enrolled member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Dante Reyna, Ph.D. student and member of the Vanderbilt Indigenous Scholars Organization

PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK in your social media so others who loves strange and macabre stories can listen too: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/18340IN THIS EPISODE: The Bermuda Triangle isn't the only watery region with a reputation for unexplainable events and tragedies. For centuries, a triangular portion of Lake Michigan has been ground zero for sunken ships, disappearing crews, and vanishing aircraft. As if these incidents aren't creepy enough, what is now known as the Lake Michigan Triangle is also notorious for UFO sightings and strange lights appearing on the horizon. (The Lake Michigan Paranormal Triangle) *** There's a beast living in the woodlands outside of Rhinelander, Wisconsin – and its description is beyond belief. I'll introduce you to the hodag! (Meet the Hodag) *** Sylvia Plath died by suicide at the age of 30 on February 11, 1963, following a barrage of literary rejections and her husband's infidelity. We'll look at her haunting story and tragic death. (The Tragic Death of Sylvia Plath) *** It's approximately four hundred years old, full of colorful illustrations of plants, flowers, the stars, women, medicinal herbs, and text… yet no one has been able to decipher exactly what the Voynich Manuscript is for or what it says. (The Voynich Manuscript) *** The disappearance of a person is a tragedy no matter how you look at it. When we first read about missing people we usually automatically assume the most logical explanation was what happened. But what if we're wrong? We'll look at the vanishing of Claude and Sue Shelton. (The Shelton Disappearance) *** Unlike their Hollywood counterparts, the real-life Men in Black are mysterious figures who threaten people who have reported paranormal experiences. (The Intimidating and Terrifying Men In Black) *** (New episode November 07, 2023)SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…BOOK: “The Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers” by Gray Barker: https://amzn.to/3FMkmXZBOOK: “Flying Saucers And The Three Men” by Albert Bender: https://amzn.to/40IKixr“The Lake Michigan Paranornal Triangle” by Megan Summers for Graveyard Shift: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y2zb3xjd“The Tragic Death of Sylvia Plath” by Kaleena Fraga for All That's Interesting: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5764u398“The Voynich Manuscript” by Shelly Barclay for Historic Mysteries: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8a92bu“Meet the Hodag” from The Ghost In My Machine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8bv8ws (PHOTOS of the captured hodag: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8u5abz; statue in front of Chamber of Commerce:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8c3h38; statue at ice arena: https://explorerhinelander.com/Listings/rhinelander-ice-arena/)“The Shelton Disappearance” by Crystal Dawn for Lost N' Found Blogs: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckkskp7“The Intimidating and Terrifying Men in Black” by Austin Harvey for All That's Interesting:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3ccn32bjVisit our Sponsors & Friends: https://weirddarkness.com/sponsorsJoin the Weird Darkness Syndicate: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateAdvertise in the Weird Darkness podcast or syndicated radio show: https://weirddarkness.com/advertise= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. 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Are you a baseball fan? For this next story in our history series Minnesota Now and Then, we meet a pitcher from the White Earth Reservation. His name was Charles Albert Bender and he is often credited as the inventor of the slider. But he was on the downward slope of his career in 1915, when he got the opportunity to participate in a trapshooting tour with one of his biggest rivals from the pitcher's mound. MPR News contributors Robbie Mitchem and Jamal Allen tell this story with help from writer Britt Aamodt.

In this episode we continue our discussion about the current state of UFO disclosure before investigating the historical evidence of UAP phenomena in World War 2, Chinese history and traditional Japanese mythology which offer us an unsettlingly overlooked perspective regarding both strange sentient lights in the sky and the shadowy shape-shifting men in black who often accompany their appearance. In the extended side of the episode we tell the tale of Albert Bender, the founder of the International Flying Saucer Bureau, the details of his harrowing experiences with the men in black and what it all has to do with demons, the dead and duck hunting? Thank you and enjoy the show!In this episode we discuss:-The Debunked and Rebunked Malaysian Airlines MH370 videos-Ryan Graves Testimony on UAP-What Your Pilots Are Not Telling You-The F*cking Foo Fighters of WW2-The Dream Pool Essays of Shen Kuo-Medieval Japanese Kitsunebi and Onibi-Shapeshifting Fox Yokai-The Men in BlackIn the extended episode available now at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go even further to discuss:-Albert Bender's Accounts of The Men in Black-Illness Inducing Emissions-The Night Parade of 100 Demons-Demons of the Goetia-Fallen Angels-Aliens and Religion-Trickster SpiritsEach host is responsible for writing and creating the content they present.Where to find The Whole Rabbit:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0AnJZhmPzaby04afmEWOAVInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_whole_rabbitTwitter: https://twitter.com/1WholeRabbitMusic By Spirit Travel Plaza:https://open.spotify.com/artist/30dW3WB1sYofnow7y3V0YoSources:Shockwave and VFX Asset Match or Not??https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/15w06tq/mh_370_and_shockwvmov_doesnt_match/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1https://twitter.com/JustTrayLoL/status/1693106620228677844Pyromania VNC animation:https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22Pyromania%21+Pro%22Supernova 1987A:https://www.britannica.com/topic/Supernova-1987AFox Fire:https://yokai.com/kitsunebi/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KitsunebiOnibi:https://yokai.com/onibi/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnibiSupport the show

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One of paranormal history's most bizarre, worldwide, phenomena, the Men In Black, traces its origin directly back to one man, and his name was Albert. (The Albert K. Bender Story) *** Daryl Collins' encounters demonstrate the sheer level of weirdness that surrounds the UFO phenomenon. (Alien Abductions and High Strangeness) *** A young girl sees an odd cube shape floating in her back yard among the trees. Was it extraterrestrial, paranormal, or just the wild imagination of a child? (Floating Multi-Color Box) *** What began as a joke to tease his sister, became all too real for the boy. (Ouija) *** Legend has it that a man murdered his wife and young daughter, before committing suicide. Has this caused the Banff Springs Hotel to become haunted? (Room 873) *** Frank Nash was not only an infamous outlaw, but he could escape just about any prison – even the prison of his own coffin after being dead and buried. (The Kansas City Massacre) *** Due to a murderous plot, 11-year old Terry Jo Duperrault spent 84 grueling hours alone at sea until she was rescued. (Orphaned At Sea) *** Moving into your own place alone for the first time is often an exciting moment in a young adult's life – but it can also be a bit nerve-racking. But then, it probably doesn't help if you move into a place that is haunted. (My Closet Door) *** The true story of Rasputin is full of both truths and lies. Was he a controversial mystic with healing powers, or an evil or misunderstood man? Maybe he was a little of both. (Rasputin) *** The Lake Club in Springfield, Illinois had its heyday in 1940s and 50s – and not even a lingering ghost could stop the parties. (The Lake Club Ghost)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…“Alien Abductions and High Strangeness” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2LlDcZZ “The Albert K. Bender Story” by Michael J. Bielawa from Bridgeport Library: http://bit.ly/33Q3VEl “Floating Multi-Color Box” by Keileigh Mather for PhantomsAndMonsters.com: http://bit.ly/2DKQJ9r “Ouija” by Juan Guzzman.. submitted directly to Weird Darkness“Room 873” by Jessica Ferri for The Line Up: http://bit.ly/33IH1ih “The Kansas City Massacre” by Troy Taylor for American Hauntings Ink: http://bit.ly/34P0hfn “The Lake Club Ghost” by Troy Taylor for American Hauntings Ink: http://bit.ly/2rOEG8q “Orphaned at Sea” by Gabe Paoletti for All That's Interesting: http://bit.ly/33LIhBd “My Closet Door” posted at YourGhostStories.com: http://bit.ly/2DMt884 “Rasputin” by Ellen Lloyd for Ancient Pages: http://bit.ly/2rW5eUZ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music Library, EpidemicSound and/or StoryBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ), Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and Nicolas Gasparini (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission of the artists.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46Weird Darkness®, Weird Darkness© 2023

The greatest John Keel fanboy is invited to share his knowledge on the greatest Keel knockoff: Gray Barker! As a resident of Point Pleasant, and information jockey at the Mothman Museum, Steve Ward is all too familiar with Keel, old school ufology, high strangeness, and even the secret of Mothman's shiny heiny! However, for this interview I have decided to challenge Steve's comfort zone and discuss Gray Barker, a known Keel critic, trickster and myth-maker, yet also a personality Steve had the pleasure of meeting in person. But along the way we get distracted with Jim Moseley's hoaxing shenanigans, Albert Bender's erotic fantasies, even Trevor Constable's pursuit of flying amoebas! It does not take us long to realize that Barker had his finger in a lot of pies, and that the most interesting thing about retro ufology: are the people themselves. ====================== Huge THANK YOU!!! to Steve Ward for being the nicest guy I had the chance to speak with, yet also a beacon of vast knowledge and history! It was a pleasure documenting this conversation which sent my mind down multiple rabbit holes❤️ Follow him on Facebook HERE Check Steve out on Mack Maloney's Military X-Files or on Paranormal UK Radio Network Get yourself a copy of Steve's book "High Strangeness" on Amazon And if you wish to see Steve in person, plan a trip over to the Mothman Museum, be sure to ask him about the secret of the Mothman! ====================== Send us suggestions and comments to tracingowlspodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @tracingowls or Twitter @TracingOwls Check our Linktree: linktr.ee/tracingowls Intro sampled from "Something strange lurks in the shadows" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

As we approach Indigenous Peoples Day and Indigenous Peoples Month in Tennessee, we talk to Albert Bender, historian, lawyer, writer, activist, and member of the Cherokee Nation about the history of US imperialism and colonialism. Mr. Bender relates that the imperialism and colonialism from hundreds of years ago continues today, especially through the courts. However, from Standing Rock, to Child welfare to Indigenous Sovereignty to the Land Back Movement the fight for justice continues.

Albert Bender is a writer, activist and attorney of Cherokee descent. Currently based in Tennessee, he has long been an advocate for Native American cultural preservation and justice. He shares his Brief But Spectacular take on Indigenous cultures and struggles. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Albert Bender is a writer, activist and attorney of Cherokee descent. Currently based in Tennessee, he has long been an advocate for Native American cultural preservation and justice. He shares his Brief But Spectacular take on Indigenous cultures and struggles. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Albert Bender is a writer, activist and attorney of Cherokee descent. Currently based in Tennessee, he has long been an advocate for Native American cultural preservation and justice. He shares his Brief But Spectacular take on Indigenous cultures and struggles. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

The Men in Black, MIBs, the UFO silencers; since the 1950s, UFO witnesses have reported encounters with shadowy figures who've threatened them into silence. Or as Nick Redfern puts it in his book, The Real Men in Black: “For years—or perhaps even for centuries — the Men in Black have been elusive, predatory, fear-inducing figures, hovering with disturbing regularity upon the enigmatic fringes of the UFO subject, nurturing their own unique brand of terror and intimidation. Like true specters from the outer edge, the MIB appear from the murky darkness, and roam the countryside provoking carnage, chaos, paranoia, and fear in their wake, before returning to that same shrouded realm from which they originally oozed.” The Men in Black were born in a cold war age full of paranoia and deception, from the minds of two people: Albert Bender and Gray Barker. From there, these cloak and dagger menaces took on a life of their own as more and more witnesses came forward with tales of these strange silencers. Aaron Gulyas of The Saucer Life and Great Lakes Lore podcasts joins me to discuss the origins of the Men in Black and we trade off stories of encounters with these enigmatic figures. Sources: The Real Men In Black: Evidence, Famous Cases, and True Stories of These Mysterious Men and their Connection to UFO Phenomena by Nick Redfern They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers by Gray Barker Flying Saucers and the Three Men by Albert K Bender Short clip of Carlos' call to the radio tower in Mexico City, YouTube “Captured in Mid Air: The Carlos Antonio de Los Santos” by Red Pill Junkie Case Mysterious Universe “Carlos De Lost Santos and The Men in Black” by Jerome Clark Flying Saucer Review 1979 V 24 N 4 The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry by J. Allen Hynek The Edge of Reality: A Progress Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by J Allen Hynek and Jacques Vallee “The Man in Black Syndrome…1” by Berthold E. Schwarz Flying Saucer Review 1978 V 23 N 4 “The Man in Black Syndrome…2” by Berthold E. Schwarz Flying Saucer Review 1978 V 23 N 5 “The Man in Black Syndrome…3” by Berthold E. Schwarz Flying Saucer Review 1978 V 23 N 6 Otherworldly Encounters: Evidence of UFO Sightings and Abductions by Nomar Slevik “Muscatine's ‘men in black' lurk on roads and online by Kyle Munson, Des Moines Register “Who are those mysterious ‘Men in Black' along Iowa roadways? Associated Press “Mysterious ‘men in black' sightings reported along Muscatine Co. roadways” by David Nelson TV 6 KWQC Theme song: "Ufo" by Floats, available on Soundcloud, iTunes and Spotify Logo designed by Megan Lagerberg T-Shirt Designs by The Great Desdymona Check out my links here

Taking a look at probably the first widely documented visitation from the 'men in black', the case of Albert Bender and the International Flying Saucer Bureau. Talking the distinction between 'men in black' and MIBs, the different theories around who or what they may be as well as exploring one of the ways the US military and government seemed to have influenced the UFO field in its infancy, as well as the myths around it... Transcript available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s6tISCnmyqPO9cIkKueA-2xmCbUaVPp5/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104842369198367351314&rtpof=true&sd=true

VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/iP21LNh2zb8In this episode we will be discussing real life accounts of UFO witnesses and researchers who claim to have been visited by men in black suits who use intimidation tactics to keep them from sharing their stories.Thank you for joining me on Weird Renown!Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WeirdRenownContact me at: heathershouseonyt@gmail.com#meninblack #alienencounters #coverupSupport the show (https://paypal.me/hshouse2?locale.x=en_US)

Albert K. Bender was a ufologist and author from Duryea, Pennsylvania. He founded the International Flying Saucer Bureau in 1952, but as soon as the organization was banded together, Bender began to experience strange phenomena. Did Albert Bender get too close to finding out the truth? If you enjoyed this episode, please consider donating to our Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/freakyafpodcastYou can also support the show for free by leaving a 5-star rating or review on whatever listening platform you're listening to this episode on. Twitter and IG: @freakyafpodE-mail: freakyafpodcast@gmail.com Check out the Darkcast Network! darkcastnetwork.wixsite.com/indieAnd, as always, thanks for listening!Sources for this episode can be found here: https://freakyafpodcast.wordpress.com/2021/10/12/5-albert-bender-the-men-in-black/

“ALBERT BENDER AND THE MEN IN BLACK” and 9 More Terrifying True Paranormal Stories! #WeirdDarknessLike the podcast on Facebook – https://facebook.com/weirddarkness, join the Weirdos Facebook Group – https://facebook.com/groups/marlarhouse, and sign up for the fee email newsletter - https://weirddarkness.com/newsletter! Please SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves paranormal stories, true crime, monsters, or unsolved mysteries like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show!IN THIS EPISODE: (Dark Archives episode with previously released stories from August 13-14, 2018) *** 
One of paranormal history's most bizarre, worldwide, phenomena, the Men In Black, traces its origin directly back to one man, and his name was Albert. (The Albert K. Bender Story) *** Daryl Collins' encounters demonstrate the sheer level of weirdness that surrounds the UFO phenomenon. (Alien Abductions and High Strangeness) *** A young girl sees an odd cube shape floating in her back yard among the trees. Was it extraterrestrial, paranormal, or just the wild imagination of a child? (Floating Multi-Color Box) *** What began as a joke to tease his sister, became all too real for the boy. (Ouija) *** Legend has it that a man murdered his wife and young daughter, before committing suicide. Has this caused the Banff Springs Hotel to become haunted? (Room 873) *** Frank Nash was not only an infamous outlaw, but he could escape just about any prison – even the prison of his own coffin after being dead and buried. (The Kansas City Massacre) *** Due to a murderous plot, 11-year old Terry Jo Duperrault spent 84 grueling hours alone at sea until she was rescued. (Orphaned At Sea) *** Moving into your own place alone for the first time is often an exciting moment in a young adult's life – but it can also be a bit nerve-racking. But then, it probably doesn't help if you move into a place that is haunted. (My Closet Door) *** The true story of Rasputin is full of both truths and lies. Was he a controversial mystic with healing powers, or an evil or misunderstood man? Maybe he was a little of both. (Rasputin) *** The Lake Club in Springfield, Illinois had its heyday in 1940s and 50s – and not even a lingering ghost could stop the parties. (The Lake Club Ghost)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…“Alien Abductions and High Strangeness” by Nick Redfern: http://bit.ly/2LlDcZZ “The Albert K. Bender Story” by Michael J. Bielawa: http://bit.ly/33Q3VEl “Floating Multi-Color Box” by Keileigh Mather: http://bit.ly/2DKQJ9r “Ouija” by Juan Guzzman.. submitted directly to WeirdDarkness.com. “Room 873” by Jessica Ferri: http://bit.ly/33IH1ih “The Kansas City Massacre” by Troy Taylor: http://bit.ly/34P0hfn “The Lake Club Ghost” by Troy Taylor: http://bit.ly/2rOEG8q “Orphaned at Sea” by Gabe Paoletti: http://bit.ly/33LIhBd “My Closet Door”: http://bit.ly/2DMt884 “Rasputin” by Ellen Lloyd: http://bit.ly/2rW5eUZ Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music, EpidemicSound and/or AudioBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ), Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and/or Nicolas Gasparini/Myuu (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission. 

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BECOME A PRODUCER! http://www.patreon.com/themidnighttrainpodcast   Find The Midnight Train Podcast: www.themidnighttrainpodcast.com www.facebook.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.twitter.com/themidnighttrainpc www.instagram.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.discord.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.tiktok.com/themidnighttrainp   And wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.   Subscribe to our official YouTube channel: OUR YOUTUBE   Tonight on the Midnight Train we are exploring the world of the men in black. That's right we're going to be talking about the best Johnny Cash cover band to ever live!!! Oh wait… Wrong notes… We're actually talking about the real men in black tonight… Not the movies… The good stuff.    So first off.. Let's get into what the men (and women) in black may be, then a few fun encounter stories!   So many people have theories on who or what the men in black are. These theories range from the mundane to the insane! Government agents, to paranormal, to extraterrestrial and everything in between. Government agents seem to be the most prevalent answer to who the men in black are mostly because of the circumstances behind their appearances.         If you don’t know already, the Men in Black, also known as the MIB, are men from a secret government organization aimed at keeping the existence of aliens away from the public eye. They are typically bald, going as far as even not having eyelashes. All are required to wear a plain black suit and black fedora as to keep from arousing suspicion and to intimidate individuals. They speak in a very monotoned nature and never reveal their true identity. Some have reported them calling each other by identification numbers rather than name. The Men in Black idea was accepted by many in the conspiracy-prone UFO community, partly because it seemed to legitimize the truth of eyewitness reports. No matter how outlandish their story, if an eyewitness credibly claimed that he or she had been threatened, the story seemed more plausible. After all, if the story was bogus, why would the government take an interest in the eyewitnesses, much less try to silence them? They typically come in groups of three barging into homes and brandishing a badge of some sort. It seems their only purpose is to rattle and disturb  the target individual. The men seem to already know about the experience and even know details that the individual may not know. After initially questioning the individual on the experience, there is generally some sort of threat made to try and encourage the individual to keep quiet. Often they say that it is for the good of the individual, the country or even the world. Occasionally some have even claimed it was for the good of the universe.  Most people believed that the MIB were just what they claimed to be, a secret branch of the air force.  But it seems to some  that as the strangeness of  the sightings increased, people who experienced the MIB and other researchers started to think that this was much more than a simple branch of the government. Some started to notice that the MIB seemed to be distinctly...unhuman. Skin has been reported to look like plastic or rubber, and as stated earlier they seem to have no hair including eyelashes and eyebrows. They walk and move around in a clumsy manner and seem to struggle with basic human interaction. They seem to misuse common english words and display strange and disturbing body language. So with all this being said, where did all of these stories begin, well let's find out. The very first recorded brush with the MIB came in 1947 from one Harold Dahl.          Dahl was fishing with his son and dog one day. He saw six strange looking and unidentified craft in the sky. As they stared into the sky, Dahl claims one of the craft dumped what he described as molten lava onto the boat. The substance landed directly on the dog killing it. Dahl and his son both suffered severe burns and had to be hospitalized. After Dahl recuperated he had the presence of mind to collect some of the material that was left on his boat after the incident. After this Dahl was greeted at his door one day bya man dressed all in black. He demanded Dahl forget everything that he witnessed. After several more visits Dahl was compelled to listen to what the man said and left it alone.    THis is kinda crazy!      The next and one of the most infamous accounts we are going to talk about is that of Albert Bender. This one gets pretty crazy, so buckle up passengers. Bender's experience is one of the earliest and most well documented  accounts of the MIB. He was an office clerk and served a brief stint in the military during world war 2. After he returned he moved into his fathers attic. Bender would eventually be the founder of  the first major civilian UFO investigation group, the International Flying Saucer Bureau or the IFSB. He brought the group to the forefront of the ufo investigation community with the publishing of a periodical The Space Review in 1952. Soon like minded individuals began contacting Bender from all over the world with their own UFO stories. As the IFSB became more and more popular, its popularity would ultimately be the thing that found it completely shut down!        Bender would find himself on the receiving end of some very strange phenomena. It began with a strange phone call. Bender picked up the phone and as soon as he put it to his ear he felt strange, and a chill went up and down his spine. He repeatedly asked hello but no one responded but he knew someone was there. He felt dizzy and hung up and went and laid down. He sort of forgot about the call until a little later in the week when he decided to take in a movie. It was just past midnight when the movie ended and he began to walk home. He couldn't see anything but he could feel someone, or something, following him.  He sped up to make it home and quietly made his way to his room. When he opened the door to the attic he was hit with an extremely foul odor, and that's not all. He was also presented with a floating orb in the middle of the room. H switched on the light and quickly the orb was gone. Bender was not sure what had just happened, was it just in his head, was it a strange paranormal phenomena? Well, he soon realized it couldn't have all been in his head. As he looked around the room he could see that there were wrecked items all over his attic room. His files were all over the floor, laid out as if someone had been looking through them all looking for some sort of information. While this incident was shocking an unsettling Bender kept pushing forward with his work with the IFSB. A few weeks later he yet again had a strange incident at the movie theater. He was sitting in seat and had the feeling that someone was staring at him, but upon looking around the theater he couldn't see anyone particularly looking in his direction. Then as he continued to look around he was shocked to turn back around and see a man, dressed all in black, suddenly occupying the empty seat next to him. It was as if the man just popped into existence. His appearance was just as strange as his arrival. He had a long black trench coat, black fedora, and most strangely his eyes seemed to glow unnaturally in the darkness. As with the phone call and the last theater experience, Bender began to feel sick. He closed his eyes as the room began to spin. When he opened his eyes again the strange man was gone. He tried to rationalize the experience any way he could and get back to watching the movie. Soon though he got the same feeling of being watched. He began to look around and soon to his dismay he found that the same strange man was sitting directly behind them. He was staring at Bender with anger in his eyes. After this he got up and headed home from the theater as he was thoroughly unsettled. For the next few months strange things would continue to happen. Then came the day the MIB contacted him.           Bender decided to develop a “Contact day” with his followers and fellow members of the IFSB and the ufo community. He felt that contact could be made telepathically with the occupants of the UFOs if the whole of the group would set aside a specific time to all stop and continually repeat a memorized mantra directed towards the UFOs. he put out a bulletin in the space review asking all to join him on a specific day and time to do this. You can find the mantra online and oddly enough it was also the basis of a pop song that was ultimately made a hit song by the Carpenters. At any rate on the designated contact day at 6pmhe laid down in his quiet attic and started repeating the mantra. The third time he repeated the words he felt the temperature in the room drop and he developed a terrible headache. The headache was followed by a terrible sulfur smell. He says shortly after this he passed out. Next thing he knew there were flashing blue lights and his headache was worse. All of a sudden the headache was gone and he found himself floating above his own body. He was having an out of body experience! He began to hear a distinct voice. The voice stated:                                     “we have been watching you, and your activities. Please be advised to discontinue delving into the mysteries of the universe. We will make an appearance if you disobey.”          Where did this voice come from? This did not seem to be the response from an e.t. he was looking for. Bender mentally asked why whoever the voice was coming from was not friendly to him as he meant them no harm. The voice responded:                               “We have a special assignment and we must not be disturbed by your people!”   Wow   The entity left Bender with the following remark:       “ We are among you and know your every move. Be advised we are here on your earth.”       After this he opened his eyes and was back in his body. In that moment he could have sworn he saw a figure dressed all in blck in the corner of the room. As he gathered himself he saw nothing though. Was it just a crazy dream, maybe but there was something about this incident he couldn't shake no matter what he did. Over the next few days he became physically ill and could not sleep. It was as if something was sucking his lifesource out of him. He wrote everything down and locked it in his safe until he could figure out what to do.He eventually decided to publish the incident in The Space Review. He went to get the letter he had written detailing his incident  from the safe but it was gone! There was that same strange sulfur smell emanating from the safe ! He couldn't figure out what was going on, but he would soon get his answer! A week or so later he had the same sort of incident he had before. He saw the blue flashing lights and ended up floating above his body again. This time though he was more aware and could look around the room. As he did he saw three figures dressed all in black wearing fedoras emerged from the darkness. One of them spoke to him and said the following:               “You have dedicated yourself to the solution of the strange problem of unidentified objects in your atmosphere. Your interest is deep and sincere, and you have devoted many hours to it. We also know that such interest and determination may lead to something that could bring you harm. We also know that you are a very good contact for us on your planet earth. You are an average person and we know that anything we tell you will not be believed by anyone you might tell. You are not a person of great renown on your planet , therefore we have nothing to fear at present. We have a purposefor being here and we will be here for some time yet. We must not be disturbed in our ultimate goal. As you see us here we are not in our natural form. We have found it necessary to take on the form of your people while we are here. This is mainly used as a means of returning here without being detected by anyone. We have made numerous contacts on earth with craft  and at present we have craft hidden on your planet. We have gone to great extremes at times to frighten off your earths people and it has resulted in their deaths. We Have also found it necessary to carry off earth people to use their bodies to disguise our own! We wish to keep in touch with you and tell you many things as one day you will write about this and we are certain no one will believe you, but you will be much wiser than anyone else on your panet. You will know what is out there in space and you will know what the future holds for your mankind. You will see all three of us again, but we will not tell you our names as they mean nothing to you. Refer to us as numbers 1,2,and 3. We will answer according to number. We will leave you with a small piece of metal similar to your coins. It is to be kept in a secure place of your own. We wish to have you come with us at a time to be announced soon. “   Bender then woke up and found himself clutching a strange piece of cold metal. This made it hard for Bender to believe that this was just a sort of dream.    After this incident Bender seemingly went from a man hellbent of proving the existence of UFOs to a man who wanted nothing to do with them! His colleagues noticed this change and everyone thought it was strange to say the least. All Bender would tell everyone was that he was visited by three men of authority who convinced him it would be best to shut down the IFSB. Without giving any other explanation or reason, Bender tendered his resignation as head of the IFSB. Author Grey Barker wrote a book about Benders experiences and the last days of the IFSB titled “They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers”. It was Barker who was the first to put forth the theory that there was a secret organization actively trying to silence those who had experienced anything having to do with UFOs. As Barker continued to dig into what had happened to Bender, he became convinced that the government knew much more than was ever let on. He even became convinced that the government may have cut some kind of deal with ETs. He placed the blame so to speak for these theories on the shoulders of Dwight D Eisenhower! This timeline is interesting to conspiracy theorists because at this time, eisenhower was in the middle of his first term as president and if you keep up with your alien conspiracy theories like we do, you'd know that it is claimed that Eisenhower signed an official treaty with an extraterrestrial civilization at this exact time! Barker was one of the first to bring this theory out to the mainstream.        While this may all seem crazy just maybe it's not as crazy as you might think! After Barker started talking about his theories and Eisenhower, he would soon get his own visit from the MIB!! According to Barker a man dressed all in black showed up at his door with one of Barkers brand new business cards demanding to know what the card was all about. The card identified Barker as chief investigator for the now defunct IFSB. After Barker gave the man his explanation, the man told him that this card was found on a  man that was admitted to a local hospital. The man had no identification on him, only the business card. The man claimed he was following the business card as a lead to find out who the man was. Barker told the man he did not know the john doe.  The man in black seemed to accept this answer and left his office. It dawned on Barked that it would be virtually impossible for an unknown man to have his business card as they had only been printed a couple days earlier and he had not given but a few out. This made it hard for Barker to swallow the excuse the man gave to be there.           At this time even though the US branch of the IFSB was shut down, the Australian and British branches had chosen to forge ahead. The director of the Australian branch, Edgar Gerald, would be the next to experience the MIB. Soon after Bender resigned, Gerald began to see a black Cadillac routinely parked outside of his office. Soon he would see the car more often with a strange pair of men dressed all in black sitting inside. It seemed everytime he looked out of his window, these men were staring back at him. He began to receive strange phone calls shortly after the car started showing up. He knew that the two were connected. He then started experiencing harassment in the form of..well...poltergeist activity! He would hear strange unexplained knocking sounds in and around his home. Household items began to disappear and reappear in strange places. This strangeness continued for the next few weeks until it entered into the realm of physical violence. Gerald was pushed down the stairs by an unseen force. This occurred in public at a popular department store.  After this incident Gerald became a believer in the fact there was a campaign to silence those that sought to expose information about UFOs and resigned his post at he Australian branch of theIFSB. Bender and Gerald had frequent conversation and it is thought that Bender let Gerald in on more of his secrets than anyone else. This led many to speculate that the MIB went after the next man up in the chain of knowledge. While Barker had changed his mind on the validity of Benders claims of the more paranormal aspects of his story, he still believed the MIB to be just a strange branch of the US government. But many would speculate that Geralds experience thousands of miles away would lend credit to the theory that the agency was more than just something from this planet.   So are the MIB simply humans working for the government? Aliens masquerading as humans? Humans masquerading as aliens? To those who have experienced these men and women, that is one of the most frustrating questions.   Cynthia Appleton was a british housewife with no previous interest in the paranormal. Her tale began on November 16 1957. She walked into her living room and felt an immense feeling of oppression. Cynthia watched as an intense illumination filled her home. She then experienced the phenomena of missing time. She looked at her clock and noticed it was an hour later than she remembered yet she had no memory of what had transpired in that hour. Had she been daydreaming for an hour? She didn't know how else to explain it but two days later she experienced another incident. As she went upstairs to check on her sleeping child, she stopped to admire the strange color the sky had become. At that time she felt the same feeling she felt two days earlier. She then heard a strange high pitched humming sound that seemed to come from everywhere all at once. The sound intensified and it felt like it was vibrating through her body. She said the vibration became so intense she felt as if her body would be torn apart. Then, just as quickly as it started, then phenomena ended. She then noticed a haze swirling around the room until it started to pixelate. All of a sudden a holographic projection snapped in to focus of a strange man. The man was described as nordic looking and wearing a spacesuit which would resemble those of the Apollo missions even though the Apollo missions were years away. Cynthia was terrified but the being repeatedly told her to not be afraid in her own head. And after a minute she found she was calm and not afraid. The being informed Cynthia that it came from a planet called Gharnasvarn. The man then drew a holographic screen out of thin air to show her pictures of his planet and people. Shortly after this incident the man would return with two others, notas a holographic projection, but in a black Cadillac. The three showed up and when Cynthia answered the door she saw them dressed in all black attire. The nordic looking visitor was now there in person and dressed in full MIB garb right down to the fedora! From February to August of 1958 there were frequent visits that took on a more decidedly MIB feel to them. During the course of one visit, one of the men told her he'd been hurt and showed Cynthia his finger which appeared to be badly burned. He asked Cynthia for only a glass of warm water. She brought him the water and he proceeded to dip his finger into the bowl then squeeze some sort of gel on his skin and it was instantly healed. The trio then left the house. Cynthia then noticed that the man had left a piece of skin in the bowl of water. She gathered the piece of skin and the artifact was sent for testing. The skin was deemed not to be human but it closely resembled that of a pig. Later , when it was found that human and pig DNA were very similar, some would speculate that the skin was actually grown in a lab. The skin tissue contained proteins similar to those used to grow skin in petri dishes. This led to speculation that the MIB are not natural born human beings but clones grown in a lab!! That's a crazy ass tale to say the least! If you are into aliens and spacemen you undoubtedly know the story of the Solway Firth spaceman. But what a lot of people don't know ist that the Solway Firth incident also spawned a MIB meeting!  On May 24, 1964 Jim Templeton, a firefighter from Carlisle, Cumberland, took three pictures of his daughter on a trip to Burgh Marsh. There was nobody else in the area except two old women sitting in a parked car at the far end of the marsh. When he went to get the pictures the clerk who gave him his photos back made a remark about how the pictures were great but that it was a shame that one of the best ones was ruined by the man in the background wearing a spacesuit . He pulled out the pictures and was shocked to see that what the clerk had said was indeed true. He saw the picture of his daughter with what truly looked like a man in a space suit right behind her looking right at the camera. Jim was confused and alarmed so he went to the police station to see if they could clear this up. The police were baffled as well. The photo was sent to a lab where it was determined that the photo did not contain any double exposure or any kind of a superimposed photo. The man in the image was indeed there in real life when the picture was taken. Theories began to pour in. Many claimed that the individual was not detectable by the human eye because it was popping in out  of dimensional space so fast that it was only detectable by the split second timing of Jims camera shutter. After the story gained traction and speculation ran wild, the MIB made a visit. Later that summer they received a phone call from a man saying he had some questions about the photo and was interested in investigating the incident. Jim was interested in getting to the bottom of the incident and agreed to talk to the man. A couple days later a black car pulled up to Jim's house and two men dressed all in black came to the door. They were polite at first but as the conversation went on the men seemed to become irritated and were demanding that jim get into their car and take them to the spot where the incident happened. He agreed and got into the car with the men. When they got to the spot the MIB started grilling Jim about every detail of the day. They even asked about  seemingly menial details such as exact weather conditions and even what wildlife was present at the time of the photo. They seemed to be specifically interested in the behavior of any cows and sheep at the scene. The men then essentially accused Jim of lying when they started to continuously ask him who the man in the photo really was. The men repeatedly demanded to know where the man he collaborated with on the photo was. When Jim answered that he had no idea who or what the man was, the men eventually looked at one another and just shrugged and the men turned and walked back to the car. Jim watched as the men got into the, dumbfounded at what had just transpired, and realized the men were about to leave him. He shouted after the men and jogged towards the car but the two men just took off at a high rate of speed leaving Jim there by himself. Jim then had to walk several miles back home by himself.    On august 3rd 1965 Rex Hefflin was running the road as a California highway inspector. He was concerned that a tree had fallen in front of a railway crossing sign. Hefflin was afraid people would not slow down and use caution so he radioed to dispatch to have them send a tree removal crew. When he tried to send his message he realized the airwaves were dead. He had thought this was a temporary issue so he tried again. Just then he noticed something out of the corner of his eye. When he turned to look he saw an unidentified object moving across the sky in his direction. It was very close to him yet it made no sound. He estimated that this floating skyscraper, as he called it, was about 150 ft. in length. He quickly snapped three photos of the craft before it left his field of vision. Many say these photos were the best detailed close up photos of  a UFO ever taken. The pictures showed detailed closeups of complex machinery on the bottom of the craft as well as a searchlight  shining down onto the road. All of these things would have been pretty hard to hoax back in 65.  Hefflin himself was actually not that impressed with the photos as he thought that what he had seen was just some as yet unknown military or government craft. His friends however did not share this view and convinced Hefflin to take the photos to the papers. Once the photos were out for all to see Hefflins life began to change. Soon he was being bombarded by UFO researchers asking what he'd seen. Then he had to deal with officials from local military bases asking to examine the pictures. After seeing the pictures the military officials handed them back to Hefflin, but this would not be the last “government official” Hefflin would encounter. Soon after  the military brass examined the photos, Hefflin was approached by a man claiming to be from the North American Air Defense Command or NORAD. The man was dressed typically of the MIB and flashed some sort of official lookin badge. The man claimed he needed to borrow the pictures for study. Since the other military officials had returned them, he didn't hesitate to loan them to the man. After several weeks of no contact or word on when he would get his pictures back, he contacted NORAD. When he called though, he was guaranteed no representative of theirs had visited Hefflin. They told him that in fact they were not responsible for the evaluation of UFOs and therefore would have no need to collect pictures of UFOS. Hefflin then realized the man who took his photos was an imposter. But who was he and where was he from? Since this incident , through the freedom of information act, there have been several memos uncovered that showed that the US government was just as confused and interested in the MIB tale and were actively seeking to unmask the imposter. So much so that an official memo from the Air Force was titled Impersonation Of Air Force Officers. This memo showed that the Air Force did not know who this person was and that they were concerned that he passed himself off as a NORAD official. The memo mentions Heflins encounter and another subsequent incident involving a man dressed in fatigues intimidating civilians and even police officers that had witnessed a UFO. The imposter informed them that they did not see what they thought they saw and that they should not speak of the incident. They did not know the identity of these imposters. The memo implored any Air Force personnel  that witness this type of activity or hear others talk about it, to send all reports  to the Office of Special Investigation, or the OSI.    That same year the University of Colorado began the conden report led by Edward Conden. It sought to investigate the best information from the Air Force's own investigations of UFOs, project Bluebook. Hefflin’s UFO sighting and subsequent meeting with the MIB would be one of many subjects in the conden report. In fact one investigator who was charged with interviewing Hefflin, says that his incident was one of the top in the report.  Oddly enough the MIB seemed to take notice of the new attention as well. In the middle of the Conden investigation the MIB paid Hefflin a second visit. This time they pulled up in a pitch black vehicle, then two men in Air Force uniforms got out. The two men immediately began hounding him about recent UFO sightings in the are and also oddly brought up people missing in UFO incidents at the Bermuda Triangle. The two men entered his home and Hefflin could feel a strange charge in the air and his radio started crackling and popping. Hefflin says that while the two men did not directly threaten him, he recalls that their whole demeanor was threatening. And while they continually discussed UFO incidents that were not directly related to him, he says they became increasingly agitated and angry. As they went on, Hefflin could not get a word in. He insisted on knowing the full name and ranks of the men in his house. He was actually surprised when the two men divulged to him that info. When he contacted the Air Force they could find nobody matching the names and ranks the two men had given.    Next up we are gonna discuss John Keel. Keel was the first person to use the term Men In Black. Keels association with the men in black began on december 15th 1966. A group of West Virginia teens were hanging out in an area called the TNT area. Parked in the spot they were hanging out being typical teenagers when they spotted something in the rearview mirror. They saw an entity standing 7 ft tall. It had moth-like wings wrapped around its body and eyes that glowed red through the darkness. The driver slammed on the gas and took off, driving to the police station to report what they had seen. The deputy who took the report, while weary of entering such details into an official police report, knew these kids well and knew they were not the sort to make up stories for no reason. He could also tell that these kids were frightened out of their minds. The deputy offered to go back to the sight with the kids but their search turned up nothing. The next morning similar reports were popping up all over the area. The locals had also already come up with a name for the beast, you guessed it..they dubbed it..The Mothman! Keel became famous for reporting these incidents with the mothman. It was also while investigating and reporting on the Mothman that Keel came face to face with the MIB. Oddly enough before he would hear of the Men in black, Keel would get reports of a Woman n Black. The woman would show up at witnesses houses holding a clipboard and would introduce herself as an associate of keels and badger the witnesses about ufos and other paranormal happenings. Just like the MIB she seemed to have an uncanny knowledge of the witnesses' lives and would make them uneasy by revealing details of their health and lifestyle.  Several people wrote to Keel asking him to please stop sending his secretary around to question them. Keel informed them that he certainly had no secretary or anyone else working for him and that he was extremely confused by the situation. The experiences with this WIB were accompanied by the typical sightings of the black Cadillacs of the MIB which were seen roaming the streets at all hours of the day. Men dressed all in black would park the cars and get out and canvas the area. They claimed to be census takers, various types of federal employees, and social workers. One popular tactic of these MIB was to pound on someone's door only to ask for a glass of water, not to discuss the Mothman at all. As the sightings of the mothman became more frequent so did the MIB sightings and incidents. The MIB seemed to become increasingly hostile in their approach. One highschool student was even the target of a kidnapping by these MIB. She got away but later that evening a note slipped under her door that read “be careful girl, i can get you yet”. As the principal investigator of the mothman incidents, Keel became a target for the MIB as well. After leaving West Virginia, the MIB followed him back to New York. Keel often mentioned MIB types following him around Manhattan. He once received a phone call asking him to meet and discuss his work. When he went to Long island the MIB told him to end his inquest into the mothman or something bad would happen to him. Keel would eventually come into contact with an MIB who claimed his name was Apole. He tld Keel that he was trapped in time and forced to jump about from the past to the future. This another layer of the MIB enigma. Keel would later claim that he believed the MIB were a whole other level of entity from somewhere just beyond our perception. These beings he termed Ultra terrestrials. While searching to uncover the mystery of what was happening in West Virginia, keels seems to have deepened it more.    So we wanted to give you sort of the history...the beginnings of the MIB phenomena before we got too far gone. The previous timeline is essentially the beginnings of the MIB lore until they officially got their name. Since Keel coined the term and had his own crazy story with the MIB sightings and visits have continued to modern day. Next we have a couple more crazy tales of more recent MIB encounters!   Paul Miller was returning home after a hunting trip when they saw a “luminous” disc in the sky. The disc landed in an empty field, and two humanoids emerged from the craft. Miller fired his gun at them, and believed to have injured one, when he fled down a rural road in his car. However, in that moment, he realized he had lost time. It was almost three hours later than when he first encountered the craft. He shrugged it off, and went back to his Air Force job the next day.   However, upon entering work, he was immediately confronted by three men in black suits. They told him that they “had his file.” Despite having told nobody about the event, the men said that they “knew all about it” and mentioned that the encounter would be best forgotten. Paul says:   They seemed to know everything about me; where I worked, my name, everything else,” Miller said. They also asked questions about his experiences as if they already knew the answers.   Miller, terrified, did not come forward about his experience until years later.         Danny Gordon was a radio personality who became interested in a flurry of Wythe County UFO sightings. Multiple people across the county claimed to have seen bizarre objects in the sky, and Gordon decided to investigate.   Gordon became obsessed with getting photos of the objects, including one time where an entire school bus of students saw the UFOs flying over a shopping mall as Gordon took photos. Eventually, Gordon snapped a few photos at extremely close range that allegedly verified they were not of this world.   However, strange things began happening to Gordon. He received a phone call from a man who claimed to be “ex-military” and warned him that his research could “cost him everything” and urged him to stop for “his family’s sake.”   Gordon was also “interviewed” by two men in black suits who claimed to work for a magazine publication. Not long after the interview, Gordon realized all his photos were missing. He contacted the magazine for information, and they claimed to have never heard of him, much less commissioned an article about him.   Not long after, Gordon suffered a heart attack, and his doctor warned him that all the research and stress was jeopardizing his health. Gordon gave up the story, and was never bothered again.   Dr. Herbert Hopkins was working as a consultant on a UFO case in Maine. One evening he received a phone call from someone purporting to be an activist in the UFO community, asking him if he could visit Hopkins to discuss the case. Only minutes later, the man arrived.   The man was wearing a black suit and black tie, and had very unusual facial appearances, with no hair or eyebrows, and an extremely pale figure. Hopkins’ dog began barking erratically the minute the man entered the home. After the bizarre visitor was finished questioning him about the UFO case, the visit got even stranger. Here’s how it went according to the website The Night Sky:                 "The Man in Black] informed Hopkins that there were two coins in Hopkins’ pocket (which was correct) and asked him to remove one. Hopkins complied and held the coin, a shiny new penny, in the palm of his hand. The MIB told Hopkins to watch the coin closely. After a few moments the coin took on a “silvery” appearance and then appeared to be going out of focus. It then began to fade and, eventually, disappeared altogether. The MIB informed Hopkins that the coin would never be seen ‘on this plane’ again. He then inquired as to whether Hopkins was familiar with alleged UFO abductee Barney Hill. Hopkins replied that he had heard of Hill, but was under the impression that he had died in the not too distant past. The MIB informed Hopkins that was correct. “Barney didn’t have a heart,” said the MIB, “just like you no longer have a coin.” (It should be noted that Barney Hill actually died of a cerebral hemorrhage.) The MIB then gently suggested that Hopkins destroy any material he had related to the UFO case."   Hopkins, extremely shaken by the encounter, followed the advice of the man and burned all the files he had related to the case. While he had repeated phone troubles after (the phone company said his line had been tampered with, maybe to tap it?) he never saw the man again.   And here's a final fun one from none other than Dan Akroyd!!!   In 2002, Aykroyd was working on a documentary for the SciFi channel with a number of recognized names in the world of ufology, including Linda Moulton Howe,  Steven Greer, and John Mack. They had filmed eight episodes of a series that was close to airing.   One day after filming, Aykroyd stepped outside for a cigarette and answered a phone call from Britney Spears who wanted to talk about an upcoming SNL episode. While he was on the phone he said he turned and looked out onto 42nd street in New York and noticed a black SUV with a tall man dressed in black giving him a dirty look. Aykroyd turned away, but then did a double-take within a matter of a second and the car had vanished.   Two hours later, Aykroyd and the cast were told the show had been cancelled completely and would never air. To this day they were never given a reason why.   So what the fuck are the men in black? Humans, aliens, interdimensional beings, clones made in a lab,... Who knows. Are they even real? Who knows, but there are thought people out there who are sure they do exist because they've come face to ugly face with them. Even freaking Dan Aykroyd for crying out loud. Some folklorists, however, claim that the whole idea of “Men in Black” is itself a form of mass panic or of “psychological drama” due to suggestibility and a willingness to believe. Others, however, insist the Men in Black are part of a real government agency designed to prevent the public from learning “the truth about UFOs.” They also insist that their experiences are real and that anyone who thinks they’re crazy is merely a tool of government propaganda and manipulation. So what do you all think? Are they real?    Top ten alien movies as ranked by imdb rating:  https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=alien&ref_=kw_ref_rt_vt&sort=user_rating,desc&mode=detail&page=1&title_type=movie&genres=Horror&num_votes=500%2C

Al Bender is an extraordinarily dedicated teacher for Bridge For Youth, a nonprofit organization that promotes youth bridge in the Seattle area. After the pandemic struck, Bridge For Youth and Al switched from a face-to-face teaching model to solely virtual instruction. He caught my attention through this Bridge Winners article on the benefits of teaching online. To say the article brightened my day would be a massive underbid. Read it!  The most important takeaway from Al's experience is that virtual instruction is an incredibly effective teaching model. We want to see this model duplicated across the country! Episode Highlights: 2:20- The many flaws of teaching face-to-face 4:25- Advantages to virtual teaching 5:05- Bridge For Youth's journey in learning how to teach online 7:55- How Bridge For Youth got a staggering 110 students 9:50- Interesting gender discrepancy 12:40- The power of the Shark Teaching Console “I no longer have to watch my partner make stupid mistakes” 16:10- Testmoz and the allure of competition 18:55- A serendipitous success 20:40- The dedicated student 23:40- Summer camp will be taught by former Setting Trick guest, Tom Carmichael 25:35- Collaboration to on youth tournaments 29:20- SharkBridge is free for teachers who teach youth bridge for free 30:05- Teachers must be good with youths 32:10- Bridge For Youth is in search for teachers! 37:50- The important thing is having FUN! 40:35- A big weakness is the lack of social interactions when using Shark Bridge 45:00- Al warns you to not use the word “kid” 47:00- Al wants to make a difference in his students' life

Everyone knows Men in Black. Tommy Lee. Will. Chris and Tessa. But did you know who invented MIBs? Did you know just how nuts the original story was? Well now you will.

Did you know that a cow buffalo hybrid is called a BEEFALO! Did you know that Shakespeare invented more that 1700 words that we still use today? Or maybe that the Queen of England's Royal kitchen has to take special measures to prevent her lunch from being late? Well you will now! Heidi has returned from Podfest and Novey has finally made a successful move to Arkansas. The girls have big plans to be better than ever. But first to quote Scuba Steve, "You've gotta be smart!" Heidi and Novey now know all the fun facts and they want to tell you why we knock on wood. Funfact referances:Mental FlossGood House Keeping Random FactsNative American Wisdom Book, by Albert BenderOur inspirational quote is from the Native American Wisdom Book, by Albert Bender and our animal of awesomness is Trigger Pollan who flew for the first time. Our person of awesomeness is Scott Helms who is making his TV debut on the History Channel's Forged in Fire! He shared with us that he has a new beard straighter. Way to go pure awesomeness Scotty. Follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/the_original_wondernut/You can reach us and keep a weary eye on our doings on the following links:InstagramFacebookWebpageNovey's nickname this week is SupercalifregilisticexpaliNovsious. Let us know if you have any other name ideas for her. Also tell us if you have any suggestion for things that we can do for future episodes. We love talking with and making new friends shoot us an email at losingyourvpodcast@gmail.com.Don't forget to go on and like, rate, review, and subscribe. You can do that easily by clicking on the followingRSS feedApple podcastSpotifyGoogle PlaySticheriHeartradio Now get out there and LYV your best life!

Grab a beer and join us tonight as we take a deep dive into the phenomena of the men in black! We will go back to their origins with ufologist Albert Bender, and what made Bender quit his successful UFO organization abruptly. Also we'll tell some stories that raise the question of, 'what are the men in black really?' https://www.necronomipod.com https://www.patreon.com/necronomipod  

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One of paranormal history’s most bizarre, worldwide, phenomena, the Men In Black, traces its origin directly back to one man, and his name was Albert. (The Albert K. Bender Story) *** Daryl Collins’ encounters demonstrate the sheer level of weirdness that surrounds the UFO phenomenon. (Alien Abductions and High Strangeness) *** A young girl sees an odd cube shape floating in her back yard among the trees. Was it extraterrestrial, paranormal, or just the wild imagination of a child? (Floating Multi-Color Box) *** What began as a joke to tease his sister, became all too real for the boy. (Ouija) *** Legend has it that a man murdered his wife and young daughter, before committing suicide. Has this caused the Banff Springs Hotel to become haunted? (Room 873) *** Frank Nash was not only an infamous outlaw, but he could escape just about any prison – even the prison of his own coffin after being dead and buried. (The Kansas City Massacre) *** Due to a murderous plot, 11-year old Terry Jo Duperrault spent 84 grueling hours alone at sea until she was rescued. (Orphaned At Sea) *** Moving into your own place alone for the first time is often an exciting moment in a young adult’s life – but it can also be a bit nerve-racking. But then, it probably doesn’t help if you move into a place that is haunted. (My Closet Door) *** The true story of Rasputin is full of both truths and lies. Was he a controversial mystic with healing powers, or an evil or misunderstood man? Maybe he was a little of both. (Rasputin) *** The Lake Club in Springfield, Illinois had its heyday in 1940s and 50s – and not even a lingering ghost could stop the parties. (The Lake Club Ghost)STORY AND MUSIC CREDITS/SOURCES…“Alien Abductions and High Strangeness” by Nick Redfern: http://bit.ly/2LlDcZZ “The Albert K. Bender Story” by Michael J. Bielawa: http://bit.ly/33Q3VEl “Floating Multi-Color Box” by Keileigh Mather: http://bit.ly/2DKQJ9r “Ouija” by Juan Guzzman.. submitted directly to WeirdDarkness.com. “Room 873” by Jessica Ferri: http://bit.ly/33IH1ih “The Kansas City Massacre” by Troy Taylor: http://bit.ly/34P0hfn “The Lake Club Ghost” by Troy Taylor: http://bit.ly/2rOEG8q “Orphaned at Sea” by Gabe Paoletti: http://bit.ly/33LIhBd “My Closet Door”: http://bit.ly/2DMt884 “Rasputin” by Ellen Lloyd: http://bit.ly/2rW5eUZ Background music provided by EpidemicSound and AudioBlocks with paid license. Music by Shadows Symphony (http://bit.ly/2W6N1xJ) and Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ) is also sometimes used with permission. SUPPORT THE PODCAST…Become a PATRON (Official Weirdo): http://www.WeirdDarkness.com/WEIRDO Visit my sponsors: http://www.WeirdDarkness.com/sponsors MY RECORDING TOOLS…* MICROPHONE (Neumann TLM103): http://amzn.to/2if01CL* POP FILTER (AW-BM700): http://amzn.to/2zRIIyK* XLR CABLE (Mogami Gold Studio): http://amzn.to/2yZXJeD * MICROPHONE PRE-AMP (Icicle): http://amzn.to/2vLqLzg * SOFTWARE (Adobe Audition): http://amzn.to/2vLqI6E * HARDWARE (MacBook Pro): http://amzn.to/2vQzD5g I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use. If I somehow overlooked doing that for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I’ll rectify it the show notes as quickly as possible.***WeirdDarkness™ - is a registered trademark of Marlar House Productions. Copyright © Marlar House Productions, 2019."I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46 *** How to escape eternal darkness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IYmodFKDaM

Quizá la primera vez que se mencionó a los hombres de negro fue en septiembre de 1953 cuando Albert Bender, anunció haber descubierto la verdad sobre los ovnis y que la publicaría en el siguiente número de su revista. Este ejemplar jamás fue publicado, ya que Bender supuestamente recibió la visita de tres hombres de negro que confirmaron sus suposiciones pero le prohibieron revelarlas. A lo largo de los años, Bender ha ido revelando detalles sobre este encuentro y sobre sus descubrimientos. Otro episodio célebre es el del Dr. Herbert Hopkins, de Maine, que en 1976 recibió la visita de otro de estos personajes, calvo, sin cejas, ni pestañas, de piel pálida y labios pintados que hizo desaparecer unas monedas y se despidió con la frase “mi energía se está agotando, debo irme”. El primer libro en describir a los hombres de negro fue el libro titulado “sabían demasiado sobre platillos voladores” escrito por Gray Barker y publicado por University Books en el año 1956.

“ALBERT BENDER AND THE MEN IN BLACK” and 5 More Terrifying True Paranormal Stories! #WeirdDarknessIN THIS EPISODE: One of paranormal history’s most bizarre, worldwide, phenomena, the Men In Black, traces its origin directly back to one man, and his name was Albert. (The Albert K. Bender Story) *** Daryl Collins’ encounters demonstrate the sheer level of weirdness that surrounds the UFO phenomenon. (Alien Abductions and High Strangeness) *** A young girl sees an odd cube shape floating in her back yard among the trees. Was it extraterrestrial, paranormal, or just the wild imagination of a child? (Floating Multi-Color Box) *** What began as a joke to tease his sister, became all too real for the boy. (Ouija) *** Legend has it that a man murdered his wife and young daughter, before committing suicide. Has this caused the Banff Springs Hotel to become haunted? (Room 873) *** Frank Nash was not only an infamous outlaw, but he could escape just about any prison – even the prison of his own coffin after being dead and buried. (The Kansas City Massacre) If you like what you hear, please share a link to this post on your social media, tell your friends about the podcast, and please leave a rating and review in Apple Podcasts; I might read your review here in a future episode! SUPPORT THE PODCAST...*Advertise your product/service on Weird Darkness; visit http://www.bgadgroup.com or call 770-874-3200.*VISIT OUR SPONSORS: http://www.WeirdDarkness.com/sponsors WEIRD DARKNESS STORE: http://www.WeirdDarkness.com/store AUDIOBOOKS NARRATED BY DARREN: http://www.WeirdDarkness.com/audiobooks BECOME A PATRON at http://www.patreon.com/marlarhouse  STORY CREDITS AND/OR SOURCES…Visit the podcast home of Maeltopia at http://www.maeltopia.com (As referred to in the letters from fans): “Was The Exorcist Cursed?”: http://weirddarkness.com/episodes/1077/ (As referred to in the letters from fans): “The Demonic Possession of Angela”: http://weirddarkness.com/episodes/1030/ “Alien Abductions and High Strangeness” by Nick Redfern: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/05/alien-abductions-and-high-strangeness/ “The Albert K. Bender Story” by Michael J. Bielawa: http://bportlibrary.org/hc/authors/bridgeports-ufo-legacy-men-in-black-and-the-albert-k-bender-story/ “Floating Multi-Color Box” by Keileigh Mather: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2018/07/daily-2-cents-anomalous-fire-bird.html “Ouija” by Juan Guzzman.. submitted directly to WeirdDarkness.com. “Room 873” by Jessica Ferri: https://the-line-up.com/banff-springs-hotel-ghosts “The Kansas City Massacre” by Troy Taylor: https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/kansascity/ WEIRD DARKNESS MUSIC PROVIDED BY Midnight Syndicate http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ and Shadow’s Symphony http://www.facebook.com/shadowssymphony/ - all music used with permission. All rights reserved.  "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” — Psalm 23:4 ESV  

The second of two documentaries by Gerry Mullins about the 1932 to 1939 correspondences between Dr Adolf Mahr, the great Nazi archaeologist based for some years in Dublin, and his Jewish friend, philanthropist Albert Bender. This second part tells the story of what happened to Adolf and his children after their return to Nazi Germany.

Cold Open: The Men in Black. The men who inspired the movies, not Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. Who or what are they? Aliens? Extra top secret government officials specializing in suppressing UFO-related information? Modern folklore? Absolute and utter whackadoodle, crystal-powered horse shit? All of this and more explored on a Suck that veers a little less dark than recent episodes and maybe a little more fun. Let’s get paranormal! Let’s try to explain the unexplainable! Let’s get weird, today, on Timesuck.  Wanna check out Theo Von's fantastic This Past Weekend podcast? Click HERE Timesuck is also brought to you by Hunch.ly! Web research made easy! Get 15% off on your Hunchly purchase by heading to hunch.ly and using the coupon code: timesuck. Merch  - https://badmagicmerch.com/ Want to try out Discord!?! https://discord.gg/tqzH89v Want to join the Cult of the Curious private Facebook Group? Here it is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cultofthecurious/ For all merch related questions: https://badmagicmerch.com/pages/contact Raven Meindel's insane dream reading site: http://dreamreadings.webs.com/  Please rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG, @timesuckpodcast on Twitter, and www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast Wanna be a Space Lizard"? We're over 2,200 strong! Go here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast Sign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get to listen to the Secret Suck, which will drop Thursdays at Noon, PST. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. You get to vote on two Monday topics each month via the app. And you get the download link for my new comedy album, Feel the Heat. Check the Patreon posts to find out how to download the new album and take advantage of other benefits. And, thank you for supporting the show by doing your Amazon shopping after clicking on my Amazon link at www.timesuckpodcast.com

Since the 1950's, there has been accounts of real Men In Black paying visists to people that actively investigate UFOs and those that have seen UFOs. The ultimate goal of these men is to silence the voice of these people and keep the information about UFOs to an absolute minimum. We explore the first hand accounts of these people. Including the experiences of Dan Akyroyd and Albert Bender. Research Credit: Julie C. 

If you would like to support our show by becoming a Patreon please visit: https://www.patreon.com/conspirinormal Recorded September 24th, 2017 We welcome first time guest Wren Collier from the Liminal Room blog to the show. We discuss with Wren about some of his experiences with the Occult and how it relates to some of the strange experiences he has had over the years. We also delve into some of Wren's research on Albert Bender and some of the occult connections to the Men In Black Phenomenon and than on how most paranormal experiences are connected. Please check out Wren's blog at: https://liminalroom.com/ In the intro Joe Dimare joins us to demonstrate his new Ghost Pro technology: https://www.ghostpro.us/ and as always: www.conspirinormal.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conspirinormal/445112635502740

Nazi artifacts seized in raid on home in Buenos Aires, Argentina Video link: http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-40349808/nazi-artefacts-seized-in-raid-on-home-in-buenos-aires-argentina Read More: http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/americas/1.796728 Read More: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/20/533675156/photos-trove-of-nazi-artifacts-uncovered-in-argentina Discoveries include a bust relief of Adolf Hitler, magnifying glasses inside elegant boxes with swastikas and a macabre medical device used to measure head size Authorities in Argentina have released images of a major trove of Nazi artefacts seized during a raid on a home in Buenos Aires. The crafted objects, which include a bust of Adolf Hitler and an eagle of the Third Reich, were found in two shops and a home in the north of the country's capital. Other chilling objects discovered include a statue of the Nazi eagle, weapons and an hourglass with Nazi symbols. Police also found a number of toys that authorities believe were used to indoctrinate children. The trove included toys used to indoctrinate children, such as this box marked with swastikas and containing harmonicas. No arrests have been made, the security ministry said in a statement. Nigel Watson, author of the UFOs: The Nazi Connection by Unexplained Rapid Reads, said: "The idea of alien or flying saucer bases in Antarctica is nothing new. In 1962, Albert Bender who ran the International Flying Saucer Bureau (IFSB) in Bridgeport, Connecticut, claimed that alien beings took him to their underground HQ in Antarctica. The Show Stuff Checkout our new UFO BUSTER RADIO GOODIES!! https://shop.spreadshirt.com/UFOBusterRadio/ Facebook Pages Manny Moonraker: https://www.facebook.com/MannyMoonraker/ UFO Buster Radio: https://www.facebook.com/UFOBusterRadio UFO Buster Radio Merch T-Shirts and stuff: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/UFOBusterRadio Patreon: Become a patron of the show and help us gear up with technology worthy of investigating UFO sightings both historical and new. www.patreon.com/ufobusterradio UFO Buster Radio YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggl8-aPBDo7wXJQ43TiluA To contact Manny: manny@ufobusterradio.com, or on Twitter @ufobusterradio Call the show anytime at (972) 290-1329 and leave us a message with your point of view, UFO sighting, and ghostly experiences or join the discussion on www.ufobusterradio.com For Skype Users: bosscrawler Background Track Echoes of Time v2 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300030 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Nazi artifacts seized in raid on home in Buenos Aires, Argentina Video link: http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-40349808/nazi-artefacts-seized-in-raid-on-home-in-buenos-aires-argentina Read More: http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/americas/1.796728 Read More: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/20/533675156/photos-trove-of-nazi-artifacts-uncovered-in-argentina Discoveries include a bust relief of Adolf Hitler, magnifying glasses inside elegant boxes with swastikas and a macabre medical device used to measure head size Authorities in Argentina have released images of a major trove of Nazi artefacts seized during a raid on a home in Buenos Aires. The crafted objects, which include a bust of Adolf Hitler and an eagle of the Third Reich, were found in two shops and a home in the north of the country's capital. Other chilling objects discovered include a statue of the Nazi eagle, weapons and an hourglass with Nazi symbols. Police also found a number of toys that authorities believe were used to indoctrinate children. The trove included toys used to indoctrinate children, such as this box marked with swastikas and containing harmonicas. No arrests have been made, the security ministry said in a statement. Nigel Watson, author of the UFOs: The Nazi Connection by Unexplained Rapid Reads, said: "The idea of alien or flying saucer bases in Antarctica is nothing new. In 1962, Albert Bender who ran the International Flying Saucer Bureau (IFSB) in Bridgeport, Connecticut, claimed that alien beings took him to their underground HQ in Antarctica. The Show Stuff Checkout our new UFO BUSTER RADIO GOODIES!! https://shop.spreadshirt.com/UFOBusterRadio/ Facebook Pages Manny Moonraker: https://www.facebook.com/MannyMoonraker/ UFO Buster Radio: https://www.facebook.com/UFOBusterRadio UFO Buster Radio Merch T-Shirts and stuff: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/UFOBusterRadio Patreon: Become a patron of the show and help us gear up with technology worthy of investigating UFO sightings both historical and new. www.patreon.com/ufobusterradio UFO Buster Radio YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggl8-aPBDo7wXJQ43TiluA To contact Manny: manny@ufobusterradio.com, or on Twitter @ufobusterradio Call the show anytime at (972) 290-1329 and leave us a message with your point of view, UFO sighting, and ghostly experiences or join the discussion on www.ufobusterradio.com For Skype Users: bosscrawler Background Track Echoes of Time v2 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300030 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Today we talk with Jason Colavito about the writings of H.P Lovecraft, especially those dealing with the Cthulhu Mythos and the possible origins of the Necronomicon.Links Jason ColavitoCult of Alien Gods - Jason ColavitoThe Morning of the Magicians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaExtraterrestrial Visitations from Prehistoric Times to the Present by Jacques BergierRichard Sharpe ShaverA Word About the Necronomicon | Peter Levenda's JournalThe H.P. Lovecraft ArchivePlanet of the Vampires (1965) Full Movie | Full Horror Movies Online"The Emerald Tablets of Thoth": A Lovecraftian PlagiarismThe Hounds of TindalosEaters of the Dead - MichaelCrichton.comA Colder War - a novelette by Charles Stross - Infinity PlusGuillermo del Toro At the Mountains of MadnessWFA removes Lovecraft as award"Don't mention the war." - Some Thoughts on H.P. Lovecraft and RaceS. T. Joshi: People Who Aren't Famous Have No Right to Criticize Lovecraft for RacismIcke and NecronomiconWilliam Lumley and Lovecraft and Lovecraftian MagicLovecraftian Magic: Justin Woodman’s blog, which examines Lovecraft and culture, including Lovecraftian magiciansCthulhu MonopolyThe Unspeakable OathPlush/Cute Cthulhu DiscussionChristian IdentityBook of EnochEnoch and the PyramidsPrometheus Underwater SceneHermes TrismegistusHistory of the NecronomiconMichael Barkun Culture of ConspiracyArthur JermynHP Lovecraft Literary Podcast and Arthur MachenGray Barker, Albert Bender, and the MIBhttp://www.csicop.org/si/show/gray_barker_my_friend_the_myth-makerhttp://www.csicop.org/si/show/gray_barkers_book_of_bunk_mothman_saucers_and_mibModern uses of the NecronomiconContactsJason Colavito@JasonColavitowww.jasoncolavito.comEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheopSoup ProductionsProduced by Chris Webster and Tristan Boyle

Hoy inauguramos una nueva sección de nuestro podcast, dónde hablaremos de la vida, situación social y política de los grandes fotógrafos de nuestra era. Hoy nos acercamos a la biografía de Ansel Adams, dónde intentaremos recorrer parte de su vida desde la niñez hasta su muerta con el fin de entender mejor su obra. Biografía de Ansel Adams Nació el 20 de Febrero de 1902 en San Francisco, Estados Unidos. “Espero ansioso nuevos procesos y nuevos desarrollos. Creo que la imagen electrónica será el próximo gran avance. Estos sistemas tendrán características estructurales ineludibles, y por tanto los artistas como los técnicos deberán hacer un renovado esfuerzo para comprenderlos y controlarlos.” Conocido por sus fotografías en blanco y negro de paisajes del Parque Nacional Yosemite en Estados Unidos, entre otros muchos. Y autor de numerosos libros sobre fotografía donde podemos destacar su trilogía (La Cámara, El Negativo y la Copia) estamos ante uno de los grandes fotógrafos de la historia. Un personaje tan interesante como atrevido, con unos ideales férreos y un visionario que lo aleja de su arquetipo de purista. Posiblemente sea uno de los fotógrafos que más haya hecho por el mundo de la fotografía. Sus imágenes, increíblemente bellas e impresas con una técnica impoluta, favorecieron que muchos adaptaran la idea de que la fotografía, podía ser un medio de expresión. De hecho, este fue uno de sus propósitos principales a la hora de realizar fotografías. Su legendario “sistema de zonas” proporcionaba al fotógrafo una gama monocromática más amplia, y con ello más expresiva. Un método para calcular el tiempo de exposición y de revelado que debía aportar una gradación óptima a los valores del gris. Un año después del nacimiento de Ansel, sus padres Charles Hitchock Adams y Olive Adams, se trasladaron a la casa que su padre había estado construyendo en San Francisco. Su niñez estuvo marcada por los muchos momentos que tuvo que guardar cama debido a su predisposición a enfermar. Él mismo dijo de su niñez, que estuvo marcada por su estado mental precario y por su hiperactividad, dos elementos que le fueron acompañando a lo largo de su vida. A los cuatro años de edad, le tocó vivir de cerca el drama del terremoto de San Francisco de 1906, donde las consecuencias para su familia fueron únicamente pequeños daños en la estructura de su casa, y para él, una fractura de nariz. Sin embargo, en su propia biografía recuerda este momento como la experiencia más cercana con el intenso sufrimiento humano. Recuerdo que se le grabó con fuego aún con su corta edad. En esta misma época, en su familia tuvo lugar una desgracia, aunque él no fue consciente de lo que pasaba. La quiebra del negocio químico de su padre debido a la traición de sus socios, su cuñado Ansel Easton y su abogado y amigo George Wright. La familia cayó en una embarazosa situación social y económica y su madre cayó en una depresión constante que arrastró durante años. El padre de Adams intentó ganarse la vida con otros negocios, pero al final desistió y acabó trabajando como vendedor de seguros y jefe de una oficina. Curiosamente, la enfermedad fue la responsable del interés de Ansel por la fotografía. Cuando tenía doce años, enfermó de sarampión, por lo que tuvo que permanecer en la cama, con las persianas bajadas. Ahí en la cama, fue donde se percató que los espacios entre la persiana y la parte superior de las ventanas hacía las veces de primitivos objetivos, que proyectaban en el techo vagas imágenes del paisaje exterior. Su padre le explicó el fenómeno convirtiendo su cámara Kodak Bulls-Eye en una cámara oscura. Este fue su primer e interesante contacto con el mundo de la fotografía que le dejó marcado por la curiosidad del hecho de por vida. Ansel Adams fue hijo único y muy querido, según la correspondencia que se conserva de la familia parece que hicieron todo lo posible para lograr que pudiera llevar la vida que sus padres habían deseado. Como consecuencia, este hizo que Ansel viviera con un constante deseo de complacer a sus padres. Su madre tocaba el piano y con doce años empezó a mostrar interés por la misma afición de su madre. El aprendizaje de este instrumento fue algo de vital importancia para su vida, ya que en su biografía recalca que le infundió el sentido de la disciplina. Su paso por el colegio fue bastante problemático y la situación económica que estaba viviendo hizo mella en sus estudios, tampoco le ayudó mucho su timidez y la dislexia que padecía, que le causó ciertos problemas al intentar integrarse en la escuela. Ansel era un entusiasta de la naturaleza, gracias a un libro que le regaló su tía sobre Sierra Nevada, animó a su familia a pasar las vacaciones en el Parque Nacional de Yosemite. Poco después de llegar a Yosemite, le regalaron su primera cámara, una Kodak Box Brownie. Quedó tan enamorado del lugar que volvió a repetir la experiencia al siguiente año al mismo lugar con su familia. Durante toda su vida Ansel luchó por defender y proteger la naturaleza. Al cumplir los 16 años, Adams trabajó a tiempo parcial en una tienda de servicio de fotografía cercana a su casa. Durante el verano de ese año realizó su primera visita a Yosemite en solitario. No sólo empezaba a distanciarse de su familia, sino también a darse cuenta de lo esencial para su desarrollo físico, emocional y espiritual que significa Yosemite. Un año después, se hizo miembro del club: Sierra Club, organización ecologista a la que perteneció activamente hasta su muerte. Su ingreso en el club acentuó su interés por la fotografía donde acostumbraba a llevar su cámara de gran formato Graflex a todas sus excursiones. En este club estableció una relación de amistad con Cedric Wright, violinista y fotógrafo aficionado y también hijo del antiguo socio de su padre. Juntos empezaron a difundir sus experiencias por las tierras salvajes estadounidenses mediante conferencias. Ansel orientó su esfuerzo para dedicarse al piano y trabajar como concertista. Con 21 años compró un piano de cola de 6.700 dólares que tuvo que ser pagado con la venta de un terreno que le había regalado su tío, junto al esfuerzo económico de su padre que tenía que pagar los plazos a la misma vez que mantener a la familia. Los esfuerzos de sus padres con la dura realidad económica muestra lo importante que era para ellos las altas metas de su hijo. Adams empezó a ver la fotografía como algo lucrativo y del cual le gustaría empezar a vivir. Su primer éxito fue conseguir financiación para un viaje a las Montañas Rocosas de Canadá como fotógrafo oficial. Desde los 18 años ya empezaba a mostrar dudas sobre su planeada carrera como concertista de piano y su recién descubierto amor por la fotografía. Este dilema que le acompañó durante años, y la intensa necesidad de vender sus fotografías, lo llevaron al estudio de Harry Cassie Best, un pintor de paisajes que había encontrado un mercado para sus cuadros de Yosemite. Best tenía una hija con 17 años: Virginia, con la que Adams acabó casándose y con la que tuvo 2 hijos. En 1927, su amigo Cedric Wright le presentó a Albert Bender, socio de éste en una compañía de seguros y comprometido patrocinador de las artes. Bender introdujo a Andsel en el ambiente cultural de San Francisco e hizo realidad la publicación de una colección de sus fotografías: Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras. Bender fue un personaje decisivo en la vida de Ansel ya que gracias a él pudo acceder a su carrera como profesional dentro de la fotografía. Le aportó energía y seguridad a la vez que contactos. En uno de sus viajes con Bender conoció a Paul Strand, sus imágenes le causaron gran impacto, ayudándolo a alejarse del estilo pictorialista y a encaminarse hacia el estilo de “straight photography” (fotografía directa o pura), donde la claridad de la lente es lo más importante y  dónde la fotografía ha de sufrir el menor número de ajustes y retoques posibles. En palabras de Adams, este encuentro fue una revelación: su “destino” no era la música, sino la fotografía. La madre y la tía de Adams le rogaron que no abandonara el piano defendiendo que “La cámara no puede expresar el alma humana”. Su respuesta consistió en dedicar el resto de su vida a demostrar que estaban equivocadas. Adams estaba introducido totalmente en el círculo cultural, se rodeó de grandes fotógrafos y amantes del arte, conoció a Edward Weston con quien entabló una gran amistad y crearon un club fotográfico llamado “F/64” en honor a la apertura más cerrada de las cámaras de gran formato. Este grupo se oponía frontalmente al pictorialismo en favor de una estética directa.   Poco a poco, fue desarrollando las bases de lo que sería su estilo fotográfico. Durante un viaje a Yosemite, experimentó un momento inspirador mientras trataba de decidir cómo trasladar a una fotografía el qué sentía ante la presencia del Half Dome, un enorme domo granítico en el extremo oriental del valle de Yosemite. Precisamente, al que hace honor en su fondo de pantalla el sistema operativo de Apple Yosemite, un guiño a la figura de Ansel Adams. En esa toma, se le ocurrió utilizar un filtro rojo, consiguiendo oscurecer el cielo en la copia afirmando que había logrado su primera verdadera visualización. La visualización, o lo que llamó más tarde, la “previsualización”, se convirió en uno de los dos dogmas de su credo estético. El otro fue el “sistema de zonas”. Empleando los términos musicales propios de su formación, manifestó: “El negativo es la partitura, la copia es la ejecución.” En 1933, Adams y Virginia viajaron a Nueva York para mostrar sus trabajos a Alfred Stieglitz, fotógrafo al que siempre había admirado. Tres años más tarde, Stieglitz le ayudó a llevar a cabo su primera exposición personal. Aunque podríamos considerar a Ansel Adams cómo un fotógrafo paisajista, no sería fiel reflejo de su vida como profesional de la fotografía, ya que también se dedicó a la fotografía de publicidad, anuncios, retratos, arquitectura, ilustraciones, reproducciones de obras de arte, fotomicrofototografías, ciudades, paisajes, animales y noticias, a lo que podríamos añadir su colaboración con revistas como Life y Fortune además de ser fotógrafo asesor para Polaroid y Hasselblad. Con lo cual, podemos ver que su intrusión en la fotografía fue muy completa y tocando prácticamente casi todos los palos de la fotografía que le ayudó como sustento financiero. Sus imágenes se han convertido en un símbolo angloamericano, muchas de ellas centradas en el Parque Natural de Yosemite, siendo los paisajes el principal tema de sus fotografías. Precisamente por esto obtuvo alguna que otra crítica, como por ejemplo la del fotógrafo francés Henri Cartier-Bresson, que sin duda traeremos a este podcast biográfico muy pronto, y que dijo sobre Adams: “El mundo se está cayendo a trozos y todo lo que Adams y Weston fotografían son piedras y árboles.” incluso fue muy criticado por la ausencia de personas en sus fotografías paisajísticas. Tres años antes de su muerte, recibió el premio internacional de la fundación Hasselblad, con el tiempo este fotógrafo se ha convertido en leyenda, fotografiando lugares a los que ha ayudado a conservar. En 1984 murió debido a un fallo en su corazón, posiblemente agravado por un cáncer pancreático. Personalmente, después de adentrarme en la vida de este genio de la fotografía, podría decir que ha sorprendido gratamente sus convicciones e ideales. Defendió la fotografía como arte y método expresivo ante las críticas recibidas y el poco recorrido de este trabajo en aquella época, supo rodearse y dejarse influir por profesionales de la fotografía que le hicieron definir la visión de su fotografía y nunca abandonó su instinto y visión de futuro, entendiendo la fotografía en cada época y cambiando su visión respecto al tiempo y la tecnología. Tengo mucha curiosidad sobre cómo hubiese interpretado este genio los tiempos modernos de la era digital. Se fue justo antes de este cambio tan importante pero del cual ya anunciaba que habría que comprenderlos y controlarlos. Todo un personaje que nos ha acompañado en este podcast. Referencias: Vidas de los Grandes Fotógrafos (Juliet Hacking) Wikipedia: Ansel Adams

Dziś porozmawiamy o jednym z wielkich ufologicznych mitów - zjawisku ludzi w czerni. Ale mit otaczający to zjawisko nie oznacza, że jest ono samo w sobie nieprawdziwe. Jak powinna brzmieć definicja MiB? Kiedy pojawili się ludzie w czerni? Czy ich nazwa jest adekwatna do natury zjawiska, to znaczy czy zawsze są to ludzie i czy zawsze noszą się na czarno? Bo niekiedy, co do tego pierwszego istnieją duże wątpliwości... Co jest głównym celem facetów w czerni? Czego zazwyczaj chcą od świadków? Za kogo sami się podają? I czy jest to zjawisko czysto amerykańskie? Jedno z najsłynniejszych spotkań z MiB miał Albert Bender. Zwrócił on uwagę na to, że domniemani agenci nie wyglądali normalnie. Co z innymi nietypowymi aspektami ich wyglądu czy zachowań? Co sugeruje ów "czynnik dziwności" i co może mówić o naturze MiB? Jest to jeden z paradoksów tego zjawiska. Założmy, że ludzie w czerni rzeczywiście są agentami. Czy ich strategia zacierania śladów po UFO i zastraszania świaków ma jakikolwiek sens? John Keel w swoich książkach, głównie w "Proroctwach Mothmana", poświęca temu zjawisku dużo miejsca. Szczególną uwagę zwraca na plagę MiB w miasteczku Point Pleasant, gdzie miał pojawiać się tajemniczy Człowiek Ćma. Zdaniem autora, MiB nie byli jednak ludźmi z krwi i kości ani agentami. To raczej emanacja "demonicznej" natury zjawiska UFO. Jak rozumieć jego koncepcję? Teoria, iż MiB są w większości częścia zjawiska UFO, wpisuje się w opinie dr. Vallee czy radzieckiego ufologa Feliksa Zigela, którzy twierdzili, że fenomen UFO ma wbudowany mechanizm autocenzury, tzn. manifestuje się ono w taki sposób, by zawsze zmylić człowieka. Jak powinniśmy traktować tę koncepcję? Czy w Polsce znane są jakieś spotkania z ludźmi w czerni? Dlaczego ludzie w czerni... zniknęli z relacji świadków? I czy w ogóle zniknęli? Linki z audycji: Facet w czerni? - czyli kogo spotkałem pewnego dnia w Katowicach (notka z bloga Ivelliosa) Prawdziwi faceci w czerni Książki: Tadeusz Oszubski, Wojciech Chudziński "Niewyjaśnione zjawiska w Polsce" Udział wzięli: Adam Borowski, dziennikarz niezależny Chris Miekina, autor audycji "Paralaksa" Marek Żelkowski, pisarz i publicysta, współpracownik "Nieznanego Świata" Arkadiusz Paterek, "Poznajemy Nieznane" Arkadiusz Miazga, ufolog z podkarpacia (wypowiedzi zarejestrowane kilka dni wcześniej) Piotr Cielebiaś, Portal Infra i Nieznany Świat, współprowadzący debatę Marek Sęk "Ivellios", Radio Paranormalium, współprowadzący i opiekun techniczny debaty

Dziś porozmawiamy o jednym z wielkich ufologicznych mitów - zjawisku ludzi w czerni. Ale mit otaczający to zjawisko nie oznacza, że jest ono samo w sobie nieprawdziwe. Jak powinna brzmieć definicja MiB? Kiedy pojawili się ludzie w czerni? Czy ich nazwa jest adekwatna do natury zjawiska, to znaczy czy zawsze są to ludzie i czy zawsze noszą się na czarno? Bo niekiedy, co do tego pierwszego istnieją duże wątpliwości... Co jest głównym celem facetów w czerni? Czego zazwyczaj chcą od świadków? Za kogo sami się podają? I czy jest to zjawisko czysto amerykańskie? Jedno z najsłynniejszych spotkań z MiB miał Albert Bender. Zwrócił on uwagę na to, że domniemani agenci nie wyglądali normalnie. Co z innymi nietypowymi aspektami ich wyglądu czy zachowań? Co sugeruje ów "czynnik dziwności" i co może mówić o naturze MiB? Jest to jeden z paradoksów tego zjawiska. Założmy, że ludzie w czerni rzeczywiście są agentami. Czy ich strategia zacierania śladów po UFO i zastraszania świaków ma jakikolwiek sens? John Keel w swoich książkach, głównie w "Proroctwach Mothmana", poświęca temu zjawisku dużo miejsca. Szczególną uwagę zwraca na plagę MiB w miasteczku Point Pleasant, gdzie miał pojawiać się tajemniczy Człowiek Ćma. Zdaniem autora, MiB nie byli jednak ludźmi z krwi i kości ani agentami. To raczej emanacja "demonicznej" natury zjawiska UFO. Jak rozumieć jego koncepcję? Teoria, iż MiB są w większości częścia zjawiska UFO, wpisuje się w opinie dr. Vallee czy radzieckiego ufologa Feliksa Zigela, którzy twierdzili, że fenomen UFO ma wbudowany mechanizm autocenzury, tzn. manifestuje się ono w taki sposób, by zawsze zmylić człowieka. Jak powinniśmy traktować tę koncepcję? Czy w Polsce znane są jakieś spotkania z ludźmi w czerni? Dlaczego ludzie w czerni... zniknęli z relacji świadków? I czy w ogóle zniknęli? Linki z audycji: Facet w czerni? - czyli kogo spotkałem pewnego dnia w Katowicach (notka z bloga Ivelliosa) Prawdziwi faceci w czerni Książki: Tadeusz Oszubski, Wojciech Chudziński "Niewyjaśnione zjawiska w Polsce" Udział wzięli: Adam Borowski, dziennikarz niezależny Chris Miekina, autor audycji "Paralaksa" Marek Żelkowski, pisarz i publicysta, współpracownik "Nieznanego Świata" Arkadiusz Paterek, "Poznajemy Nieznane" Arkadiusz Miazga, ufolog z podkarpacia (wypowiedzi zarejestrowane kilka dni wcześniej) Piotr Cielebiaś, Portal Infra i Nieznany Świat, współprowadzący debatę Marek Sęk "Ivellios", Radio Paranormalium, współprowadzący i opiekun techniczny debaty

A look at the mysterious government agents said to intimidate those who witness flying saucers.

  The Men in Black are Back: This Time, They’re Real . . . San Francisco, CA (June 1, 2011) –– Who are the "Men in Black"? In the blockbuster Hollywood movie of the same name, they were fictional characters. In real life, they are fearsome individuals who attempt to silence the witnesses of UFO and other paranormal phenomena. In his latest book, The Real Men in Black: Evidence, Famous Cases, and True Stories of These Mysterious Men and Their Connection to the UFO Phenomena, the popular, bestselling author Nick Redfern reveals the hidden world of these notorious government operatives. He documents their origin and lays out classic cases, previously unknown reports and secret government files, while laying out the many theories that explain the mystery. Some of the hair-raising highlights of The Real Men in Black: The story of Albert Bender, the first man to claim an encounter with Men in Black The involvement of MIB in the Mothman saga in the town of Point Pleasant, WV Encounters with MIB at Loch Ness Exclusive interviews with leading researchers of the MIB phenomenon Author, lecturer, and journalist Nick Redfern is world-famous for writing about unsolved mysteries, from Bigfoot, UFOs and lake monsters to alien encounters and government conspiracies. Among his many exploits he has investigated aliens in Mexico, vampires in Puerto Rico, werewolves in England and crashed UFOs.  

  The Men in Black are Back: This Time, They’re Real . . . San Francisco, CA (June 1, 2011) –– Who are the "Men in Black"? In the blockbuster Hollywood movie of the same name, they were fictional characters. In real life, they are fearsome individuals who attempt to silence the witnesses of UFO and other paranormal phenomena. In his latest book, The Real Men in Black: Evidence, Famous Cases, and True Stories of These Mysterious Men and Their Connection to the UFO Phenomena, the popular, bestselling author Nick Redfern reveals the hidden world of these notorious government operatives. He documents their origin and lays out classic cases, previously unknown reports and secret government files, while laying out the many theories that explain the mystery. Some of the hair-raising highlights of The Real Men in Black: The story of Albert Bender, the first man to claim an encounter with Men in Black The involvement of MIB in the Mothman saga in the town of Point Pleasant, WV Encounters with MIB at Loch Ness Exclusive interviews with leading researchers of the MIB phenomenon Author, lecturer, and journalist Nick Redfern is world-famous for writing about unsolved mysteries, from Bigfoot, UFOs and lake monsters to alien encounters and government conspiracies. Among his many exploits he has investigated aliens in Mexico, vampires in Puerto Rico, werewolves in England and crashed UFOs.  

Between 1932 and 1939, Dr Adolf Mahr, a Nazi Archaeologist occasionally based in Dublin, and his Jewish friend, philanthropist Albert Bender, exchange dozens of letters - and some of these survived - detailing an extraordinary era (First Broadcast 2001)