EP. 29 | The Notorious M.I.B.

One of the most sinister UFO-related phenomena - the Men in Black. Sure, they dress like the Blues Brothers, but they are super creepy and often menacing. And also pretty ineffective. And while they may have been created wholesale by a hoaxer, people have been reporting, and even photographing, them for years.
We're releasing this episode a day early to confound the MIBs.

SECTIONS
02:51 - First mention of the Men in Black
03:26 - The Uncanny Valley
05:18 - Beam Me Down, Bender - Albert Bender learns a thing or two
09:02 - Gray Barker - The man behind the myth?
12:03 - More Than a Few M.I.B.s
12:22 - John H. Stuart in New Zealand
13:20 - What detergent do you use? - Paul Miller's luminous silo
15:38 - The Solway Firth Spaceman - M.I.B.s #9 and #10 (or maybe #11)
18:43 - An M.I.B. gets random - Rex Heflin gets a lesson on the Bermuda Triangle
20:57 - I hope you have insurance - Robert Richardson has a crash
23:09 - I'm surrounded! - Carlos de Santos has a flyby
26:08 - Nothing up my sleeve - Herbert Hopkins sees a magic trick
29:05 - Mind yer business - UFO researchers get targeted
30:10 - More Recent M.I.B.s - Dan Aykroyd gets cancelled
33:01 - Niagara Falls and the Tale of Jack & Jeff (note: the website Out There with Ted has gone away since the recording of this episode - make of that what you will)
41:32 - John Keel on the Trail - another comprehensive (yet incomplete) theory & ultraterrestrials

Music by Fanette Ronjat

More on this topic:
Signs, Grudges & Blue Books - Early UFOlogy https://youtu.be/9su01lPWiPQ
World Contact Day https://www.worldufoday.com/world-contact-day-march-15/
Robotics' Uncanny Valley Gets New Translation in LiveScience https://www.livescience.com/20909-robotics-uncanny-valley-translation.html
10 Creepy Examples of the Uncanny Valley on Stranger Dimensions https://www.strangerdimensions.com/2013/11/25/10-creepy-examples-uncanny-valley/
They knew too much about flying saucers by Gray Barker https://www.amazon.com/They-knew-about-flying-saucers/dp/B0007DK7US
Flying Saucers and the Three Men by Gray Barker and Albert Bender https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Saucers-Three-Albert-Bender/dp/1499104200
Gray Barker: My Friend, The Myth-Maker in Skeptical Inquirer https://skepticalinquirer.org/1998/05/gray-barker-my-friend-the-myth-maker/
"Whispers from Space" 1995 documentary https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361119/
"Shades of Gray" 2009 documentary https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504700/
UFO Warning by John H. Stuart https://www.amazon.com/UFO-warning-John-Stuart/dp/B000YML2GU
Flying Saucers - Serious Business by Frank Edwards https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CYJSMXD/
"The Shenandoah Experiment" Indiegogo page https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-shenandoah-experiment-a-sci-fi-film#/
Operation Trojan Horse by John Keel https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CYOW6ZW/
Back in Black: BEKs, Black Helicopters, Black Knight & More https://youtu.be/iZcnj20mwmA
Disneyland of the Gods by John Keel https://www.amazon.com/Disneyland-Gods-John-Keel/dp/1518754228

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