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July 1987...
an undisclosed military base

in Utah.
A soldier's

patrolling this base adjacent to
the desert,

and suddenly he sees something
big come rising

over a mountain range.

It's this brilliant,
glowing object in the sky,

a blue light that is burning
so brightly,

he can't actually make out
what's under the light.

And soon he's able to
tell that this is some kind

of almond-shaped aircraft
about 100 feet across.

According to the
witness, the mysterious craft

hovered over the mountains.
At certain points,

its lights dim,
and it seems to vanish...

only to reappear moments later
in a nearby location.

He knows this isn't
a military aircraft,

because as part of his job,
he would have been notified

ahead of time
about any kind of activity

on the base,
not to mention that his UFO

appears to be somehow
teleporting to different

locations in the area.
Little does the

soldier know that this will not
be his only disturbing encounter

of the evening.
The soldier radios in

to report the sighting,
and this is when he gets

his first hint
that something's wrong.

As soon as he mentions
the UFO, his superior

stops replying to him,
and someone else comes

on the line.
[man speaking indistinctly

over radio]
It's a voice

he's never heard before.
The soldier is ordered

to abort his patrol
and immediately report

to the Provost Marshal's office.
As soon as the

soldier walks in, he's
handcuffed, treated like a

criminal.
There's a general

waiting for him,
but not one that he knows

from the base,
and the general isn't alone.

He's accompanied
by two mysterious men

wearing identical black suits.
The soldier is taken

to an isolated room
where Men In Black suits

proceed to interrogate him
about the UFO sighting.

These guys
don't identify themselves

as being from the military,
law enforcement,

intelligence agencies,
or anything.

They just start in
with the questions.

[clock ticking]
They grill him for

hours about every detail
of this UFO sighting.

[ticking continues]
Keep in mind,

the actual UFO sighting
lasted a few minutes,

but they keep asking him
the same questions

over and over again
in excruciating detail.

When they're finally
finished, the soldier is ordered

to never mention the sighting
or his meeting

with the two Men In Black.
One of the men

in black takes him aside
and whispers a final warning.

He points out the
desert surrounding the military

base.
He tells the soldier

if he doesn't heed their warning
and keep his mouth shut

about the UFO,
"Well, this is a big desert.

"It would take a long time
for someone to find your body

out there."
It's only when he

retires, after two decades
of constantly looking over his

shoulder for these mysterious
men, that he finally reports

the encounter.
This is just one

of perhaps 100 UFO cases
in our files

involving Men In Black,
and the most consistent thing

about these reports
is just how inconsistent these

various encounters could be.
When you take all of

these case files into account,
it might be possible

that there isn't just one single
"Men In Black" entity.

When we talk
about Men In Black,

we could be talking about
a lot of different things.

Reports of
the Men In Black suddenly

appearing in the aftermath of
a UFO event have occurred

since the 1950s.
They are said

to intimidate UFO witnesses
into silence

about their encounters.
Who do these mystery men

work for?
And what is their

ultimate agenda?
MUFON opens its files

to learn the identity
of the Men In Black right now.

The Mutual UFO Network,
known as MUFON,

is an independent organization
not bound to any government.

They investigate reports
of UFO sightings

from around the world.

Over the past five decades,
they have collected

more than 70,000 files,
stored at a secure location

known as Hangar 1.

Now, for the first time,
MUFON is granting access

to their vast archive.
These are the files of Hangar 1.

Stories of the Men In Black
have been part of UFO lore

for decades...
unidentified men

who use fear and intimidation
to threaten UFO witnesses.

Their identity
remains a mystery,

and in some instances,
they may not even be human.

Everyone's heard
of the Men In Black,

because the concept has become
so ingrained in our pop culture,

but if you look
into their history,

the Men In Black are a lot
more mysterious and frightening

than what you might see
on the movie screen.

The whole idea
about the Men In Black is,

who are they?
Who are they working for?

Why would they show up
just to tell people

to keep quiet
about their UFO experience.

MUFON files reveal
one harrowing event

and its impact on the life
of a young UFO witness.

May 1981...
Laura Dent has just relocated

with her parents
to a farm in Union, Maine.

The remote property is
secluded on 170 acres of land.

Almost immediately,
Laura has an uneasy feeling

about her new home.
It's a beautiful farm,

but it's a very isolated
and lonely place,

and within a few days, her life
starts to get very strange.

Laura's lying in bed
one night, when she's startled

by bright lights
pulsing outside her window.

She looks through the window,
and she sees a large,

disc-shaped craft
hovering over the farm.

And eventually,
it just flies away.

But the disc keeps
returning,

and on the third night,
she's waiting

with a pair of binoculars.
What she observes

that night will forever change
her life.

She gets a good look
at this mystery object

with the binoculars,
and it's clearly an aircraft

of some kind.
It's a disc-shaped UFO,

and it's hovering just
a few meters above the ground,

but that's not even
the most incredible part.

Laura observes
three small figures

walking through the field
beneath the UFO.

Suddenly she realizes
they are not human.

Aliens.
A group of alien creatures

have just invaded
the family farm

not 100 yards away
from Laura's front porch.

Soon they board
the flying saucer,

and it once again disappears.
Of course,

this girl is blown away
by what she just witnessed.

Anyone would be.

Laura immediately
tells her father

and takes him to the porch
to see the landing site.

Her father doesn't know
why she's dragging him up there,

but she points out a spot
in the field,

and they both see it.
A massive crop

circle surrounded by several
smaller markings is situated

in the exact spot where Laura
had witnessed the UFO.

Laura's excited
to share this strange evidence

with her father,
but he doesn't react

how she expected.
Laura's father

doesn't say anything,
but he quickly heads

to the field
and mows over the crop circle.

Here's Laura's dad,
confronted with something

strange and frightening,
and he doesn't want

to acknowledge it.
Instead, he mows

over the crop circle,
erasing the evidence

that anything happened.
She's pretty hurt

by her father's response,
and the next day,

when her parents invite her out
on a day trip,

she decides to stay home
in protest.

That afternoon,
Laura's parents leave her alone

on the farm...
but she does not remain alone

for long.
Next...

Laura Dent's chilling encounter
with the Men In Black.

And later...
from a clash with the FBI

to the seizing
of a Navy battleship,

MUFON investigates
the secret agenda

of these mystery men.

There's an ultimate
authority that is very invested

in denying the public
our right to know the truth

about UFOs.

More Men In Black
when we return.

The MUFON archives
in Hangar 1 describe

frightening confrontations
with mysterious Men In Black.

In 1981,
Laura Dent tells her family

about an extraterrestrial
encounter on their farm...

a decision that places Laura
in the crosshairs

of the Men In Black.

A day after
witnessing this strange UFO

event, Laura is left home alone
on the family farm,

but she's not alone for long.

She sees an old black
sedan come rumbling up

the driveway.
The first thing

that Laura notices
is that this car

has no plates.
She gets a feeling like

something shady is happening,
so she decides to hide.

Laura watches
as the black car pulls

alongside a field.
[car door opens]

And then two men
in black suits emerge.

They head directly to the area
previously marked

by a crop circle.
Even though the crop

circle has been mowed down,
these Men In Black

find its original location
and start to search

the surrounding area.
They take soil samples,

grass samples.
They're snapping photos.

Laura's watching
these strange, uninvited

visitors thoroughly combing over
her property.

She has no idea
why they're there.

And even though she's hiding,
she suddenly starts to feel

like she's being watched.
The next thing she knows,

it's one day later,
and she has no clue

what happened.

Directly after the
MIB did appear,

Laura had a 24-hour period
of missing time

which she simply
could not account for.

Now, missing time
is a staple part

of alien-abduction stories,
where people are taken away,

experimented upon,
and then brought back home,

but very often their minds
are completely wiped clean.

Laura is distressed
about the missing time

and the following day
her confusion increases

when she notices
something strange on her hand.

She looks down,

and there's this triangle
on her hand.

It looks like a birthmark,
but she never had

a birthmark there.
And when she touches it,

she suddenly gets a vision
of the Men In Black

she'd witnessed the day before,
warning her not to attempt

to remove the mark
and to never tell anyone

what she saw.

The fact
that something, perhaps,

was communicating with her
as she touched this place

on her hand makes me think
that there's some kind

of implant technology involved.

I think about
what we are studying

in our own human science.
We are absolutely looking

at implant technologies
that would help us do everything

from control our computers
to communicate virtually

with each other,
literally using our minds.

Laura is so
frightened by these Men In Black,

who may have
actually implanted her with

some kind of exotic technology,
that she suffers in silence

for decades
before finally reporting

the encounter to MUFON.

This case is a great
example of Men In Black

appearing out of nowhere
at the site of a UFO encounter

and showing no hesitation
to intimidate even a little girl

and collecting as much
information as they could

about the UFO's landing.
But what's still very unclear

is who they're working for.
Whether these Men In Black

answer to
the government,

big business, the media,
or even

an extraterrestrial race,
in the end, it's all the same.

There's an ultimate authority
that is very invested

in denying the public our right
to know the truth about UFOs.

Who is this
ultimate authority,

and what is their agenda?
The mystery

of who are the Men In Black
extends so far that it's

actually been investigated
by the government.

Even FBI director
J. Edgar Hoover

wanted to know what was behind
the "Men In Black" phenomenon.

1958, Oklahoma City...
A concerned citizen writes

to the FBI
about the harassment

of UFO researchers
by men wearing dark suits.

Surprisingly, the letter
receives a high-level response.

This letter finds
its way to J. Edgar Hoover,

and amazingly,
he responds right away.

"I'm instructing a special agent
of our Oklahoma City office

to contact you concerning
the matter you mentioned."

J. Edgar Hoover
was already paranoid

that the military is not sharing
the truth about UFOs with him.

So, when this letter lands
on his desk,

he is eager to investigate.
December 1958...

J. Edgar Hoover
instructs his agents

to investigate reports
of Men In Black.

At this same time,
Hoover is acquiring

every periodical he can find
that mentions the Men In Black,

and he conducts
an internal investigation

just to make sure
the Men In Black

are not government agents.
And I think this shows

that, A, the government believed
these "Men In Black" claims

to be real, and, B, the FBI
considered the Men In Black

a potential threat
to the American public.

It's really something
when you consider

that here we have
America's top cop

investigating with all
the resources of the FBI,

and in the end,
all he can tell us is,

the only thing we know for sure
about the Men In Black

is that they exist.
Is it possible that

even the most powerful lawman
in America, J. Edgar Hoover,

was unable to determine
who these Men In Black are

and who controls them?
How big of a

potential threat are
the Men In Black?

Well, according to some
accounts, big enough to push

around the U.S. military.
When we return,

a U.S. Navy vessel
and its entire crew

are commandeered
by the Men In Black.

According
to MUFON files in Hangar 1,

stories of the Men In Black
have been tied to UFO sightings

for decades.
But who exactly are

these mystery men,
and how far does

their shadowy reach extend?
How big of

a potential threat are
the Men In Black?

According to one case
in MUFON files,

they're big enough to push
around the U.S. military.

March 17, 1972...
a U.S. Navy vessel is docked

in Mayport, Florida.
Its entire crew is locked down,

unable to leave,
as a small group of Men In Black

interrogate every sailor on
board.

This Navy ship has
been commandeered by the Men In Black

because of something
that happened at sea

the night before.
March 16, 1972...

the Atlantic Ocean...
the ship is en route

to its home port,
when a lookout radios

his commanding officer
about strange activity

in the sky.
The commanding

officer gets a message
that there's something unusual

in the sky over the ship,
but at the same time,

he's checking the radar,
and it isn't showing anything.

The ship's
master-at-arms is dispatched

to confirm the sighting,
but when he reaches

the lookout's post,
there is no one there.

The lookout
should, of course, be stationed

at his post.
but for some reason,

he's abandoned it.
Where did he go?

The master-at-arms
searches the ship

and eventually finds him.
It's almost like he's hiding

from something.
He's a younger sailor,

and he's very rattled.
The master-at-arms

orders the lookout
to return to his post

and show him the anomaly
in the sky.

The master-at-arms
is probably thinking,

"This kid is just going a little
stir-crazy on the ship."

And he says, "Okay, show me."
And the kid immediately points

out something in the sky,
and sure enough...

there's a light up there,
and it seems to be following

the ship.
He gets out a pair

of binoculars for a closer look,
and it comes into focus.

It's clearly an aircraft,
and sure enough,

he finds himself
getting a close-up look

at a flying saucer.
The master-at-arms

radios the commanding officers
and confirms

the lookout's sighting.
The crew is really starting

to worry,
because even though they can see

this craft in the sky,
it is not being picked up

by their radar,
and it appears

to be pursuing them.
Word of this UFO

spreads through the ship pretty
fast, and soon the crew

is crowding around
fighting for a look

at this thing.
Not only are they

getting an amazing, clear look
at the UFO, they grab some

cameras and manage to get it all
on film.

[camera shutter clicks]
With the UFO

confirmed, the ship's captain
reports the sighting

to their naval command.
Here's this Navy crew

realizing that they are part
of something huge -

a shared close encounter
with a UFO, backed up by film,

photographs, everything.
They must be thinking

that they're about to go down
in history,

but it doesn't take long
for those hopes to get dashed.

The captain's
commanders order him to return

to port immediately
and forget about this UFO,

as though it's no big deal
that a flying saucer

is right next to their ship.
The ship reaches

port by morning,
but once docked,

no one is allowed ashore.
The experience

soon takes an unexpected turn.
The ship is boarded

by a group of
men in black suits.

The sailors don't know who
they are, who they represent,

but they see
their superior officers

deferring to these guys,
so they follow suit.

The ship is locked
down, and the Men In Black

interrogate every sailor
on board.

Not only do they
grill everyone on board,

they also search the ship
from top to bottom

and confiscate every camera
in the place, and the sailors

just have to stand there,
as every piece of evidence

is snatched away from them.
What is going on

here?
I mean, a few guys in dark suits

can just board a Navy battleship
and start to boss

everyone around,
and the crew actually listens

to them.
I mean, who in the world

would have the power to do this?
After hours of

interrogation,
the crew is finally released,

with a warning to never discuss
what they saw

or their encounter
with the Men In Black.

It took 40 years
for one of these crewmen

to report this incident
to MUFON.

I think that's a testament
to just how intimidating

these Men In Black can be.

These guys aren't FBI
or government agents,

and yet they have authority
over the military.

Maybe they report
to a shadow government

that wants to suppress
all evidence of UFO encounters.

But just how far
will the Men In Black go

to enforce their agenda?
MUFON has

investigated cases
that show how quickly

an encounter with Men In Black
can escalate.

Coming up...
A man who knows too much

finds himself in danger
of being permanently silenced.

And later...
MUFON files reveal a new theory

about the Men In Black's
true motives.

Maybe to the Men In Black,
we are just lab rats

in a giant experiment
that we don't fully understand.

MUFON files contain

reports of mysterious
Men In Black who intimidate

witnesses of UFO activity.
A strange encounter

on a New England farm
reveals that they may possess

inhuman powers.
And a naval incident

off the coast of Florida
demonstrates that

the Men In Black
are powerful enough

to take on the U.S. military.
But one case illustrates just

how far they are willing to go
to physically intimidate

and threaten
UFO whistle-blowers.

It doesn't matter
if you're a four-star general

or an average Joe on the street.
Anyone can become a target.

A lot of these
reports detail just how quickly

an encounter with Men In Black
can turn someone's life

upside down.

We have one story
that starts out

with a man simply being
in the wrong place

at the wrong time.

Louisiana, 1983...
Shortly after moving

to a new town,
Mike Reynolds strikes up

a conversation that will change
his life forever.

One of the first
people Mike meets

is a retired Air Force major
They hit it off right away.

Eventually the major reveals
that he had spent

his entire military career
working at the infamous Area 51

in Nevada.
At the time,

Area 51 is believed by many
to be a hub of extraterrestrial

reverse engineering.

Of course, the major
was sworn to secrecy

about Area 51
when he was in the military,

but now that he's getting older,
he's starting to have

mixed feelings
about his work out there.

Well, Mike is very interested
in this,

and the major takes him aside
and starts to spill the beans

on everything.
Suddenly Mike

is getting an earful
of highly classified secrets.

The major tells Mike
that Area 51 houses

recovered alien UFOs
and that the military

has been reverse engineering
this technology for years.

And then he tells Mike
that he's written a manuscript

that is going to reveal
everything.

It hits Mike.
This is his calling.

He's going to help the major
publish his expos�

and tell the world the truth
about UFOs.

Mike offers to buy
the publishing rights

on the spot.
With the major's

rights secured,
Mike schedules a series

of media appearances.
[static whirring,

indistinct chatter]
Mike books

a local radio interview,
and the general manager

of the station seems excited
to be part of this.

[telephone ringing]
But the night

before the interview,
the station manager calls

to tell Mike
about a disturbing encounter

with a group
of men in black suits.

These Men In Black
showed up at the radio station

and told the manager
to cancel the interview.

They didn't identify themselves
as representing

any specific agency.
They simply told the manager

to cancel the interview,
and they did it

in a very threatening way.
The intimidation

works,
and the interview is canceled.

Mike is unsettled
by the station manager's story,

but not enough to quit.
He's still gonna get

this book published.
And a few days later,

Mike heads off to Houston
to meet with a friend

in publishing.
While driving to

Houston, Mike soon notices
two black cars that appear

to be following him.
The drive is almost

300 miles,
but every time Mike looks

in his rearview mirror,
those same two cars

are on his tail.
That evening Mike

arrives at his Houston hotel.

But before he can even check in,
he is stopped.

He's heading into his
hotel.

He's got to get ready for
his big meeting the next day,

when two men wearing
black business suits

appear out of nowhere.
These Men In Black

were very grim, stone-faced.
They sort of surround Mike

and really get in his face,
just short of physically

detaining him.
The men

do not identify themselves.
They stare into Mike's eyes

and coldly declare that
he is not to publish the book.

These mysterious,
strange men

are trying to influence Mike,
and he still has no idea why

or even who they are.
And when he questions them,

they don't reply.
They simply restate

their demand,
worded exactly the same way

each time.

In many of these
encounters,

Men In Black are described
as having an almost robotic way

of speaking -
stoic, to the point,

and repetitive.

Now, does this mean there's
something inhuman about them,

or are these mannerisms
another tool

of psychological intimidation.
After a few minutes

of this weird encounter,
the men leave.

Mike feels slightly dazed.
He doesn't seem to remember

actually seeing them walk
or drive away.

They're just sort of gone.
Mike is disturbed

by this encounter,
but he has no plans to quit.

He checks into his room,
and a few hours later,

he remembers that he left
the major's manuscript

in the trunk of his car.
Mike walks out

to the parking lot
to grab the manuscript.

He opens his trunk,
and it's gone.

But when he turns around,
that's when he gets

the real surprise.
The Men In Black

are right there,
almost pinning Mike

against his car.
It's the middle of the night.

There's nobody else around.
And this time they tell Mike

in no uncertain terms,
"Stop your actions,

or your family will suffer."
And that's when Mike

decides to take their advice.
He abandons the project

and heads home.
The major must've

been paid a visit too,
because when Mike returns home,

the major won't speak to him
about anything,

and his manuscript
is never published by anyone.

We see this
time and time again,

and they know how
to expertly target witnesses.

They will continue to escalate
and, in this case,

threatening a man's family
until they get what they want,

and what they want
is for the public to keep

going about their business
and not ask any questions

about UFOs.
Hangar 1 files

reveal that these encounters
also occur in other parts of

the world.
Could there be a connection?

When we return,
one young girl's

1962 encounter
could take us closer

to unlocking the Men In Black's
secret agenda.

Inside Hangar 1,
MUFON files reveal

terrifying encounters
between UFO witnesses

and the Men In Black.
But some cases reveal

a very different side
to these mysterious strangers

that leads many to question
what their real agenda

might be.

Not every
"Men In Black" story

involves witnesses
being terrorized

by menacing men in dark suits.

Some of these encounters
can be more subdued.

1962,
Somerset, England...

16-year-old Anne Henson
is woken late one summer night

by strange lights
outside her window.

Anne goes to her
window for a closer look

and sees what she describes
as a circle of light

with rays coming from it.
Anne watches this bright craft

hovering about in the sky,
darting back and forth between

her home and some nearby hills.
It's glowing, cycling

through many bright colors,
and generally acting

very playfully.
Anne observes

the UFO's actions all night
until it finally disappears

at dawn.

She has no idea
what she's just seen,

but naturally she's fascinated.
The next night, she stays awake,

hoping it will make
a second appearance,

and it actually does.

On the second night,
Anne begins to track

the exact movements of the UFO.
It goes on like this -

the mysterious glowing craft
just showing up

a few nights a week,
and Anne continues to track

its progress.

Well, eventually she decides
it's time to call in

the professionals.

Anne's parents
encourage her to write a letter

to the Royal Air Force
describing the encounters.

Several weeks later,
there is a knock on her door.

One evening
after contacting the RAF,

a man arrives at Anne's house.
She's thrilled that someone

is actually responding
to her letter,

but she also remembers being
a bit disappointed

that this visitor was not
wearing a military uniform.

She describes the man
as serious and quiet.

He is wearing
a black suit and tie.

Years later,
Anne Henson remembers

that this visitor never actually
identified himself as being

from their local RAF base.
She simply assumed

that's where he came from.

Anne's parents agree
to let her host this visitor,

hoping that he can provide
some answers.

They watch the sky
for hours with no sign

of the UFO.
The whole time

he barely says a word.
He just sits there,

waiting and waiting.

When the sun finally rises,
he leaves.

Anne feels embarrassed
that she wasted his time,

but surprisingly, the next night
he shows up again,

and he keeps coming back.
Finally, one night

something appears in the sky.
Anne's UFO comes

back.
She's thrilled that she now has

a witness to this,
but according to Anne,

the man in black barely reacts.
He snaps a few pictures

of the flying light,
acting like it's no big deal.

[camera shutter clicks]

The UFO is still
flying around outside the

window, but after taking a few
pictures, the man in black gets

up, takes his camera, along
with Anne's notes and graphs,

and promptly leaves.
She never sees him again.

Think about this -
It seems like this man in black

wasn't as interested
in the UFO itself as he was

about simply verifying
that Anne did, in fact,

see something.
In 1993, a number

of British military files
were declassified.

And using these files,
we've been able to learn

everything about Anne's
"man in black" encounter.

According to
government files,

Anne Henson was indeed visited
on several occasions

by a sergeant
from the Royal Air Force.

This case suggests
that the Men In Black

may have some official
connection

to the government or military.
But this man's behavior

is still quite unusual
and indicates

that in some instances,
they may be more interested

in gathering witness information
rather than intimidating them.

So, in this case,
we've been able to definitively

tie a government organization
to a "man in black" encounter,

but this doesn't necessarily
mean that all Men In Black

can be explained away
so neatly.

From Anne Henson's
story, we see that she wasn't

harmed or threatened
by her encounter,

but there are many other cases
that suggest

the last thing you ever want
to do is invite a man in black

into your house.
When we return...

a London couple's home
is invaded...

and their encounter reveals
what could be the true agenda

behind the Men In Black.

MUFON files contain
stories of the infamous

Men In Black - unknown agents
who prevent UFO witnesses

from publicly revealing
their encounters.

There have been
countless claims that the men in

black may be of alien origin,
but, at the same time,

could also fit into a government
disinformation campaign.

There are cases
like Mike Reynolds' account,

where no matter
what their origin,

the Men In Black appear
to be highly threatening.

And then there are stories
like Anne Henson's,

where the Men In Black
only seemed interested

in observing her encounter.

Bara: With all these
wildly different case files,

it makes sense that when
we say "Men In Black,"

we may actually be talking
about multiple groups

without even knowing it.

MUFON files suggest
that perhaps some Men In Black

are not as interested
in UFO encounters

as they are in studying
the witnesses themselves.

There's a very
chilling alternate explanation

to some of these reports,
and that's maybe,

to the Men In Black,
we are just lab rats

in a giant experiment
that we don't fully understand.

There are these
cases where it appears

that they're actually trying
to gather information,

and that's exactly what happened
when a good friend of mine

came home to find a man in black
waiting in his living room.

1980,
London, England...

a Notting Hill couple,
Colin and Mary, approach

their apartment building
on a brisk evening,

but before they can enter,
they find themselves immersed

in a pool of light.
Suddenly, it's

like someone shining a spotlight
down on them.

They look up and were shocked
to see this bright, pulsing,

ethereal UFO hovering overhead.
And as they're trying

to understand
just what they're looking at,

the UFO starts to change
in front of their very eyes.

The couple look up
as the UFO proceeds

to shape-shift,
taking on a sleek triangular

design before racing away
into the night sky.

Once the UFO zooms
away, the couple heads

into their apartment.
They're eager to discuss

what they just saw,
but when they open the door,

they're faced with another
disturbing surprise.

Someone is inside
their apartment

waiting for them.
A stranger in

a black suit is sitting
in the living room

as though he is expecting
the couple.

In all the excitement,
Colin's girlfriend, Mary,

neglected to tell him
about this visitor

who had shown up earlier,
claiming to be visiting a friend

who lived upstairs.
He explained that his friend

wasn't home yet
and asked if he could wait

in Colin and Mary's apartment.
This strange man

had shown up earlier
and asked to wait

inside the house,
and Mary, against her better

judgment,
just did whatever he asked.

She can't even remember
why she did it.

It's like her mind was clouded.
But what exactly

does this man in black want?
Colin and Mary are

now sitting in their living
room with this odd stranger

in a black suit,
and they start to talk

about what they
just witnessed outside -

a shape-shifting UFO
above the building.

This guy doesn't
laugh at their claim.

He also doesn't show
any amazement or skepticism,

but he's very interested
in hearing every detail

about what they witnessed.
Mary would later

describe that she felt like
he was mentally grading them -

not their descriptions
of the UFO,

but their reactions to it.
Colin and Mary

feel oddly compelled
to tell the man everything

about their sighting.
When they finish their

story, the man says that
he's decided not to wait

for his friend after all
and excuses himself,

never to be seen again.
Of course, later

they find out their neighbor
had not been expecting

any friend that evening.
This challenges a lot

of our previous assumptions
about the Men In Black.

We tend to believe
that they're focused

on either suppressing or
learning more about UFO events

and that witnesses are merely
a tool to accomplish these ends.

But what if it's
the witnesses themselves

who are the true focus
of the Men In Black?

Does the man in
black's arrival before the UFO

indicate that
Colin and Mary's sighting

was somehow preordained?
Could it be

that the man in black
was trying to gauge

the couple's reaction?
Were they subjects

in some kind of experiment?

If the Men In Black have
some kind of greater plan,

then it could be that we are
just pawns in their agenda.

Do some Men In Black
report to an alien authority

sent to test our reaction
to extraterrestrial visits?

Or is the confusion caused
by these Men In Black

part of a government
disinformation campaign

to suppress credible evidence
of UFOs?

These are just
the cases we know about

from those who were brave enough
to come forward,

but what about the ones
we never get to hear?

How many others are out there
with similar experiences

but too afraid to report them?
Whether alien or

human, it seems clear
that the Men In Black do exist

and function in multiple ways.
While much about the men in

black remains a mystery,
the unpredictable pattern

of their appearances
suggests that if you ever

witness a UFO,
you might soon find

the Men In Black on your doorstep.