Ep. 227 - The Men in Black

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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One of the most enduring parts of UFO folklore involves mysterious darkly dressed individuals who identify themselves as government agents who go on to harass and intimidate witnesses into silence. These creepy and mysterious individuals have come to be known as the Men in Black. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Real-Men-Black-Mysterious-Connection/dp/160163157X https://www.everand.com/book/235278174/The-Truth-Behind-Men-In-Black-Government-Agents-Or-Visitors-From-Beyond https://www.history.com/news/men-in-black-real-origins https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/living/the-legacy-of-men-in-black/index.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/real-men-in-black https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Saucers-Three-Men/dp/B00T6LY6E0/ref=sr_1_1?crid=5337Q8ELOGL2&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jjeGEaSpsO1wxvigHkRvv5fjO618P-DxeyOIXlVH0CWbCStuOVG31z3hia-8Zbbl5adg-vz-Ex4UdHXN7cwHmd4VXybvI9bbpWXASuqMxlF2D9YwiYCz5ap9UPXrKWR8aBtIl0KPho7hp6S9cJd0lEUZ75-EaslRHWqzcAkQyDP6sVDTIZQndU8MRm5eUpg85EE_A_bwjU21IcFh7Ck53znCdwNJuZ8RlS2_ea8hVSA.UDMvGcc0xUFQea41OGPXR0z2oNd0f5B3CtUTxqKnQB8&dib_tag=se&keywords=albert+bender&qid=1709464142&sprefix=albert+bender%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1 https://www.facebook.com/watch/BBCStories/1915690495329993/ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/07/conspiracy-theorist-max-spiers-died-taking-anxiety-drug-poland https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-46810312 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.0	Back on June 24th, 1947, a private pilot named Kenneth Arnold claimed to have seen nine shiny unidentified flying objects
0:46.0	zipping over Mount Rainier at speeds in excess of 1,200 miles an hour.
0:52.0	The description Arnold gave to a reporter later on is where we get
0:56.0	the term flying saucer. Kenneth Arnold's landmark UFO sighting also sparked a
1:01.9	huge number of other eyewitnesses to come forward claiming they too had seen their own flying saucers.
1:09.0	What doesn't get reported quite as often is that about a month after's sighting he was contacted by Ray Palmer,
1:15.0	editor of the science fiction magazine Amazing Stories.
1:19.0	Palmer told Arnold, he had been contacted by a harbor patrolman from Tacoma, Washington, who claimed
1:25.9	to have seen a group of flying saucers three days earlier than Kenneth Arnold's sighting.
1:31.9	Not only that, but this man also claimed to have actual physical evidence to back up his claims.
1:38.0	Palmer sent Arnold to Tacoma to investigate.
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