| Have the real Men in Black finally been revealed? | | | | the days following the 1947 Roswell incident, and |
| You'll find many fascinating accounts in Jenny Randles' | | | | continuing on into the 1950s. He also states that the |
| book The Truth Behind Men in Black, many of which | | | | AFSAC had nothing to do with these earlier MIB |
| I've used as references in this five-part article. So | | | | incidences, but that they were merely using these |
| here's one last account that just might blow the lid off | | | | rumored accounts as inspiration for their own agenda |
| the whole Men in Black extravaganza -- if we're lucky. | | | | to send men out in strange disguises to intimidate |
| There is a man who believes he has actually | | | | people. So if the AFSAC, and its other incarnations |
| uncovered exactly who these mysterious MIBs are, at | | | | and counterpart agencies in other countries, such as |
| least the faction that is in the United States. Bill Moore | | | | Great Britain and Australia, was essentially second |
| is a UFO researcher who claims that he has | | | | generation Men in Black, or blatant copycats, then |
| somehow penetrated the Pentagon and other sources | | | | exactly who were these earlier original dark-suited |
| as well, plus he has searched through evidence that | | | | intruders that government men later merely imitated? |
| has been disclosed by the USA's Freedom of | | | | Hmmm. I'd say the carpet was yanked beneath our |
| Information Act, although I'm sure the highest levels of | | | | feet once again, folks! |
| information were not disclosed. The government would | | | | So we still have a big mystery here, and it keeps |
| never cut its own throat like that. | | | | evading us. These original Men in Black couldn't have |
| Nevertheless, he believes that the government took on | | | | been hallucinations if numerous witnesses were |
| the elaborate guise of the Men in Black in order to | | | | approached by them. They couldn't have been mere |
| proceed with their nefarious actions. He uncovered | | | | fabrications if what the various witnesses reported |
| that there existed a covert unit that continually | | | | were clear consistencies: dark-suited men with dark |
| covered its tracks by changing its name and often it's | | | | glasses usually, often wearing outdated clothing, driving |
| location, at least since the early 1950s. On the surface, | | | | up in black sedans, coming in teams of three, with |
| what may appear to have been several different | | | | unusual mannerisms and awkward ways of speaking, |
| branches of the government that were created and | | | | and so on. |
| then later discontinued, over the last several decades, | | | | Another interesting fact is that both Great Britain and |
| may have actually been only one group that | | | | the USA, and even Australia, have similar government |
| persevered through several incarnations, a covert | | | | units that may be cover operations for Men in Black. |
| group which was quite possibly what we call Men in | | | | While Great Britain has such outfits as DSTI |
| Black. According to Bill Moore, its first incarnation begin | | | | (Directorate of Scientific and Technical Intelligence, as |
| around 1950 or so, first called the 1006th Intelligence | | | | Jenny Randles suggests), and DI 55 (a defense |
| Squadron. In 1959 it used the cover name of 1127th | | | | intelligence department), then the USA has the |
| Field Activities Group. Then in the latter half of the | | | | AFSAC. Incidentally, since there have been UFO |
| 1970s it went through another transformation and | | | | reports out of Russia too, does it mean the KGB has |
| became the 7602 Air Intelligence Group. Finally, in 1983 | | | | their own Men in Black? Something to look into. Also, |
| it was known as the AFSAC, or Air Force Special | | | | these secret facilities are clearly where high-level files |
| Activities Center. Currently, this division is still functioning | | | | are concealed by top security management so that |
| and is under the command of the Air Force Intelligence | | | | the public cannot access them. Only low-level |
| faction at Kelly Air Force Base in Texas. | | | | information over the years has been released, and this |
| Bill Moore reports that this group essentially collects or | | | | is usually items that we hear from UFO eyewitnesses |
| confiscates intelligence and evidence from obvious | | | | anyway. So in my opinion, these agencies aren't giving |
| witnesses of UFO and related phenomena, usually by | | | | us any new data. |
| coercion, hence via covert means, as opposed to | | | | I would like to know if anyone has ever had the guts |
| more mainstream methods such as by electronic | | | | to fight back at these mysterious intruders or to |
| sources or research from hardcopy material. Evidently, | | | | capture one or more of them. And have there been |
| agents from the AFSAC (or via its other names it has | | | | any defectors of this covert government operation, if |
| used over the years) disguise themselves as ominous | | | | that's what it is? That is, covert agents or recruitees |
| dark-clad men to harass these witnesses into turning | | | | who began to realize that what they were doing to |
| over any evidence and then by threatening them, they | | | | innocent people was totally inappropriate and |
| keep silent. Certain evidence states that these agents | | | | unconstitutional, and then decided to quit this covert |
| travel in threes, which corroborates with similar reports. | | | | operation, to either go public with the classified |
| The eccentric and awkward nature of these | | | | information, or to totally disappear for safety sake, lest |
| mysterious Silencers, perhaps something out of comic | | | | his fellow agents try to stop him -- by whatever |
| books or science-fiction movies, was obviously | | | | means possible, even assassination. I haven't heard |
| intentional, so that if witnesses ever spoke about them, | | | | anything like this personally, but that doesn't mean it |
| others would perceive them as wacked-out crackpots, | | | | hasn't happened, because perhaps these Silencers will |
| hence debunking their claims as eyewitnesses of any | | | | even silence their own if they get out of hand or try to |
| UFO phenomena. And that's another ingenious factor | | | | disclose top-secret information to the public. |
| of the US government's UFO cover-up. This makes | | | | Incidentally, with this very idea in mind, I have written a |
| sense because Bill Moore also purports that the | | | | story called "Renegade from the Shadows," and you |
| AFSAC commonly recruited unusual people, anywhere | | | | can find it listed on my web page, R. R. Stark's |
| from burglars to ex-cons, and masters of disguise, and | | | | Strange and Curious Stories, if you go to the |
| all sorts of odd characters from all over the country, | | | | appropriate link below. |
| then trained them to do the dirty work of this covert | | | | So, have we really learned anything new here? Or are |
| agency. | | | | we left with the same old questions as before, and |
| But what I find really interesting is, as Bill Moore says, | | | | are there any new questions? I would sure like to hear |
| that the AFSAC didn't just concoct this clever charade | | | | some new answers for a change. The way I see it, |
| to hassle people on their own -- they borrowed these | | | | the more I research the Men in Black mythology, it |
| bizarre ideas from another source. That's right, folks! | | | | seems there are always far more questions than |
| From the beginning, they were inspired by strange | | | | there are answers. Isn't that the typical pattern with all |
| reports of mysterious men wearing black, particularly in | | | | conspiracies and cover-ups? |