Men in Black

:This article is about alleged secretive government departments. For the movie, see Men in Black. For other uses of the term, see The Men in Black.

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In UFO conspiracy theories, the term Men in Black (MIBs), also known as Men in Gray or Men in Grey, are alleged to be men dressed in black suits claiming to be government agents who attempt to harass or threaten UFO witnesses into silence.

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UFO conspiracy theories - UFO

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"All MIB are not necessarily garbed in dark suits," writes Jerome Clark. "The term is a generic one, used to refer to any unusual, threatening or strangely behaved individual whose appearance on the scene can be linked in some fashion with a UFO sighting." (Clark, 317–18)

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The phenomenon was initially and most frequently reported in the 1950s and 1960s; it is contemporaneous with many other conspiracy theories.

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