September 28, 2015: Unsolved Mysteries - Nick Redfern

Art Bell welcomes British-born author and journalist Nick Redfern to discuss the real Men in Black, a phenomenon far stranger than its Hollywood portrayal. Redfern traces the mystery back to Albert Bender, a 1950s UFO researcher in Connecticut whose International Flying Saucer Bureau was thriving until three pale, short, fedora-wearing entities materialized in his home, communicated telepathically, and warned him to abandon the subject. Bender complied, shutting everything down and never returning.

Redfern describes receiving 40 to 50 new MIB reports per year, with witnesses consistently depicting entities around five feet tall, unnaturally pale, emotionless, and unable to perform basic human tasks like eating with utensils. He draws striking parallels to Dr. David Jacobs' research on alien-human hybrids, noting that both MIB and hybrids camouflage themselves with hats and sunglasses while struggling to mimic human behavior. The discussion extends to black-eyed children, the hat man, and shadow people as potentially related phenomena.

Art and Nick explore how these entities appear to employ mind control, compelling witnesses to open their doors despite obvious danger, yet retreat quickly when someone breaks free of their influence. Callers from Thailand, Romania, and Australia weigh in with their own theories.