Men in Black are the stuff of flying saucer legend; many books and articles exist about MIB encounters UFO witnesses sometimes have tales to tell of weird "men" who suddenly appeared at their doorstep, usually with threats to them and their families if they didn't stop talking about their experiences. Some say it all started with Albert K. Bender, in the early 1950s, who published the UFO newsletter "Space Review." But men in black go back hundred of years, always in a paranormal, Fortean context, usually appearing in threes. Much has been written about the "devil" appearing as men in black; this motif seems to represent something both supernatural and sinister. Are the men in black of folklore (using folklore in its true form, and not to mean "falsehood") the MIBS of flying saucer stories? ~ from MIBS Clowns and Helicopters for Trickster's Realm on Binnall of America by Regan Lee.