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1930's Men in Black (MIB)
The following account, taken from the May, 1946 issue of
AMAZING STORIES (pp. 171-173) seems to contain information which would explain
many of the 'missing pieces' of the overall 'Men In Black' phenomena. At least
some of the 'MIB' have been variously described as 'androidal' like beings,
although as John Keel has stated some seem to portray reptilian aspects, and in
a few cases obviously human entities have been described. Christa Tilton
allegedly encountered some 'MIB' in a black auto near Boynton Canyon, near
Sedona, Arizona. She described them as follows:
"The men did not look right. Their faces had no
expression on them whatsoever. They looked like they were wearing chalky tan
makeup. Their movements were robot-like and unearthly."
The AMAZING STORIES letter, which was quite lengthy and
excerpts of which we quote below, was submitted by a Mr. Edward John of (at the
time) 475 Fell St., San Francisco, CA.:
"Sirs... I have enjoyed your stories for many years as
I have read AMAZING since the first issue back in 1928 if I remember right.
"...I think I can show you an entrance to this
subterranean city that he (Shaver) has written about several issues back. Here
is what happened to me and you may judge for yourself. In 1931 my mother and I
took up a section of land as a cattle raising homestead from the U.S.
Government and naturally it was not a choice piece... a person who turned out
to be our nearest neighbor gave us some hints and as the place was only six
miles from his we stayed at his ranch until we built our house. Then we moved
into our own and all in all we stayed there about two years before we quit;
and now I will relate the things that caused us to quit, which at the time I
did not know much about, but since Mr. Shaver wrote, now I know and marvel
that we managed to stand two years without getting killed by these things from
below.
"As a note of interest I have had to use 30,000
rounds of ammunition in the period and perhaps that is why we are still here.
At night I would sit up fully dressed all night with a rifle in my hands,
ready, and an extra one by my side. In about five hours after dark I would
hear things moving outside the house and after a while something would try to
open the door quietly and I would wait until I saw the knob turn, then let go
a clip right through the door and then pull it open and look around outside
and there was nothing to be seen. After a couple of nights like that, that
performance would stop and something new would be tried.
"There are too many incidents to be told in one
letter, the best one was the two disappearing automobiles, which happened at
about ten at night over at the neighbor's place. It was as follows: the
neighbor and we were sitting on the porch after supper when he saw headlights
come over the hill to the fence then along the fence for about half a mile,
then go out and that was all that night. So next morning we went to the trail
along the fence and there were tire tracks of seven inch width tires and they
went along the fence into the box canyon and right up against a smooth boulder
about 20 feet in diameter and ended there. Now the car could not turn around
anywhere in that place because the road is a trail five feet wide and one side
is against our neighbor's fence, which was not damaged and the other was a
steep hill that no car could even make in compound low. You know, we have a
few mountains here, and as far as backing out I tried that myself in the
daytime with help and I could not steer a straight enough path without
crossing my other marks so they did not back out or we would have trailed them
as my neighbor has lived around there since 1848 and he sure knew his
tracking. We never did get an answer to the question of where did the cars go.
"The cars were very large and black and very
heavy and now that I compare them they were about twenty years ahead of
anything I have ever seen anywhere and I had worked in the auto business for
about five years before we took up the land. They were silent, smooth, no
wavering of the lights and the trail is extremely rough; in places it has
hollows a yard deep, but these cars went through at about 25 mph, and it would
even wreck a jeep to do that, so you figure it out and let me know the answer
if you can. By wavering of lights, I mean that the beams were steady and not
flashing up and down as an ordinary car would do when a rough road is
traveled.
"I have been away from there since 1933, but
just about three months ago, I drove through with a friend for safety and my
place is razed to the ground and everything that was made by human hands has
been carried off even the old tin cans, and the place would not be noticed
unless you knew where it was. The Coast and Geodetic survey had a marker near
my house in the front yard and even that is gone; who would want to take a
concrete marker and carry it away?
"...after two weeks, you can hear insects
running on the ground, (also) forest fires will not burn there. They burnt
250,000 acres, then burnt all around this area; and that stopped the forest
rangers. They never could understand because most of it is on the slope of a
mountain and it should have gone, but they saw that the wind came down and
blew from the top down and blew North, South, East and West at once and that
was the only time that the wind ever blew there.
"Also you can detect an atmosphere of fear
within 30 miles of the area and you will not get a statement from anyone who
lives around there and the people in the valleys are afraid of the people in
the hills. One farmer erected 20 foot barbed wire fences and a heavy gate
across the road that leads to my old place. The gate would take a tank to
knock down, so maybe there is something there, after all.
"It is located 110 miles north of San Francisco
in Mendocino county and is directly on the old Pieta toll road that ran
between Hopland and Lakeport in Lake county of which Clear Lake is quite a
summer resort. If you care to look it up on a map get a good auto road map and
look due south off the road midway between towns and you will note an area
with no roads bounded by Sonoma Lake and lower Mendocino counties and there is
it. If you wish to go there, be sure that enough people know where you went.
Maybe they will be able to find you. There have been several disappearances
along that stretch of road, even trucks have vanished. All the U.S.
Government's.
"The U.S. Government has noted the area as
rough, unsurveyable and UNEXPLORED...
"Personally I do not care to go near the place,
but if there is some way of driving the things out I would help if I can so
that someone else could live there safely.
"...Also I forgot to mention there is a cave on
the property that has steps leading down and there is no sound when a rock is
thrown in. I have never seen it, but I understand that it is there...
Also, several people have died of heart failure and some have gone insane, I
found out later.
"I think the thing that saved us was the fact
that I am not surprised at anything and that I am quick to shoot and I can
shoot without sighting and by ear and not having the thought of shooting fixed
so that the things would be warned. After that place, I was able to outshoot
U.S. Marine sharpshooters. I tried competing in a match and I just never
missed any target at any range. If I could see it, I could hit it, 5 out of 5.
I have tried practice machine guns at plane models and I hit 3 out of 5 at
speeds up to 700 mph scale without using the sights. So the old ranch gave me
something worthwhile after all.
"Due to my physical condition, I cannot get into
any armed forces, so that talent is wasted, for you see I have a bad leg and
cannot walk more than a mile at a time. Since I left the ranch I have been in
the radio business and have not owned a gun since '34, because as long as I
stay away from there I don't need one..."
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