Mysterious Men-in-Blue

For many years there have been reports of so-called “men in black [suits]” who intimidate reporters into self-censoring their accounts of UFO sightings.

Furthermore, nearly every description of UFO crashes (or in some cases, landings) is accompanied by reports of military, or military-style, personnel responding to the scene very quickly, and absconding with all physical evidence of the crash.  In addition, potential witnesses to the event are either barred from approaching the site, or in some cases, ordered to remain silent.  Threats are made, either implicitly or explicitly.

The presence of uniformed men, arriving suddenly where dramatic UFO events have been reported to occur, is not limited to the United States.  Witnesses to the 1966 Westall Incident in Australia report that at least one man in uniform (either police or military) was soon on scene, and confiscated a teacher’s camera.  She had photographed the UFO. 

Of more concern is that a young student at the Westall High School, who was first to arrive at the site, was found either unconscious or hysterical (perhaps convulsing) at the scene, but she was found only after the UFO had lifted off.  Her name was Tanya.  She was carried (or helped) back to the school where an ambulance took her away.  Tanya was never seen or heard from again by her classmates.  One of them who tried to visit her at her house, was told that no one named Tanya had ever lived there.  What happened to her, both at the scene, and afterward?

The more recent, well-publicized case of military men responding to UFO sightings involves the now famous incident involving the USS Nimitz and USS Princeton.  Sailors report that immediately after the incident, military helicopters landed aboard the two ships.  Men disembarked from the helicopters, and confiscated all recordings of the incident.  Apparently, they did not quite get control of all of them, because video of the encounter was leaked to news media.

A curious detail of the incident is that the men who disembarked from the helicopters were not Navy personnel.  They wore Air Force uniforms.  (Men in Blue, as opposed to black.)  Also curious is that at least one of the Navy pilots insists that no such men ever landed on the ships.  Witnesses were ordered to sign non-disclosure agreements, effectively silencing them for years afterward.

It is a prominent feature of these reports, of mysterious men, that the reports tend to be inconsistent with each other, and without solid evidence that they ever occurred, despite the testimony of credible witnesses.

Perhaps the most curious feature of all is that, their one consistency (assuming veracity of the witnesses), lies in the rapid response of the men who show up.  They are often on scene within minutes, which given the circumstances, is an amazing feat.  How could this happen?  If the reports are true in this regard, it seems very much as if these men were already on alert before the incident happened.  It is not as if the men were performing unrelated duties at the time of the incident, and then unexpectedly called to the scene.  Likewise, some incidents involve rather large numbers of military men, equipped with trucks and tarps.  They also, show up within a very short time.

This makes it sound as if the response teams were already expecting to be called to action, and in turn, that makes it sound as if the UFOs involved were themselves part of a military project.  It also makes it seem that large numbers of men, at widely dispersed locations, are always at the ready, at least when there is scheduled activity on the project.

The question then arises, how could the military involve large, well-equipped quick-response teams, without someone, at some time, spilling the beans?  Can secrets be that closely held, across so many years, and by so many people?

It is plausible that they could.  Major military projects have been conducted in secret, with no leaks.  The development of stealth aircraft at Area 51 occurred with nothing more than rumors, until the aircraft were unveiled to the public. 

It is also plausible that whenever secret projects are conducted, for example flight tests, quick response teams are scheduled to be at the ready in case something goes wrong.  They could be directed, very efficiently, to the anticipated location of need.

These plausible speculations suggest that the government knows far more about UFOs than they are revealing to the public.  We should not be surprised if they are.  How many governments are involved?  The greater mystery is whether the UFOs that crash, or land, are from our own planet, or some other.

Both possibilities introduce further mysteries and inconsistencies.  It is a tangled web indeed.

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