Case · UFO Afrinews No 20, July 1999
Shirley Greenfield: pudding-basin UAP and the men in black (book review retelling)
Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Outside the region. Hind reprinted this case from elsewhere; it has a file here but no place on the map.
What was reported
Wintle summarises the opening case of Jenny Randles' book, chosen because it contains every classic feature of the MIB syndrome. Walking the ten minutes home from the bus one January evening, Shirley was swooped on by a glowing object like an upturned pudding basin 20 to 30 ft across; the surroundings went silent, a pressure forced her down, her teeth vibrated and she tasted something tangy. The object flipped away and she reached home terrified with half an hour missing. Over following days her eyes watered, a purple rash spread over neck and shoulders, and her dentist found her upper fillings had crumbled to powder. Nine days later a caller asked her mother about marks on her body, then two men in smart black suits questioned her for three hours with a tape that was never changed, announced she had seen an RAF weather balloon, demanded to see marks, asked about psychic powers and told her to keep silent. Eight years later hypnosis recovered an abduction and sheer terror of the visitors, who seemed to speak subliminally.
What Hind made of it
Wintle regards the subliminal element of the interrogation as the strongest proof that MIB are integral to the UAP mystery.
Explanation offered
RAF weather balloon, asserted by the MIB 'Commander'
In their words
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This is what you saw!
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I don't understand, he's talking to me twice!
Cross references
- The Truth Behind the Men in Black, Jenny Randles, 1997