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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I enjoyed reading this book - but I must say, in a case of "style over content", it was because it was a grippingly enjoyable, easy-to read potboiler of an investigation, not because I thought it was a particularly good investigation.
The book falls roughly into two parts - the first being a collection of both historical and contemporary MIB experiences, and how this history and that of some early experiencers played a part in what became a much more fleshed-out modern phenomenon. I had some difficulties with parts of this. While the history behind the first recorded MIB experiences was very interesting and informative, I found some of the the subsequent "cases" a bit hard to swallow. That's no disrespect to the experiencers - all experiences in my book being personal and valid as an experience. But they mostly revolved around exactly the sort of people who already believed in such things and were perhaps more likely to experience unusual phenomena, and the experiences themselves were often breathlessly-related tales relating not much more than the sighting of a man in a suit in a car, or hanging around near where somebody lived, or a temporary problem with a 'phone line. All of these cases could be explained by coincidences or misinterpretation of regular people going about their business - it's only Redfern's colourful use of Lovecraftian adjectives to describe these 'events' that makes some of them worth reading about. And to post photographic 'evidence' such as a photo taken of a man dressed as a MIB at a UFO conference of all places ... that stretched even my patience a bit.
The second part is, in my opinion, in many ways more interesting and important. This section deals with various theories on where the phenomenon may stem from and what it actually is and means. Theoretical discussions take in the 'daemonic' (from Tulpa to Trickster), plain hoaxes and government agents, to hallucinations, time-travellers, and misidentification. There's also a member of the clergy who not too surprisingly supports the theory that anything paranormal and occult is the work of the devil.
I'm with Redfern in concluding that the MIB phenomenon is likely to be a mixture of many different things, from government agents to hoaxers to people with overactive imaginations interpreting a someone in a suit parking nearby as the sinister MIB phenomenon.
So my two questions would be, why devote so much of the first part of the book to experiences that read exactly like such misidentifications? And the second is - if people who poke their noses in to MIB business often end up harassed, hounded, lose their minds or end up dead (leading Redfern, somewhat MIB-like himself, to warn readers of the consequences of dabbling too deeply), how come he chose to?
The book falls roughly into two parts - the first being a collection of both historical and contemporary MIB experiences, and how this history and that of some early experiencers played a part in what became a much more fleshed-out modern phenomenon. I had some difficulties with parts of this. While the history behind the first recorded MIB experiences was very interesting and informative, I found some of the the subsequent "cases" a bit hard to swallow. That's no disrespect to the experiencers - all experiences in my book being personal and valid as an experience. But they mostly revolved around exactly the sort of people who already believed in such things and were perhaps more likely to experience unusual phenomena, and the experiences themselves were often breathlessly-related tales relating not much more than the sighting of a man in a suit in a car, or hanging around near where somebody lived, or a temporary problem with a 'phone line. All of these cases could be explained by coincidences or misinterpretation of regular people going about their business - it's only Redfern's colourful use of Lovecraftian adjectives to describe these 'events' that makes some of them worth reading about. And to post photographic 'evidence' such as a photo taken of a man dressed as a MIB at a UFO conference of all places ... that stretched even my patience a bit.
The second part is, in my opinion, in many ways more interesting and important. This section deals with various theories on where the phenomenon may stem from and what it actually is and means. Theoretical discussions take in the 'daemonic' (from Tulpa to Trickster), plain hoaxes and government agents, to hallucinations, time-travellers, and misidentification. There's also a member of the clergy who not too surprisingly supports the theory that anything paranormal and occult is the work of the devil.
I'm with Redfern in concluding that the MIB phenomenon is likely to be a mixture of many different things, from government agents to hoaxers to people with overactive imaginations interpreting a someone in a suit parking nearby as the sinister MIB phenomenon.
So my two questions would be, why devote so much of the first part of the book to experiences that read exactly like such misidentifications? And the second is - if people who poke their noses in to MIB business often end up harassed, hounded, lose their minds or end up dead (leading Redfern, somewhat MIB-like himself, to warn readers of the consequences of dabbling too deeply), how come he chose to?
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Nick Redfern has collected many MIB cases and examines just who or what they are. It seems that MIBs have been around for a long time and many of the usual conclusions like governement agents or aliens just don't add up. I highly recommend anyone interested in the paranormal to buy this book, because the MIBs represent part of the same phenomena that haunts this planet and has done throughout history. I also recommend buying this book with his other book Final Events, where a real government think tank delve into what ufos really are, with startling conclusions!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This book is a fascinating insight into the mystery concerning the infamous Men in Black. Starting with the Albert Bender case the first half of the book concentrates on people's experiences with MIB's and even a couple of WIB's. The second half discusses theories about just who they are and where they come from. There's an interesting chapter that theorises they could be time travellers although I prefer the supernatural angle. Being a buff on all things mysterious this book for me is a very good read. I have 2 issues with the book which is why I gave it four stars. The first being the length, at about 230 pages you'll read it in a few hours. The 2nd being the alleged MIB's photographs, one shows a man standing in a doorway which is neither here nor there but the second photo shows some chubby kid standing there looking straight down the lens. For me the 2nd photo should never have been shown in the book as it kind of ruins the enigma of the MIB legend. If you manged to capture a supernatural MIB on film he would almost certainly know about it and go to great lengths to harass and intimidate the photographer or just plain materialize in the guys house and take it.
In conclusion a great page turner, just forget about those photographs or the MIB's just might pay you a visit.
In conclusion a great page turner, just forget about those photographs or the MIB's just might pay you a visit.
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