UFO Northwest: How Washington State Spawned the Man In Black

Name: UFO Northwest: How Washington State Spawned the Man In Black
Start: 2025-04-10T18:00:00-07:00
Location: General OO Howard House, 750 Anderson St, Vancouver, WA, United States, Washington 98661

Schedule

Thu, 10 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

General OO Howard House, 750 Anderson St, Vancouver, WA, United States, Washington 98661 | Vancouver, WA

On August 1, 1947, the tragic crash of a B-25 bomber in Washington State triggered an FBI investigation of “The Maury Island Incident”—an infamous Northwest UFO sighting, and history’s first alleged encounter with the so-called “Men in Black.”
The FBI’s records from 1947, which were sealed for decades, reveal Cold War fears, jurisdictional disputes, cover-ups, false confessions, a courageous FBI Special Agent, and the hands-on involvement of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
Relying on the FBI records, this talk exposes a Washington story that shapes our current UFO narratives, from 1950’s pulp magazines to the ubiquitous X-Files and Men in Black film franchises. Also examined: how the Northwest’s unique position in UFO history is challenged by others that assert contradictory narratives.
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