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Gray Barker
Gray Barker (May 2, 1925–December 6, 1984)〔(Gray Barker, West Virginia Encyclopedia )〕 was an American writer best known for his books about UFOs and other paranormal phenomena. His 1956 book ''They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers'' introduced the notion of the Men in Black to UFO folklore. Recent evidence indicates that he was skeptical of most UFO claims, and mainly wrote about the paranormal for financial gain. He sometimes participated in hoaxes to deceive serious UFO investigators.
==Life==
A native of Riffle, Braxton County, West Virginia, Barker graduated from Glenville State College in 1947. In 1952, he was working as a theater booker in Clarksburg, West Virginia when he began collecting stories about the Flatwoods Monster, an alleged extraterrestrial reported by residents of nearby Braxton County. Barker submitted an article about the creature to ''FATE Magazine'', and shortly afterwards began writing regular pieces about UFOs for ''Space Review'', a magazine published by Albert K. Bender's International Flying Saucer Bureau.〔Danny Forinash. ("55 good things about West Virginia: Men in Black a state native's handiwork" ). ''State Journal''. May 27, 2005. GT10.〕
In 1953, Albert K. Bender abruptly dissolved his organization, claiming that he could not continue writing about UFOs because of "orders from a higher source". After pressing Bender for more details, Barker wrote his first book, ''They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers'', which was published by University Books in 1956.〔Jerome Clark. ''Unexplained!'' 2nd Edition. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Visible Ink Press, 1999. 452.〕 The book was the first〔 to describe the Men in Black, a group of mysterious figures who, according to UFO conspiracy theorists, intimidate individuals into keeping silent about UFOs. Barker recounted Bender's own alleged encounters with the Men in Black, who were said to travel in groups of three, wear black suits, and drive large black automobiles. In 1962, Barker and Bender collaborated on a second book on the topic, called ''Flying Saucers and the Three Men''. Published under Barker's own imprint, Saucerian Books, this book proposed that the Men in Black were, themselves, extraterrestrials.〔
Over the next two decades, Barker continued writing books about UFOs and other paranormal phenomena. One of these was 1970's ''The Silver Bridge'', which linked the collapse of the Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant, West Virginia with the appearance of an alleged paranormal creature known as Mothman. The book preceded John Keel's ''The Mothman Prophecies'' by five years. Before dying in 1984, Barker wrote a final book about the Men in Black, called ''MIB: The Secret Terror Among Us''.〔
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