Do you enjoy the fantastical characters and plot lines in shows like "Futurama," "The Matrix," "X-Files," and "Twin Peaks"? Well look no further... New Saucerian proudly presents the original paperback edition of Albert K. Bender's "Flying Saucers and the Three Men" - the book that started off the Men in Black (MIB) craze and influenced several generations of science-fiction and television writers. This carefully crafted facsimile reprint features the cover art from the original 1968 paperback. In these pages, Bender tells the story of how he was "hushed-up" by the mysterious MIB, and then taken to another planet, Kazik, whose nude, bisexual inhabitants planted strange thoughts in his head, and massaged him with a strange ointment. Were these MIB and spacemen from outer space, Inner Earth, or agents of some terrestrial government? Why did they have a secret base underneath the ice of the Antarctic? This must-have ufological classic features annotations, introduction, and epilogue by saucer pioneer Gray Barker, who tried his damnedest to get the reclusive Bender to reveal the entire story. After announcing in 1967 that he was retiring from ufology because his alien-amplified thoughts could kill people (and had already done so), Bender lived quietly in Los Angeles until his death in March of 2016. Although the full story of his run-ins with the MIB and aliens was never revealed, more about Bender can be found in New Saucerian's "When Men in Black Attack: The Strange Case of Albert K. Bender," written by Gray Barker.

Flying Saucers and the Three Men

Religion & Spirituality

Barker, Gray

Bender, Albert K.

Occult & Paranormal

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New Saucerian is delighted to present Albert K. Bender’s "Space Review," a collection of volumes from Bender’s quarterly magazine of the same name.  Bender was the founder of the first major UFO club in the world, the International Flying Saucer Bureau (IFSB), founded in 1952. Even though the bureau was a great success, it was mysteriously closed down the following year.  This rare anthology was originally published in conjunction with Bender’s first book, Flying Saucers and the Three Men, which was beset by various “jinxes,” Men in Black attacks, missing manuscripts, psychic disturbances, and other unusual delays.  Until now, these issues of "Space Review" were only available to members. For the first time ever, they are being made available for the general public to enjoy.  Inside, one finds interesting details that may lead to some understanding of what exactly happened to Bender, who became a media star after announcing he had been taken to a “bisexual” planet, Kazik.  According to Bender, the denizens of Kazik had not only surrounded Earth with an array of orbiting spacecraft, but had also buried “motherships” in remote regions like Antarctica, in an effort to extract a key substance from our seawater.  Bender’s colorful descriptions of the people of Kazik, having received wide attention in the early days of ufology, influenced a generation of saucer enthusiasts, who put the stories into mass circulation.  As a result, many elements of Bender’s fantastical tale can still be found today, in programs like Futurama, The Matrix, X-Files, and countless others.  “Perhaps the single biggest influence on saucer lore, ever…” –John A. Keel

Space Review

The Collected Issues of Space Review for the years 1952-1954

Reference

Almanacs & Yearbooks

Independently published

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