American Albert K. Bender (1921-2016) was one of the first professional UFO researchers and one of the three most influential ufologists in the 50-60s of the last century.
During World War II, he served in the US Air Force, and after the war ended, he became interested in the UFO phenomenon (paranormal-news.ru).
Bender was the first to collect and try to systematize the visits of the Men in Black. He also created the first large society of ufologists - the International Flying Saucer Bureau (IFSB).
In 1962, Bender gained great popularity by publishing the book "Flying Saucers and the Three Men", but before that he opened his UFO journal Space Review and soon after that another event happened that influenced the entire subsequent life of the ufologist.
Late at night in March 1953, someone knocked loudly at his house. Bender did not even have time to go down from the attic in which he slept and worked, when three men in black somehow entered the house and climbed the stairs to him.
They turned out to be typical representatives of the Men in Black, whom he had previously heard only from frightened eyewitnesses. They had sparkling eyes, pale skin, and classic black suits with black boots and a white shirt. Fedor's hats are on his head.
When they, without saying a word, came almost close to the ufologist, he suddenly felt sick and weak. According to him, it felt like a diabetic person who skipped breakfast, lunch and dinner. He was also enveloped in chills and began to shake shallowly from the cold.
Finally, unable to bear it, Bender fell on the bed from weakness, and immediately received a telepathic message from the Men in Black. They demanded that he leave the UFO topic otherwise something bad will happen to him. Then they turned and left.
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Bender took their threats seriously, but the study of UFOs had already become the meaning of life for him and he could not give up everything. And he continued his work.
Soon the Men in Black visited him again, and again during their visit Bender felt painfully weak and exhausted. They seemed to draw life energy out of him, and much more than on the first visit.
Bender also noticed that with each visit, the eyes of the Men in Black shone brighter and more menacingly. But he again did not dare to give up the topic of UFOs and then they came to him for the third time and now Bender felt completely sick.
After the second visit, his stomach ached, as if with an ulcer, and migraines happened every day, and after the third visit, Bender began to lose weight and he began to have problems with his eyesight or psyche, it began to seem to him that the Men in Black were pursuing him even on the city streets.
According to Bender, he saw the Men in Black in every shaded nook and in the meantime his stomach problems worsened.
And now the ufologist could not stand it. He closed his Space Review magazine, closed the international bureau and decided to move away from UFO research. After that, his health improved. Released in 1962, the book was his last swan song, after which, until his death in 2016, Bender no longer touched on the topic of UFOs.