The blog Forgetomori has a post on the following image that’s become a classic in UFO lore:Die Fälscher Alien. Excerpt:
t’s one of the most iconic alien images. The men in trenchcoats are described as agents from the FBI, KGB or even SS. None of these is true.
The famous image actually first hit the ufological circles when it was published in an Air Force bulletin in the USA on 1950:
The rest on Forgotomori.
It’s a great image; one I’ve always loved for its UFO – Nazi, captured alien vibe. I remember seeing this image decades ago in one of those Reader’s Digest or Time LIfe type books full of “strange mysteries” or some such. Those books were hardbound, large, full of photos and illustrations of all kinds of Fortean and alien type topics. Whenever I find a book like that in a thrift shop or second hand bookstore I usually buy it; I have a good collection of those things.
Anway, good post on this image on Forgotomori — a very good blog all around, by the way.
And Merry Christmas!
Regan Lee
I used to have a set of those old books too. I remember them very fondly.