UFO Northwest: How Washington State Spawned the Men In Black

The Historic Trust will host “UFO Northwest: How Washington State Spawned the Men in Black” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. April 10 at the General O.O. Howard House, 750 Anderson St. A, Vancouver. Screenwriter and producer Steve Edmiston will discuss the Aug. 1, 1947, crash of a B-25 bomber in Washington State, which 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. This talk exposes a Washington story that shapes our current UFO narratives, from 1950s pulp magazines to the X-Files and “Men in Black” film franchises. This program is offered free of charge, but RSVP at tinyurl.com/486mnazf.