Gray Aliens, also known as Zeta Reticulans, Greys Roswell, Grays or Grays, are extraterrestrial beings with a purpose. According to journalist C. D. B. Bryan, 73% of all reported alien encounters in the US depict Gray aliens, a significantly higher percentage than in other countries.[1] Such claims vary widely, but often Grays are described as human with small bodies with smooth gray skin, much larger heads, no hair, and large black eyes. The Hill couple's abduction, believed to have taken place in New Hampshire in 1961, popularized the Gray aliens. There are forerunners described in science fiction, and similar descriptions appear in the original documents written about the UFO incident at Roswell in 1947.

The Gray Alien has emerged as a prototypical image of an intelligent non-human being and extraterrestrial life in general, as well as an icon of popular culture in the age of space exploration. time. Some conspiracy theorists believe that the Gray Strains represent part of a government-led campaign of rational disinformation or disinformation, or that they are the product of government mind-control experiments.
It is difficult to determine the exact origin of the Greys as stereotypical extraterrestrial beings. In his 1893 article "Man of the Year Million," science fiction author H.G. Wells envisioned the possibility of humanity being transformed into a race of gray-skinned humans perhaps one meter tall, with large heads and large heads. large oval eyes that are as black as ink.[5] In his 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon, Wells described the Selenites (inhabitants of the Moon) as having gray skin, large heads, and large black eyes. He also briefly described Greys-like aliens brought down to Earth to feed the Martians as villains in his 1898 novel The War of the Worlds. (War of the Worlds).

In 1933, Swedish novelist Gustav Sandgren, using the pseudonym Gabriel Linde, published a science fiction novel titled Den okända faran ("Unknown Danger"), in which he describes a extraterrestrial race: "...creatures unlike any human race. They are short, shorter than the average Japanese, with large and bald heads, strong, square foreheads, very small noses and mouths, The most distinctive thing about them is their eyes—big, black, sparkling, with a sharp look. They wear clothes made of soft gray fabric, and their limbs appear to resemble humans. ." The novel, aimed at young readers, includes illustrations of imaginary aliens.

In 1965, press coverage of the kidnapping of Betty and Barney Hill made the prototype famous. Kidnapping victims, Betty and Barney Hill, testified that in 1961, aliens kidnapped them and put them on a flying saucer. Under hypnosis, Betty Hill created a "star map" that she claimed had her captors' home planet located in the Zeta Reticuli star system (thought to be the third planet of one of stars of the Zeta Reticuli binary system). Betty then started calling them Zeta Reticulans (The Zeta Reticuli). The term "Greys" was not used until many years later.

In a 1990 article titled "Entirely Unpredisposed," Martin Kottmeyer suggested that Barney's memories revealed under hypnosis may have been influenced by an episode of the sci-fi television show The Outer Limits. titled "The Bellero Shield" aired about two weeks before Barney's first hypnosis session. The episode features an extraterrestrial with big eyes who says, "In the whole universe, in all the cosmic bodies, everyone who has eyes has eyes that can talk." The report from regression hypnotherapy offers a scenario that is in some respects similar to the TV show. In part, Kottmeyer wrote:[6]

Surrounding eyes are an extremely rare thing in sci-fi movies. I only know one case. There was an alien appearance in an episode of the stale TV series The Outer Limits titled "The Bellero Shield." Someone familiar with Barney's sketches in "The Interrupted Journey" and the sketches done in collaboration with artist David Baker will find the "shiver" of the "déjà vu" phenomenon creepy when watch this episode. Much similarity due to the absence of ears, hair and nose on both aliens. Could it be by chance? Consider this: Barney first described and attracted surrounding eyes during his hypnosis session on February 22, 1964. "The Bellero Shield" first aired on February 10, 1964. Only twelve days separate the two cases. If identification is acknowledged, the prevalence of circling eyes in the kidnapping document would be culturally influenced.

The Grays appeared as (benevolent) aliens in the 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. That same year, a creature of the Gray race, known as the Bith, was depicted as the Cantina Band in the Star Wars movie. A duo of another gray alien species, called Duros, also appear in the Cantina shot.