 Illustration of an archetypal Grey alien | |
| Grouping | extraterrestrial or being of other origin |
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| Similar entities | Reptilian humanoid, little green men |
| Folklore | Ufology |
| Other name(s) | Zeta Reticulian, Roswell Grey, Roswell Alien, Greys, Zetan |
| Region | Worldwide |
| Details | Humanoid with a small and frail body (sometimes appearing as tall), grey skin, large forehead, almond-shaped black eyes, small noses, lips, and ears.
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Grey aliens, also referred to as Zeta Reticulans, Roswell Greys or Greys,[a] are purported extraterrestrial beings. They are frequent subjects of close encounters and alien abduction claims. The details of such claims vary widely. That said, Greys are typically described as being human-like with small bodies, smooth, grey-colored skin; enlarged, hairless heads; and large, black eyes. The Barney and Betty Hill abduction claim, which purportedly took place in New Hampshire in 1961, popularized Grey aliens.[1][2] Precursor figures have been described in science fiction and similar descriptions appeared in early accounts of the 1948 Aztec UFO hoax and later accounts of the 1947 Roswell UFO incident.
The Grey alien has emerged as an archetypal image of an intelligent non-human creature and extraterrestrial life in general, as well as an iconic trope of popular culture in the age of space exploration.
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- ^ Fox, Margalit (23 October 2004). "Betty Hill, 85, Figure in Alien Abduction Case, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
Mrs. Hill was not the first person to tell of an alien encounter. But her account was the first to capture the public imagination on a grand scale, defining a narrative subgenre that has flourished in the decades since. ... They recounted many times that a group of short gray-skinned beings stopped their car and took them aboard a waiting spaceship.
- ^ Lambie, Ryan (10 November 2010). "9 Alien Abduction Movies That Changed The Genre". denofgeek.com. Den of Geek. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
Ever since the case of US couple Betty and Barney Hill became widely publicised in the mid-60s, hundreds of people have come forward with similar claims of extraterrestrial abduction, missing time, strange medical examinations, and grey-skinned extraterrestrials.