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{{Short description| | {{Short description|Class of non-human intelligent beings}} | ||
{{Use American English|date=April 2024}} | {{Use American English|date=April 2024}} | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}} | ||
{{Infobox mythical creature | <!--{{Infobox mythical creature | ||
|name = Grey alien | |name = Grey alien | ||
|AKA = Zeta Reticulian, Roswell Grey, Roswell Alien, Greys, Zetan | |AKA = Zeta Reticulian, Roswell Grey, Roswell Alien, Greys, Zetan | ||
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* Entered folklore with the [[Barney and Betty Hill]] abduction case (1961) | * Entered folklore with the [[Barney and Betty Hill]] abduction case (1961) | ||
|Similar_entities = [[Reptilian humanoid]], [[little green men]] | |Similar_entities = [[Reptilian humanoid]], [[little green men]] | ||
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{{Paranormal}} | {{Paranormal}} | ||
'''Grey aliens''', also referred to as '''Zeta Reticulans''', '''Roswell Greys''' or '''Greys''',{{efn|Spelled "Gray" in certain dialects}} are purported [[extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial beings]]. They are frequent subjects of [[close encounter]]s and [[alien abduction]] claims. The details of such claims vary widely. That said, Greys are typically described as being human-like with small [[body plan|bodies]], smooth, grey-colored skin; enlarged, hairless heads; and large, black eyes. The [[Barney and Betty Hill]] [[alien abduction|abduction]] claim, which purportedly took place in [[New Hampshire]] in 1961, popularized Grey aliens.<ref name="Hill-obit">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/23/us/betty-hill-85-figure-in-alien-abduction-case-dies.html |title=Betty Hill, 85, Figure in Alien Abduction Case, Dies |last=Fox |first=Margalit |date=October 23, 2004 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=April 16, 2021 |quote=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.}}</ref><ref name="DenofGeek">{{cite web |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/9-alien-abduction-movies-that-changed-the-genre/ |title=9 Alien Abduction Movies That Changed The Genre |last=Lambie |first=Ryan |date=November 10, 2010 |website=denofgeek.com |publisher=Den of Geek |access-date=April 16, 2021 |quote=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.}}</ref> Precursor figures have been described in [[science fiction]] and similar descriptions appeared in early accounts of the [[Aztec, New Mexico crashed saucer hoax|1948 Aztec UFO hoax]] and later accounts of the [[Roswell incident|1947 Roswell UFO incident]]. | '''Grey aliens''', also referred to as '''Zeta Reticulans''', '''Roswell Greys''' or '''Greys''',{{efn|Spelled "Gray" in certain dialects}} are purported [[extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial beings]]. They are frequent subjects of [[close encounter]]s and [[alien abduction]] claims. The details of such claims vary widely. That said, Greys are typically described as being human-like with small [[body plan|bodies]], smooth, grey-colored skin; enlarged, hairless heads; and large, black eyes. The [[Barney and Betty Hill]] [[alien abduction|abduction]] claim, which purportedly took place in [[New Hampshire]] in 1961, popularized Grey aliens.<ref name="Hill-obit">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/23/us/betty-hill-85-figure-in-alien-abduction-case-dies.html |title=Betty Hill, 85, Figure in Alien Abduction Case, Dies |last=Fox |first=Margalit |date=October 23, 2004 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=April 16, 2021 |quote=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.}}</ref><ref name="DenofGeek">{{cite web |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/9-alien-abduction-movies-that-changed-the-genre/ |title=9 Alien Abduction Movies That Changed The Genre |last=Lambie |first=Ryan |date=November 10, 2010 |website=denofgeek.com |publisher=Den of Geek |access-date=April 16, 2021 |quote=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.}}</ref> Precursor figures have been described in [[science fiction]] and similar descriptions appeared in early accounts of the [[Aztec, New Mexico crashed saucer hoax|1948 Aztec UFO hoax]] and later accounts of the [[Roswell incident|1947 Roswell UFO incident]]. |