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n. (little green man English)
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Little green men is the stereotypical portrayal of extraterrestrials as little humanoid-like creatures with green skin and sometimes with antennae on their heads. The term is also sometimes used to describe gremlins, mythical creatures known for causing problems in airplanes and mechanical devices. Today, these creatures are more commonly associated with an alleged alien species called greys, whose skin color is described as not green, but grey.
During the reports of flying saucers in the 1950s, the term "little green men" came into popular usage in reference to aliens. In one classic case, the Kelly-Hopkinsville sighting in 1955, two rural Kentucky men described a supposed encounter with metallic-silver, somewhat humanoid-looking aliens no more than in height. Employing journalistic licence and deviating from the witnesses' accounts, many newspaper articles used the term "little green men" in writing up the story.
Little green men the stereotypical portrayal of extraterrestrials as little humanoid-like creatures with green skin and antennae on their heads.
Little Green Men may also refer to:
- Little green men (2014 Crimean crisis), Russian irregular forces in Ukraine
- Little Green Men, alien race in ''Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
- "Little Green Men" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), fourth-season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- "Little Green Men" (The X-Files), second-season episode of The X-Files
- Little Green Men (novel), by comic novelist Christopher Buckley
- LGM-1, for "Little Green Men 1", nickname for the first radio pulsar discovered
- "Little Green Men", a track from Steve Vai's debut album Flex-Able
- Enanitos Verdes (Spanish for "Little Green Men"), Argentine rock band
- Xiaoluren (Chinese for "Little Green Men"), the animated traffic light system in Taiwan
"Little Green Men" is the first episode of the second season of the science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network on September 16, 1994 in the United States. It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on August 28, 1995. The episode was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong, and directed by David Nutter. The episode helped explore the series' overarching mythology. "Little Green Men" earned a Nielsen household rating of 10.3, being watched by 9.8 million households in its initial broadcast. The episode received largely positive reviews from critics.
The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. Mulder is a believer in the paranormal, while the skeptical Scully has been assigned to debunk his work. In the episode, Mulder goes to the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico to continue his search for proof on extraterrestrial life. Meanwhile, Scully attempts to aid him after being separated following the closure of the X-Files.
"Little Green Men" was written specifically as a way for Mulder to question his belief in aliens. The episode features the first appearance of an extraterrestrial, because series creator Chris Carter felt it was time to unveil one. In addition, the episode introduces the character of Senator Richard Matheson. Matheson was named after the sci-fi and horror writer Richard Matheson, who wrote many episodes of The Twilight Zone.
"Little Green Men" is the 80th episode of the American syndicated science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the eighth episode of the fourth season.
In this episode, Quark and Rom ferry Nog to Starfleet Academy in Quark's personal shuttle. During the trip, a temporal anomaly sends them to 1947 Earth where they are held prisoner in Roswell, New Mexico.
Little Green Men is a satirical novel by Christopher Buckley, first published in 1999. The novel follows a fictional " Inside the Beltway" talk-show host whose career and life is altered forever when he is abducted by aliens.
Little green men ( zelyonye chelovechki, zeleni cholovichki), also known as Polite People ( vezhlivye lyudi, vvichlyvi lyudy), refers to masked soldiers in unmarked green army uniforms and carrying modern Russian military weapons and equipment that appeared during the Ukrainian crisis of 2014. The term was first used during the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, when those soldiers occupied and blockaded the Simferopol International Airport, most military bases in Crimea, and the parliament in Simferopol.
In April 2015, retired Russian Admiral Igor Kasatonov said that the "little green men" were members of Russian Spetsnaz special forces units. According to his information, Russian troop deployment in Crimea included six helicopter landings and three landings of Il-76 with 500 people.
On 17 December 2015 Russian president Putin confirmed the presence of [Russian] people in Ukraine who were engaged in certain tasks, including in the military sphere, and added that this did not mean the presence of regular Russian army [in Ukraine].
Usage examples of "little green men".
Even Brutal, who liked to read those magazines with the stories about little green men from space, looked dumbfounded.
What if little green men land on the White House lawn and invite us to join a Galactic union?
Where would I have been now, do you suppose, if he hadn't rescued me from those little green men with whips?
When I was stationed here for two years, I began seeing little green men, marching through the halls.
How appropriate when the inhabitants were, verily, little green men.
Sure as the goddess made little green men, Ennit was planning to attack her somehow.