Now that im home i can look for a bit of historical context. The first article say's this started in 1998. Well i have posted 1 article with a story from the "50's" and one showing a child like being with black eyes from the late 1800's. Lets see what I can find.. 
from John-Keel-Why Ufos Operation Trojan Horse
An apparently well-known and highly reputable man
identified as "Ex-Senator Harris" said that he had been
awakened at 1 A.M., Wednesday, April 21,1897, by a strange
noise, and he was astonished to see the celebrated airship
descending on his property outside of Harrisburg,
Arkansas. He stepped outside and was met by the craft's
occupants, conversing with them as they busied themselves
"taking on a supply of fresh well water." Senator Harris
said there were two young men, a woman, and an elderly
man on board.
"The old gentleman," the Senator is quoted as saying
(Harrisburg, Arkansas, Modern News, April 23, 1897),
"wore a heavy set of dark, silken whiskers, which hung
down near his waist. He had jet black eyes and a deep, firm
expression."
Keel, OTH pg 78
Another contactee who has refused to make any fuss
over his purported experience with "the people from outer
space" is a young Italian engineer named Luciano Galli,
who runs a small company on the outskirts of Rome. His
story is far more unbelievable than Mr. Cook's, but
whether you believe it or not, it contains all of the classic
elements which appear in many similar yarns. These
elements include terrestrials—people just like you and
me—who are in some way connected with the UFO
phenomenon. Or maybe they really are our ultraterrestrials
in disguise.
Signore Galli left his home after lunch on July 7, 1957,
and was headed back to his plant when a black Fiat pulled
up and a tall, dark-skinned man with piercing jet-black
eyes spoke to him.
"Do you remember me?" the man asked. Galli had seen
the man before on the streets of Rome and, for some
reason, had felt like speaking to him, but he had
disappeared into the crowds.
"I remember you," Galli replied.
"Would you like to come with us?" the man asked.
"Where to?"
"Have confidence." The man smiled. "Nothing will
happen to you."
Galli impulsively got into the car. Another man, smaller
and with delicate features, was driving. They proceeded to
the Croara Ridge outside of Rome where, Galli says, a
saucer-shaped machine was waiting for them. A cylinder
dropped down from the center of the underside of the craft,
and a door opened in it. The tall, dark man led Galli into it,
and they rose into the interior, where two bright lights
suddenly flashed.
"Don't be afraid," the stranger laughed. "We have just
taken your picture."
Keel OTH pg 186-187
Here is a rather routine description of a materialization
event from the late 1800's, as recounted by Archbishop
Thomas Colley in a commentary appended to the 1882
edition of Oahspe, witnessed by a group of doctors and
clergymen: "A spirit form, eight inches taller than Dr.
Monck [Reverend Francis Monck, the medium], grew
from him by degrees, and building itself up into giant
proportions, with muscular limbs developed like statuary
of bronze, and of the color, there came into disconnected,
independent vigorous life, apart from the medium, an
ancient Egyptian.... I now got the spirit to measure hands,
placing its palm on mine. The hand was small—like all
Easterns', and the wrist was also small, but the arm was
massive, muscular, bronzed, and hairy. Its eyes were black
and piercing, but not unkindly; its hair lank and jet, and
mustaches and beard long and drooping; its features full of
life and expression, yet Sphinxlike. Its headdress was very
peculiar, a sort of metal skullcap with an emblem in front,
overhanging the brow, which trembled and quivered and
glistened. I was suffered to feel it, but as I did so, it seemed
to melt away like a snowflake under
Keel OTH pg 217
On Sunday, June 18, 1961, four young girls were
playing marbles outside of the little village of Garabandal,
Spain, when they suddenly saw an "angel." The girls, Mary
Cruz Gonzalez, eleven ,Conchita Gonzalez, twelve, Jacinta
Gonzalez, twelve, and Mary Loly Mazon, twelve (none of
the Gonzalez girls were directly related), said that he
appeared to be about nine years old, was dressed in a long,
seamless blue robe, had a small face with black eyes, and
"fine hands and short fingernails." For some reason, he
gave the impression of being very strong. This figure was
surrounded by a dazzling glow and faded into thin air
without saying a word.
Keel OTH pg 247
