"little green men" / "take me to your leader" origin?

[Fred Shapiro]

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Fred Shapiro wrote:

> There has been a lot of research into this, and I believe the OED science
> fiction site has citations back to 1949, as well as a literal usage by
> Rudyard Kipling in 1906.

I meant to say 1946.  I'm pleased that the OED has even earlier evidence
now (1940).

Fred Shapiro


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