Bender (June 16, 1921 – March 29, 2016) author of the 1962 nonfiction book Flying Saucers and the Three Men, was one of the most influential ufologists of the 1950s/60s.
He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
He was obsessed with the UFO phenomenon and became a UFO researcher, founding the International Flying Saucers Bureau.
In 1965, he founded the Max Steiner Music Society.