1985: The Abduction of Whitley Strieber

On December 26th 1985 author Whitley Strieber together with his wife and son were staying at their weekend cabin in woods in up-state New York. During the night, Strieber was awoken by noises and a small being entering his bedroom. He blacked out and was then conscious of being in a room with several of the beings. They conducted a horrific series of tests by inserting needles and other implements into his brain and anus.

After the incident, Strieber thought he might be going mad and consulted several psychiatrists. According to him, medical tests for temporal lobe epilepsy proved negative. However, hypnosis and spontaneous memories uncovered more abduction experiences dating back to his childhood. Strieber told of friends and relatives who could testify that incidents had occurred where he had gone missing, to return with no memory of where he had been. 

Strieber told his story through an international best-seller, Communion, which was published in 1987 to a storm of controversy. As Streiber was by trade a best-selling horror writer, critics accused him of pro­ducing a novel purporting to be fact. Strieber always denied this, and his actions did not support the charge. 

However, the book was horrific, and contributed seriously to the abduction debate. His story was not about extraterrestrials, but questioned our whole con­cept of what reality actually is. He told Peter Hough, "I think we are dealing with an objective phenome­non which effects each of us subjectively". The book was made into a movie starring Christopher Walken.

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