Brief
Anne Strieber
The claims the writer was given for Anne Strieber, in the order they were given.
1
Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber's book The Communion Letters (1997), pages 53-55, contains the woman's letter in a chapter entitled "Alien Abduction as It Really Is," described as "the most vivid description of the visitors in all our records," yet Strieber did not reveal in that book that his own original "visitors" featured hair.
“See The Communion Letters by Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber, (1997), pp. 53-55. Even though Strieber has the woman's letter in the chapter entitled "Alien Abduction as It Really Is" and that it is "the most vivid description of the visitors in all our records" he did not reveal that his own original "visitors" featured hair.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch23:16035-16360 observation first hand
2
Anne Strieber recalled hearing a woman's voice mumbling in a soothing way during the night of the October 4, 1985 abduction experience, and said the voice was deeper than her own.
“"Mumbling in a soothing way" ... "It was deeper. She has kind of a highish voice."”
Communion 2013-06-16 111-125 testimony first hand
3
On the evening of 1985-10-04, the Striebers and their guests went to a restaurant and did not finish until about nine o'clock.
“Well, we went to a restaurant. ... We got home late. We didn't get finished at the restaurant until about nine.”
Communion 2013-06-16 176-182 testimony first hand
4
Under hypnosis, Whitley Strieber recalled asking to go home and expressing that he wanted to remain with his mother, his wife, and his son, and did not want the round door in the room opened.
“"I don't want to go home.'" ... "'I do not want you to open that door! I belong with my momma and my wife . . . and my boy. That is where I belong." [Sobs.] I don't belong here. I don't know how I ended up here.”
Communion 2013-06-16 237-247 testimony first hand
5
Anne Strieber described the "little white thing" she recalled at the LaGuardia Place apartment as about as tall as a four-year-old child, white, glowing, and with little pointed feet.
“"A little ghost. A little white ghost with little feet" ... "Oh, about as tall as a four-year-old. It had little pointed feet." ... "No. Just kind of glowing."”
Communion 2013-06-16 341-373 testimony first hand
6
Under hypnosis, Whitley Strieber recalled taking his family and guests to dinner at a restaurant called the Top of the Falls, about fifteen minutes from home.
“"How far is the restaurant from your home?" "Oh, not long, about fifteen minutes. And we had dinner."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch10:12180-12273 testimony first hand
7
Anne Strieber described the explosion sound as like something hitting something, almost like an explosion.
“And your Anne said it was like something hitting something. Almost like an explosion.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch10:33502-33577 testimony second hand
8
Under hypnosis, Whitley Strieber recalled having supper in the country on the evening of December 26, 1985 with Anne Strieber and their son.
“"In the country." ... "Anne and our son."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch10:44454-44506 testimony first hand
9
Under hypnosis, Whitley Strieber recalled hiding his nightly house-checking behaviour from Anne Strieber and their son.
“"Did your wife ask you why- you were looking in the closet?" "No. She never saw." "You hid that from her?" "Yeah. And from my boy."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch10:45515-45643 testimony first hand
10
Under hypnosis, Whitley Strieber recalled going to bed on the night of December 26, 1985 after kissing Anne Strieber goodnight, hearing snow on the house, and listening to a jazz radio programme called "Our Front Porch" before falling asleep.
“We go to sleep in bed. I have a real good book to read. Give Anne kiss. Can hear the snow on the house, a little bit of snow. Turn out the light. I go to sleep. ... I listen to the radio for a while. They have on 'Our Front Porch'? Jazz.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch10:46372-46638 testimony first hand
11
Under hypnosis, Whitley Strieber recalled returning to his bedroom after the experience, brushing his teeth, putting on his blue pajamas, getting into bed, and touching Anne Strieber, who was warm.
“I go in the bathroom, brush my teeth. I can't get that face out of my head. I sure am glad to get home. Now I have to just go to bed. I see my dark pajamas, blue pajamas. put on my pajamas, tie them up. button them up, get right into bed. I touch Anne. and she's warm God.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch10:57029-57297 testimony first hand
12
Whitley Strieber, his wife Anne Strieber, and his son perceived an explosion the same night as the October 4, 1985 abduction experience.
“the explosion perceived by myself, my wife, Annie. and my son”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch11:10655-10713 observation first hand
13
About two weeks after Whitley Strieber's last hypnosis session, he, Anne Strieber, and their son returned to the cabin for the first time since Christmas.
“About two weeks after my last hypnosis session, the three of us returned to the cabin for the first time since Christmas.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch11:16462-16573 testimony first hand
14
At the time of returning to the cabin, Anne Strieber still knew little about the experiences and their son knew nothing.
“Anne still knew little, our son, nothing.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch11:16584-16617 testimony first hand
15
After Anne Strieber underwent hypnosis and learned the whole story, she said she would never have turned away from the cabin.
“Later, after Anne had herself undergone hypnosis and knew the whole story, she said that she would never, ever have turned away from the cabin.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch11:16924-17061 opinion second hand
16
When Anne Strieber asked Whitley Strieber to describe the being's feet in the mental image, the image showed a foot resembling a simple version of a human foot with a solid structure split in only one place instead of toes.
“Anne asked me to describe its feet and it leaned forward against something that I could not see and raised a foot, which appeared almost like a very simple version of a human foot. Instead of toes there was a solid structure split in only one place.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:105541-105784 observation first hand
17
Anne Strieber had only been hypnotised for the first time the afternoon of the day before the country weekend, and knew almost nothing about what was happening with Whitley Strieber before that.
“She had only been hypnotized for the first time the afternoon of the previous day, and knew almost nothing about what was happening with me.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:114315-114452 testimony first hand
18
After Anne Strieber's own hypnosis session, she concluded that some sort of visitor experience might be involved, which is why the guest child's statement about the lighted object scared her.
“From her own hypnosis she had concluded that. some sort of visitor experience might be involved, and thus the little girl's statement scared her.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:114456-114597 testimony first hand
19
That evening, Whitley Strieber listened to music broadcast by WAMC radio station out of Albany while relaxing with his wife in their upstairs bedroom before the family went to sleep by ten o'clock.
“I was in a surprisingly benign mood, listening to music on WAMC out of Albany and enjoying being with my wife.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:117227-117332 testimony first hand
20
During the March 15, 1986 visitation, Whitley Strieber tried to wake Anne Strieber but his mouth would not open.
“I tried to wake up Anne but my mouth wouldn't open.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:120207-120253 testimony first hand
21
The morning after the March 15, 1986 visitation, Anne Strieber said it had been a quiet night and made breakfast while Whitley Strieber sat and stared.
“Anne said, "Well, it was a quiet night," and proceeded to make a beautiful breakfast while I sat and stared.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:123460-123561 testimony first hand
22
When Whitley Strieber told Anne Strieber about the March 15, 1986 visitation, she laughed merrily at the idea of the painted suit of aged design.
“When I told Anne about what had happened, she laughed merrily at the idea of the painted suit of aged design.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:123762-123864 testimony first hand
23
The morning after the March 15, 1986 visitation, the kitchen stove clock had lost five minutes during the night and Anne Strieber reset it.
“and reset the clock on the stove. which had lost five minutes during the night.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:123872-123945 observation first hand
24
After March 15, 1986, both Anne Strieber and Whitley Strieber's son reported episodes of nasal bleeding and little knots in their nostrils, without memory of anything being inserted into their noses.
“After March 15, they'd both had episodes of nasal bleeding, and little knots in their nostrils.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:30807-30893 testimony first hand
25
Anne Strieber developed a knot in the top of her right nostril after March 15, 1986.
“Specifically, Anne had a knot in the top of her right nostril, my son in his left I now developed one in my left nostril.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:30903-31016 testimony first hand
26
Anne Strieber is right-handed.
“Anne is right-handed.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:33918-33932 observation first hand
27
During the February 7, 1986 smell and missing time incident, Whitley Strieber and his wife smelled a distinct odour like smouldering cardboard that was familiar from the past.
“I could smell a distinct odor as if of smoldering cardboard, and it was familiar from the past. My wife could also smell this odor; it was one we had both smelled man, times.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:37424-37592 testimony first hand
28
From 1970 until the spring of 1977, Whitley Strieber and his wife lived in a two-room flat on the top floor of an old building on West Fifty-fifth Street in Manhattan.
“From 1970 until then, my wife and I live in a two-room fiat on the top floor of an old building on West Fifty-fifth Street in Manhattan.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:54058-54184 administrative first hand
29
In April 1977, during the April 1977 stereo voice incident, Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber were sitting together in their living room when somebody suddenly began speaking through the stereo after it had finished playing a record.
“One evening in April 1977, something so bizarre happened that I still cannot understand why we didn't make more of it. With both of us sitting together in our living room, somebody suddenly started speaking through the stereo, which had just finished playing a record.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:54305-54566 testimony first hand
30
During the April 1977 stereo voice incident, the voice held a brief conversation with Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber, and the voice was entirely clear, unlike garbled transmissions from a passing taxi radio or a ham operator.
“We were astonished, naturally, when the voice held a brief conversation with us. The voice was entirely clear, not like the sort of garbled message sometimes picked up from a passing taxi's radio or a ham operator.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:54574-54780 testimony first hand
31
A few weeks after the April 1977 stereo voice incident, Whitley Strieber became possessed of an overwhelming desire to move, and Anne Strieber agreed.
“A few weeks later I became possessed of an overwhelming desire to move. Anne agreed.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:55442-55519 testimony first hand
32
Because Anne Strieber was pregnant, the Striebers wanted to get out of their walk-up apartment when moving to Cos Cob, Connecticut.
“Because Anne was pregnant, we wanted to get out of our walk-up.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:56849-56909 testimony first hand
33
In August 1986, during the August 1986 Provincetown screaming incident, Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber, while staying with friends in Provincetown, Massachusetts, were awakened in the middle of the night by bloodcurdling shrieks that seemed to come from above the house.
“An interesting further occurrence of screaming took place in August 1986 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. We were staying with friends. In the middle of the night we were awakened by truly bloodcurdling shrieks coming, it seemed, from above the house.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:57654-57898 testimony first hand
34
In January 1980, the Striebers took an apartment on the top floor of a high-rise on East Seventy-fifth Street in Manhattan.
“In January 1980 we took an apartment on the top floor of a high rise on East Seventy-fifth Street.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:58216-58307 administrative first hand
35
During the September 1980 incident, the Striebers were awakened by their son crying in terror, and Whitley Strieber saw the impression of a small, dark figure dashing toward the sliding doors leading to their thirty-third-floor balcony.
“In the middle of the night we were awakened by our son's crying. He was desperate, almost wild with terror. I rushed into the living room, heading for his bedroom. I recall the impression of a small, dark figure dashing toward the sliding doors that led to our thirty-third-floor balcony.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:58605-58885 testimony first hand
36
By January 1981, the Striebers had closed on a co-op and moved to their apartment in Greenwich Village, Manhattan.
“In November we closed on a co-op and by January 1981 had moved again, this time to our present apartment in the Village.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:59433-59545 administrative first hand
37
The 1982 white thing incidents in the Greenwich Village apartment began with Anne Strieber, who woke up screaming one night and reported that something had poked her in the stomach.
“It took place in the apartment and began with the most down-to-earth member of our family. Anne. One night she woke up screaming and reported that something had poked her in the stomach.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:60851-61029 testimony second hand
38
Anne Strieber saw the being that poked her; it was translucent white and about one metre tall.
“She had seen it. too: It was translucent white and about three feet tall.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:61038-61106 testimony second hand
39
Neither Anne Strieber nor her son showed any physical evidence of injury from the white thing incidents.
“Neither Anne nor our son showed any physical evidence of injury.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:62058-62115 observation first hand
40
During the white thing incidents, the family's babysitter reported that a child in a white sheet had startled her by peering into the kitchen from the fire escape while she was cooking dinner.
“She said that she'd been cooking her dinner when a child in a white sheet had startled her by peering into the kitchen from the fire escape.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:62491-62624 hearsay third hand
41
After seeing the meteor, Whitley Strieber told Anne Strieber about it, and she asked who it might be.
“I told Anne about it. She said, 'Who would it be?' I said I didn't have any idea.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:93180-93256 testimony first hand
42
Whitley Strieber recalled seeing six figures standing at the end of the bed looking at him and Anne Strieber, who was asleep beside him.
“I look up from my book and there are six figures standing at the end of the bed looking right at both of us. She's turned over and she's asleep.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:93375-93512 testimony first hand
43
Whitley Strieber recalled that during the visitation he felt unable to get up, felt a weight on him, and found he could not wake Anne Strieber.
“I feel like I've just gotten some kind of weight on me. I want to get up... I can't make her wake up.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:93844-93970 testimony first hand
44
During the recollected visitation, Anne Strieber told Whitley Strieber that a bottle of seltzer had blown up in the kitchen, and there was glass on the floor.
“'A bottle of seltzer blew up.'... 'Don't get in the glass. There's glass all over the floor.'”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:97093-97198 testimony first hand
45
Under hypnosis, Anne Strieber's memory of the night of 1985-07-30 stopped right before dinner and did not resume until Whitley Strieber returned the next morning, with the intervening period completely blank.
“She was left with a memory that just stops right before dinner and doesn't start again until I returned the next morning. What happened in between was completely blank, as if powerfully blocked.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:10249-10435 observation first hand
46
On the night of 1985-10-04, Jacques Sandulescu and Annie Gottlieb were guests at the Striebers' country house.
“you and Whitley were there and your son was there and you had guests, Jacques and his woman friend. "Annie."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:10737-10840 testimony first hand
47
Anne Strieber was first hypnotized on 1986-03-13 to help her recall the nights of October 4 and December 26, 1985.
“when Anne was first hypnotized to aid her in recalling the nights of October 4 and December 26, she was aware only that something very unusual seemed to have happened on those dates”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:1117-1293 administrative first hand
48
Anne Strieber closed a section of her regression by saying she saw a light and that it was not dark, on the night of October 4.
“"I just see a light. I mean, it's not dark. You know, it's not dark."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:13129-13191 testimony first hand
49
Under hypnosis, Anne Strieber recalled that Whitley Strieber thought the roof was on fire during the night of 1985-10-04, though she did not see flames or light herself.
“Whitley'd been talking about the chimney lately. Feeling it. And he thought the roof was on fire. But I didn't see how the roof could be on fire because there were no flames and there was no light.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:17458-17649 testimony first hand
50
On the evening of 1986-03-15, Anne Strieber witnessed an apparition of a little girl at the Strieber family's country house in Ulster County, New York.
“On the evening of March 15, she was treated to the spectacular 179 witness of the little girl at our country house.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:1753-1862 testimony first hand
51
During the night of 1985-10-04, Whitley Strieber woke Anne Strieber for the first time after being awakened by a light that passed by the windows of their country house; by the time Anne Strieber was aroused, the light had reduced to a small glow in the front yard.
“(I woke her up the first time when I was awakened by the light that passed by the windows. By the time she was aroused, it had reduced to a small glow in the front yard.)”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:17658-17821 testimony first hand
52
Anne Strieber recalled that Whitley Strieber was not present much on the night in question, and that he sometimes goes out at night to work or just goes.
“"I don't think Whitley was there very much. He was gone. You know, he goes sometimes at night. He goes and works. Or he just goes."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:18583-18707 testimony first hand
53
Under hypnosis, Anne Strieber recalled that during the night of 1985-10-04, Whitley Strieber repeatedly left their bed, going downstairs and returning, doing things throughout the night.
“He was gone. You know, he goes sometimes at night. He goes and works. Or he just goes." "Where did he go that night?" "Downstairs." ... "He just was doing things all night."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:18626-18747 testimony first hand
54
Under hypnosis, Anne Strieber recalled hearing their son during the night of 1985-10-04, sounding especially frightened and terrified, more than during his usual nightmares.
“Oh, yes, he sounded so frightened. Really scared. ... He gets nightmares sometimes. But he sounded especially frightened. I remember he sounded really terrified. So frightened. More frightened than usual.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:19241-19462 testimony first hand
55
Anne Strieber took over the intellectual direction of the Striebers' study of the visitor phenomenon, bringing her own creative and open mind and insisting that speculation proceed from known facts.
“our familiar teamwork system began to function, and she took over the intellectual direction of our study, bringing to it her own creative and open mind, as well as her steadfast insistence that all speculation proceed from known facts”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:2103-2333 opinion first hand
56
Under hypnosis conducted by Budd Hopkins, Anne Strieber recalled that Whitley Strieber left their bed and went downstairs during the night of the October 4, 1985 abduction experience.
“"Whitley kept going. Kept leaving."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:21326-21351 testimony first hand
57
During Anne Strieber's hypnosis session, Anne Strieber described a female authority figure who told the person present that they had to stay in a particular place, comparing it to how a mother would speak.
“It was like your mother said to you, 'You have to stay here.'”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:22283-22338 testimony first hand
58
Before hypnosis, Anne Strieber had a vague memory of Whitley Strieber warning her of fire on the night of October 4, 1985, of hearing an explosion, and of their son calling out to Whitley Strieber.
“Before hypnosis Anne had a vague memory of me warning her of fire on the night of October 4, of hearing an explosion and our son calling out to me.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:2341-2485 testimony first hand
59
At the end of the March 17, 1986 hypnosis session, Anne Strieber said "Whitley's supposed to go. They came for Whitley."
“"Whitley's supposed to go. They came for Whitley."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:23720-23760 testimony first hand
60
Anne Strieber had no memories at all of the night of December 26, 1985.
“She had no memories at all of the night of December 26.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:2584-2636 testimony first hand
61
Whitley Strieber had previously told Anne Strieber that he "flew around the room" one night, which he remembered as a vivid dream.
“The previous March I had told her that I "flew around the room" one night. I remembered this as a vivid dream.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:2678-2782 testimony first hand
62
Under hypnosis, Anne Strieber recalled hearing Annie Gottlieb comforting her son during the night of the October 4, 1985 abduction experience.
“"And then I remember Annie comforting our boy . . . it was a woman. . . . I thought it was Annie. It *was* Annie."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:28331-28437 testimony first hand
63
Under hypnosis, Anne Strieber recalled that Jacques Sandulescu and Annie Gottlieb remained in their room during the night of the October 4, 1985 abduction experience and did not come out.
“"But I get the vague impression that they were in there like a cocoon. Locked in that room." ... "They shut the door and they weren't going to come out."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:28601-28774 testimony first hand
64
In 1982, the Striebers experienced the incident of "the white thing", which was dealt with in detail during Anne Strieber's hypnosis session.
“In 1982 we had the experience of the white thing, which was dealt with to detail in Anne's hypnosis.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:2939-3030 testimony first hand
65
Under hypnosis, Anne Strieber referred to the December 26, 1985 abduction experience as "the day of the owl."
“"That was the day of the owl?" "Well, that's what I'm told. I remember the owl."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:30245-30320 testimony first hand
66
Under hypnosis, Anne Strieber recalled Whitley Strieber talking about "a crystal in the sky" before the owl sighting during the December 26, 1985 abduction experience.
“"I remember Whitley talking about a crystal, too." ... "A crystal in the sky. But that was before the owl."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:30325-30440 testimony first hand
67
On 1986-03-13, Anne Strieber was hypnotized by Dr. Robert Naiman.
“On March 13, 1986, Anne was hypnotized by Dr. Robert Naiman.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:3041-3094 administrative first hand
68
Anne Strieber recalled that Whitley Strieber described the crystal in the sky as having a point that touched the earth.
“"He said it had a point that touched the earth."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:30878-30918 testimony first hand
69
Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber chose a psychiatrist other than Dr. Donald Klein to hypnotize Anne Strieber so that his prior knowledge of the case could not unintentionally direct his questions.
“We chose a psychiatrist other than Don Klein so that there could be no possibility of his questions taking on some sort of unnoticed direction because of what he already knew.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:3102-3272 administrative first hand
70
Anne Strieber recalled that Whitley Strieber had told her he had flown around the room.
“"Whitley, you know, said he'd flown around the room. What do you say to something like that?"”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:31141-31227 testimony second hand
71
Anne Strieber described her role as helping Whitley Strieber afterwards to deal with his experiences, saying she could not stop them from happening.
“"I'm supposed to kind of help him afterwards to deal with it. That's my role. But I can't stop them. you know. He just has to."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:32542-32664 testimony first hand
72
Under hypnosis conducted by Budd Hopkins, Anne Strieber recalled an incident on LaGuardia Place in which she was thumped or poked in the stomach with a sensation like four fingers, which woke her up.
“"Like a sharp jab in the stomach, right here. ... And it was like four fingers, not just one finger. It was — *oof!* ... Woke me right up."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:33146-33309 testimony first hand
73
Anne Strieber recalled that on the same night on LaGuardia Place, their son also woke up and said something had poked him in the stomach.
“"My son woke up and had a nightmare at the same time and said something poked him in the stomach."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:33493-33581 testimony first hand
74
Anne Strieber recalled that Whitley Strieber later said something had poked him in the stomach and that he saw a little white thing at the LaGuardia Place apartment.
“"And then Whitley — I don't remember when it was, it was the next morning or whatever — and he said something poked him in the stomach. He said he saw a little white thing"”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:33590-33755 testimony second hand
75
Anne Strieber recalled that their son and the babysitter also reported seeing a little white thing at the LaGuardia Place apartment.
“"our son said he saw a little white thing and the baby-sitter said she saw a little white thing."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:33765-33854 testimony second hand
76
In a footnote, Whitley Strieber noted that Anne Strieber's description of the "little feet" of the white thing at the LaGuardia Place apartment in 1982 reminded him of Annie Gottlieb's memory of "scampering" in their country house in 1985, and that Anne Strieber was unaware of Annie Gottlieb's account at the time of her own hypnosis.
“(On reading this description of "little feet" in our apartment m 1982. I was reminded of Annie Gottlieb's memory of "scampering" in our country house in 1985. At the time of her hypnosis my wife was unaware of Annie's testimony.)”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:34213-34430 administrative first hand
77
Under hypnosis, Anne Strieber made a comment that she thought her memories had been "taken out."
“She was then brought out of the trance, after making a continent under hypnosis that she thought her memories had been "taken out,"”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:36935-37061 testimony first hand
78
A week after her first hypnosis session, Anne Strieber underwent a second hypnosis session conducted by Robert Naiman.
“She decided to attempt hypnosis again, and a week later was hypnotized by Dr. Naiman, who still had not been informed of the results of my sessions.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:37478-37617 administrative first hand
79
Robert Naiman, when he conducted Anne Strieber's second hypnosis session, had not been informed of the results of Anne Strieber's first hypnosis session conducted by Budd Hopkins.
“was hypnotized by Dr. Naiman, who still had not been informed of the results of my sessions.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:37534-37617 administrative first hand
80
During the March 21, 1986 hypnosis session, Anne Strieber recalled a powerful image that the screaming she had heard on the crucial night was Whitley Strieber screaming, not their son.
“it was found that she was still incapable of remembering much about the crucial nights, except that she had a powerful image that the screaming she had heard was me, not our son.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:37715-37889 testimony first hand
81
During the March 21, 1986 hypnosis session, Anne Strieber recalled seeing Whitley Strieber's face as he screamed and was terrified by the idea that something could frighten him that much.
“She also saw my face as I screamed, and was terrified by the idea that something could frighten me that much.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:37895-37999 testimony first hand
82
Whitley Strieber noted that before Anne Strieber's second hypnosis session, he inadvertently let slip to her that he thought he had been screaming on the night of October 4, 1985, which may have tainted her subsequent recollection.
“Unfortunately, during discussions about her first session I inadvertently let slip that I thought I had been screaming on the night of October 4. Even though her memory may thus have been tainted, her recollection of this is so vivid in the transcript that it may also be that it really happened.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:38121-38408 administrative first hand
83
Anne Strieber said that during her first hypnosis session she only remembered one or two things experientially, as though she had really been there, out of the whole hour and a half.
“"I couldn't remember very many things experientially like you were there. I only remembered one or two things in the whole hour and a half as an experience, the way you think of a real memory . . ."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:38678-38862 testimony first hand
84
At the start of the taped session, Robert Naiman stated for the recording that the date was March 21, 1986, and that Anne Strieber was there to discuss her reflections on her hypnosis session from a week earlier.
“"Just addressing myself to the tape that is rolling, this is the twenty-first of March, .1 86, and Anne is here answering . my questions on her reflections about her last visit here, which was a week ago today"”
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Budd Hopkins was present at Anne Strieber's hypnosis session, and questions he asked during the session are identified with his name while all other questions were asked by Dr. Robert Naiman.
“Budd Hopkins was present at Anne's session. Questions asked by him are identified with his name. All other questions were asked by Dr. Naiman.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:4102-4237 administrative first hand
86
During the March 17, 1986 hypnosis session, Anne Strieber said she initiated her return for the session voluntarily.
“"Oh, yes. I'm here voluntarily. If I had said, 'No. I'm through with this,' I wouldn't be here."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:41163-41252 testimony first hand
87
During the March 17, 1986 hypnosis session, Budd Hopkins set a ground rule that Anne Strieber should not worry about saying anything she thought Whitley Strieber or Budd Hopkins wanted her to say.
“Budd Hopkins: "A basic ground rule today: Don't worry about saying anything you think Whitley or I may want you to say."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:41327-41427 administrative first hand
88
Robert Naiman told Anne Strieber during the March 17, 1986 hypnosis session that her unconscious associations were welcomed and would not be held against her.
“Dr. Naiman: "Not only will we not hold you responsible for your unconscious motivations, we welcome them. Just let your unconscious run free."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:41739-41862 administrative first hand
89
During the March 17, 1986 hypnosis session, Anne Strieber recalled a dream of a large Victorian house on a grassy hill, which was interpreted as symbolising the Strieber family life rather than a flying disc.
“For a time she reflected on a dream of a big, beautiful Victorian house on a grassy hill. It soon became evident that this was no symbol for a flying disk but rather for our family life.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:42317-42498 testimony second hand
90
Anne Strieber recalled that a small white being had poked her, Whitley Strieber, and their son, and considered this odd because it revealed the being's existence to all three of them at once.
“But since it poked me and our son, it kind of gave him away, and I thought it was odd of him to do that. With poking all of us . . . he revealed himself.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:43299-43444 testimony first hand
91
Anne Strieber recalled that the small white being had also appeared on the fire escape to a babysitter.
“Even appearing on the fire escape to the sitter, we wouldn't have tied that in.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:43453-43529 testimony first hand
92
Anne Strieber recalled that her son described seeing something like Casper the Friendly Ghost.
“Except that he was poked .... If he hadn't been poked, if he'd just said he saw something like Casper the Friendly Ghost, which is what he said, well; you'd just think it was a dream.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:43770-43947 testimony second hand
93
Anne Strieber said she could not imagine the small white being as capable of talking or wanting to communicate.
“I don't get the feeling it wants to talk, and I don't get the feeling that it can talk, or that if it could it would necessarily want to communicate.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:44652-44789 opinion first hand
94
Anne Strieber said Whitley Strieber sees things out of the corner of his eye, which is why she thinks the being made a mistake in poking her since that gave the phenomenon a form of reality testing.
“No. I know Whitley does because he sees things out of the corner of his eye. That's why I think n made a mistake poking me. Because that gave it a kind of reality testing.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:45050-45213 opinion first hand
95
During recall of the night of the October 4, 1985 abduction experience, Anne Strieber remembered hearing her son crying and screaming, though she was uncertain whether he called "Mommy" or "Daddy."
“I don't know if he said 'Mommy, Mommy' or 'Daddy, Daddy.' It seems like he screamed.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:45871-45946 testimony first hand
96
Anne Strieber recalled that everyone else said it was her son who called out, but she recalled it may have been Whitley Strieber screaming.
“It seems like he called me, but everybody says he called Whitley.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:45957-46014 testimony first hand
97
Anne Strieber said Whitley Strieber had told her it was him screaming on the night of the October 4, 1985 abduction experience.
“Well, I know Whitley told me it was him screaming. He told me that.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:46217-46279 testimony second hand
98
Under hypnosis, Anne Strieber recalled Whitley Strieber's face as very frightened and terrified, with his eyes widening and turning very white, while screaming on the night of the October 4, 1985 abduction experience.
“I can see his face, very frightened. Terrified. His eyes widen and get very white.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:46527-46603 testimony first hand
99
Anne Strieber said she felt that ignorance was a kind of protection for her regarding the events of the October 4, 1985 abduction experience.
“I get the feeling of ignorance being a kind of protection for me.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:48452-48514 testimony first hand
100
Anne Strieber described her role in the family situation as being the one who is not informed except through Whitley Strieber, and the one who responds emotionally.
“I'm the one who's not informed, except through Whitley. I'm the one who responds emotionally. I know if it feels right.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:48972-49085 opinion first hand
101
Anne Strieber said she felt a sense that Whitley Strieber was vulnerable, and that this was a frightening feeling she would rather not have.
“A feeling that Whitley was vulnerable. That's a rather frightening feeling. I would rather not know about these things that make Whitley vulnerable.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:49740-49877 opinion first hand
102
Whitley Strieber listened to the recording of Anne Strieber's first hypnosis session on March 17, 1986, the Monday after a confirming encounter in the country.
“I listened to the recording of Anne's first hypnosis on March 17, 1986, the Monday after the "confirming" encounter in the country.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:50015-50138 administrative first hand
103
Anne Strieber told Whitley Strieber that during the night she keeps her eyes closed and does not see him go, but hears noise.
“"No. But I hear it. There's a lot of noise sometimes. I keep my eyes closed."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:50426-50494 testimony first hand
104
Whitley Strieber considered that Anne Strieber's testimony under hypnosis was unlike a typical abduction scenario that could have been drawn from subconscious memories of things she had read, and thus was almost certainly taken from her actual memories and perceptions.
“It was by no means a "typical abduction scenario" that could have been drawn from subconscious memories of things she had read in the paper over the years. It was unlike other testimony — and thus was almost certainly taken not from her cultural background but from her actual memories and perceptions.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:50827-51117 opinion first hand
105
Anne Strieber also remembered the enigmatic female presence beside the bed on the night of the October 4, 1985 abduction experience.
“Anne remembered this too. Despite the slip about my screaming she had no reason to identify that presence at the bedside, or to add that it was saying something while the screaming took place.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:51565-51751 testimony second hand
106
Anne Strieber's hypnosis regression began with her memories of the night of 1985-07-30.
“The regression began with her memories of the night of July 30, 1985.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:5369-5433 administrative first hand
107
Whitley Strieber concluded his son's two essays likely referred to July 30 because the family is almost never separated and the essays concerned only his son and Anne Strieber.
“As both stories concern only him and his mother, we decided that they might refer to July 30. Since the three of us are almost never separated, it was easy to pinpoint that particular date.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:54440-54624 testimony first hand
108
There was evidence in the Striebers' son's school journal suggesting an event involving Anne Strieber might have taken place on the night of 1985-07-30, when she and their son were in the country and Whitley Strieber was away on business.
“there was some evidence in one of our son's school journals that an event ... involving her might have taken place on that night, when she and he were in the country and I was away on business”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:5476-5658 testimony first hand
109
When Whitley Strieber returned home on the morning of July 31, he found everything totally normal and his wife and son perfectly happy.
“I found everything totally normal, and my wife and son perfectly happy.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:54812-54877 testimony first hand
110
Both of the son's essays refer to Anne Strieber fainting when the monster appeared.
“Both of our son's essays refer to her fainting when the monster appeared.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:55418-55482 testimony second hand
111
Anne Strieber remembered watching television at some point during the events being recalled under hypnosis.
“Interestingly, she remembered watching "TV" at some point.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:55493-55545 testimony first hand
112
When Anne Strieber was first asked by Robert Naiman what she remembered about the night of October 4, she showed obvious distress, screwing up her face and clenching her eyes as if shrinking from a painful sight or noise.
“When she was first asked by Dr. Naiman what she remembered about the night of the fourth, she evidenced obvious distress, screwing up her face and clenching her eyes as if shrinking from a painful sight or noise.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:56114-56320 observation second hand
113
Anne Strieber initially clearly remembered the night of October 4 as uncomfortably light, though she later denied this memory.
“At first she clearly remembered that the night was uncomfortably light, although she later denied this memory.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:56589-56692 testimony first hand
114
Dr. Robert Naiman began the hypnosis session focused on the night of 1985-07-30 without telling Anne Strieber why that date was chosen.
“Rather than suggest to her in any way that we thought this might be the case, Dr. Naiman began with that night without telling her why.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:5668-5799 administrative first hand
115
Anne Strieber said she had a vague memory of her eyelids being all lit up as if the light was on in the room during the night of October 4.
“"I had a vague memory of my eves closed and my eyelids all lit up as if the light was on in the room. But it was very vague."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:57082-57199 testimony first hand
116
Anne Strieber described her difficulty recalling memories as feeling like a piece of spaghetti being pulled by both the hypnotist and by unnamed others refusing to let go.
“"I feel like I'm a piece of spaghetti with you on one end pulling and them on the other end refusing to let go."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:57438-57545 testimony first hand
117
During her hypnosis regression, Anne Strieber referred to the house feeling full or "different," and indicated that a woman was present during the events of the night in question.
“Later in the regression she began to make references to the house being full, as if there were something "different" about it, to use her word... during both sessions she indicated that a woman was present.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:57678-57902 testimony first hand
118
Anne Strieber referred cryptically to "a friend" being present in the bedroom, without further explanation.
“There was also that cryptic reference to "a friend" being in our bedroom, a reference that was never expanded upon.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:58127-58237 testimony first hand
119
Anne Strieber said the "friend" present was somebody she and Whitley Strieber knew, an old friend, but not Jacques Sandulescu or Annie Gottlieb, and that she could not picture them.
“"It was somebody we knew. An old friend." ... "No. Somebody else." ... "No. It's just what I felt."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:58389-58509 testimony first hand
120
The hypnosis sessions covering the nights of July 30, October 4, and December 26, 1985 took place on 1986-03-13 and 1986-03-21, with Anne Strieber as the subject and Robert Naiman, MD as the psychiatrist.
“SESSION DATES: March 13, March 21, 1986 / SUBJECT: Anne Strieber / PSYCHIATRIST: Robert Naiman, MD”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:5874-5957 administrative
121
Whitley Strieber described Anne Strieber as a committed feminist and as independent a person as he knows.
“She is as independent a person as I know, a committed feminist who”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:59913-59976 opinion first hand
122
Anne Strieber's hypnosis session suggested that Whitley Strieber is taken by the visitors all the time.
“Anne's hypnosis strongly suggested that I'm taken all the time.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:60569-60627 testimony second hand
123
When Anne Strieber was being hypnotised, she had no idea that Whitley Strieber remembered more than two occasions when something strange happened.
“When she was being hypnotized Anne had no idea at all that I remembered more than two occasions when something. strange happened.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:60694-60814 observation first hand
124
During a hypnosis session conducted by Robert Naiman and Budd Hopkins about the events of December 26, 1985, Anne Strieber referred to Whitley Strieber talking about a crystal in the sky.
“When Dr. Naiman and Budd Hopkins moved to the events of December 26, there was a flavor of what it must be like living with all these strange secrets when she made reference to my talking about the crystal in the sky.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:60945-61158 testimony second hand
125
Anne Strieber said frankly that she did not consider Whitley Strieber a down-to-earth guy.
“She said frankly that she did not consider me a "down-to-earth guy."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:61379-61442 testimony first hand
126
During the hypnosis session, Robert Naiman asked Anne Strieber if she thought Whitley Strieber should go to a psychiatrist, and she said no because she thought he could deal with these problems.
“Dr. Naiman, quite naturally, asked her if she thought I should go to a psychiatrist. Her reply was interesting: "No. Because he — I think he can deal with these problems."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:61593-61754 testimony first hand
127
Whitley Strieber did not tell Anne Strieber that he saw a swirling jumble of trees, house, and moon during the floating-out-of-bed incident, instead telling her only that he seemed to float around the room.
“It just seemed too odd, so I contented myself with saying that I had seemed to float around the room.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:62583-62679 testimony first hand
128
During the hypnosis session recalling events of October 4 or December 26, 1985, Anne Strieber said it was like a party and that lots of things were going on.
“"It was like a party. There are lots of thins going on here now."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:63337-63396 testimony first hand
129
Anne Strieber stated that Jacques Sandulescu and Annie Gottlieb were not invited to the event she recalled under hypnosis, suggesting it may have been the December 26, 1985 experience since they were not present that night.
“she states that Jacques and Annie weren't invited, so that may mean the twenty-sixth, when they weren't there.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:63467-63571 testimony first hand
130
Anne Strieber again referred under hypnosis to a mysterious female authority figure, comparing it to how a mother would say 'No, you can't go.'
“"It's like your mother says. 'No, you can't go.'"”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:63653-63696 testimony first hand
131
Anne Strieber said she often felt there were things going on with Whitley Strieber that she was not supposed to know about.
“Finally she volunteered that she's often felt that there are things "going on" with me that she wasn't "supposed" to know.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:63703-63820 testimony first hand
132
When asked under hypnosis whether Whitley Strieber has hallucinations, Anne Strieber said he does not have hallucinations, but that 'they come to him because of his head.'
“She was then specifically asked if I have hallucinations. Her reply was that I do not have hallucinations, but "they come to him because of his head."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:63990-64134 testimony first hand
133
Anne Strieber related her perceptions of a little white thing that invaded the Striebers' apartment in Greenwich Village.
“She then related her perceptions of the "little white thing" that invaded our apartment in the Village.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:64142-64237 testimony second hand
134
On listening to the tape of her hypnosis session, Anne Strieber felt that something seemed to be missing and found it odd that she remembered so little about the crucial periods of time, though on careful analysis it appeared she remembered a great deal.
“On listening, to the tape of her hypnosis, Anne felt that something seemed to be missing, and found it odd that she had remembered so little about the crucial periods of time-or so she thought. It appears, on careful analysis, that she remembered a great deal.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:64325-64580 testimony first hand
135
Anne Strieber referred under hypnosis to hearing 'the voice of a woman' and stated it was not Annie Gottlieb's voice, describing it as deeper than Annie Gottlieb's higher voice.
“There was another reference to "the voice of a woman." She also admits that it was not Annie Gottlieb's voice, although not by saying so directly. "It was deeper. [Annie] has kind of a highish voice."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:64587-64780 testimony first hand
136
One night in April, Anne Strieber talked in her sleep and, in a strange basso profundo voice, said the book must not frighten people and should be called Communion.
“Suddenly she said in a strange basso profundo voice: "The book must not frighten people. You should call it *Communion*, because that's what it's about."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:65308-65454 observation first hand
137
Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber deliberately avoided suggesting to their son that he might be dealing with something outside normal experience, instead telling him he had scary dreams.
“We have been careful to preserve our child from the faintest suggestion that he might be dealing with something outside of normal experience. We have told him that he has had some scary dreams.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:65730-65916 testimony first hand
138
Whitley Strieber's son described a dream in which he and his mother were in a cornfield, he was chewing on a piece of corn, his mother was telling fairy tales, and a huge, orange and green thing with blue feet and blue bumps hovered over them.
“"I was in a — I didn't explain it totally on the journal. It was in a cornfield, my mommy and me, and I was chewing on a piece of corn and my mom was telling fairy tales. And then suddenly this big, big — about let's say from the lobby of this building up to the top —hovered over us. It was colored orange, green, had blue feet." ... "It had these big bumps all over it that were blue and its feet were orange"”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:69978-70309 testimony
139
Whitley Strieber had a dream shortly before speaking with his son in which he, Anne Strieber, and their son were together in a cottage in the English countryside that resembled their cabin, and Anne Strieber and the son went missing overnight.
“The three of us were together in the English countryside to my dream. We had rented a cottage. The inside of the cottage was identical to our cabin. I was confused, because Anne and our son were not there and it was already the evening.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:71326-71554 observation first hand
140
On 1985-07-30, workmen were at the Striebers' country house in Ulster County building a pool on the deck.
“"What are they working on?" "Building the pool on the deck."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:7249-7303 testimony first hand
141
In Whitley Strieber's dream, he was then transported to a cornfield where Anne Strieber and his son had been found hiding, resembling the cornfield in his son's dream.
“Then I was abruptly transported to another place. I was given to understand that Anne and our son had been found here, hiding. It was a cornfield. just like our son's dream.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:72527-72694 observation first hand
142
Whitley Strieber initially hid his abduction-related memories from Anne Strieber and their son and instead sought professional help from Budd Hopkins.
“my initial impulse was to hide everything, and when I could not do that I sought professional help through Budd Hopkins. I told Anne nothing and our son less than nothing.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch13:939-1102 testimony first hand
143
When Anne Strieber and Whitley Strieber were first married, they found a motto for themselves in the Bible, from Ecclesiastes: "Two are better than one . . . and a cord of three strands is not quickly snapped."
“When we were first married, Anne and I found a motto for ourselves in the Bible, from Ecclesiastes, "Two are better than one . . . and a cord of three strands is not quickly snapped."”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch14:113200-113374 administrative first hand
144
Anne Strieber cross-stitched the Ecclesiastes motto and it has remained with her and Whitley Strieber ever since their marriage.
“Anne cross-stitched it and it has been with us ever since.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch14:113385-113437 administrative first hand
145
Whitley Strieber, Anne Strieber, and a scientist friend observed that Whitley Strieber can sometimes affect electronic devices by simply placing his hand near them.
“My wife, myself, and a scientist friend have observed that I can sometimes affect electronic devices by simply placing my hand near them.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch14:88763-88895 observation first hand
146
Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber spend more than half of their time at the cabin because Whitley Strieber does most of his work there.
“We spend more than half of our time at the cabin, because I do most of my work there.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:1619-1698 observation first hand
147
Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber also have an apartment in New York City.
“We also have an apartment in New York City.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:1705-1743 administrative first hand
148
Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber rarely drink more than wine and neither has ever used drugs.
“we rarely drink more than wine, and neither of us has ever used drugs.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:1800-1864 observation first hand
149
On the evening of December 26, 1985, the Striebers had leftover Christmas goose, cranberry sauce, cold sweet potatoes, and seltzer with fresh lime for supper.
“For supper we had leftover Christmas goose, cranberry sauce, and cold sweet potatoes. We drank seltzer with fresh lime in it.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:2609-2731 observation first hand
150
Anne Strieber noticed a dramatic personality change in Whitley Strieber from December 27, 1985, similar to a change that had occurred the previous October.
“From that first day my wife noticed a dramatic personality change in me, which she thought was similar to a change that had taken place the previous October.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:26594-26743 observation second hand
151
After their son went to bed on December 26, 1985, Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber sat quietly listening to music and reading.
“After our son went to bed, Anne and I sat quietly together listening to some music and reading.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:2735-2822 observation first hand
152
Anne Strieber reported that Whitley Strieber's personality deteriorated dramatically over the weeks following December 26, 1985, becoming hypersensitive, easily confused, and short with his son.
“My wife reports that my personality deteriorated dramatically over the following weeks. I became hypersensitive, easily confused, and, worst of all, short with my son.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:29004-29167 observation second hand
153
By ten o'clock on the night of December 26, 1985, Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber were in bed, and by eleven o'clock both were asleep.
“By ten o'clock we were in bed, and by eleven both of us were asleep.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:3201-3262 observation first hand
154
On the afternoon of January 3, 1986, while skiing, Whitley Strieber got a pain behind his right ear similar to the sensation of Novocain wearing off after a dental session, and his wife could see a tiny pinpoint scab in the sensitive area.
“On the afternoon of January 3 we were skiing when I got a pain behind my right ear. It was a sensation similar to what -happens to one's jaw when Novocain wears off after a session in the dentist's chair. My skull ached and the skin was sensitive. In the middle of this sensitive area my wife could see a tiny pinpoint of a scab.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:34130-34454 observation first hand
155
Anne Strieber told Whitley Strieber that he had predicted the newspaper story about the sighting the previous week, though he did not remember the conversation.
“My wife showed me the article and told me. "You said this would happen. You were talking about this last week." I did not remember the conversation”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:36595-36730 testimony second hand
156
Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber researched UFO sightings in their area and discovered it had been a hotbed of sightings for nearly half a century.
“Anne and I did more research into UFO sightings in our area. We discovered that it is a hotbed of sightings, and has been for nearly half a century.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:37409-37549 observation first hand
157
In April 1986, Anne Strieber learned from a friend, an artist who was the wife of a well-known composer, that she had seen a flying saucer in 1953 at age nine, near where the Striebers' log cabin now stands.
“Just by talking with friends in April my wife uncovered a personal experience of an early area sighting, one that took place in the late fifties... She reported that she had seen a flying saucer in 1953, when she was nine.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:38408-38630 testimony third hand
158
To gather unbiased data, Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber asked people the question "What was your strangest experience?" without revealing what had happened to them.
“To at once gain valid information and prevent bias, we had simply been asking people, "What was your strangest experience?" None of the people we asked had any idea of what was happening to us.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:38896-39087 administrative first hand
159
The Striebers' friend described the object she saw in 1953 as similar to the one that appeared in the same area in December 1985: huge, full of lights, hovering, and moving off slowly.
“She proceeded to describe an object similar to the one that had appeared in the same immediate area in December 1985. Like so many reports through the years, she described it as huge, full of lights, and hovering. It moved off slowly”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:39221-39448 testimony third hand
160
On October 4, 1985, Whitley Strieber drove to his cabin in Ulster County with his wife, son, and two close friends, Jacques Sandulescu and Annie Gottlieb.
“On October 4. 1985, my wife, son, and I drove up to our cabin in the company of two close friends, Jacques Sandulescu and Annie Gottlieb.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:48496-48624 observation first hand
161
Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber had known Jacques Sandulescu and Annie Gottlieb for about five years as of October 1985.
“We have known Jacques and Annie for about five years.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:48635-48682 administrative first hand
162
Whitley Strieber was awakened again by a loud report like a firecracker, and his wife cried out while his son shouted downstairs.
“Sometime after I fell back to sleep I was again awakened, this time by a loud report, as if a firecracker had popped in my face. My wife cried out and downstairs my son began shouting.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:52417-52592 observation first hand
163
Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber own a log cabin in a secluded part of Ulster County, New York, where their primary visitor experiences occurred.
“My wife and I own a log cabin in a secluded corner of upstate New York. It is in this cabin that our primary experiences have taken place.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:538-670 observation first hand
164
On February 6, 1986, Whitley Strieber asked his wife and son questions about the night of October 4, 1985 in an attempt to explain the events rationally.
“On February 6, 1986, I came home from Hopkins's house brimming with eagerness... I first asked my wife to think back to October 4.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:54629-54738 observation first hand
165
Anne Strieber recalled being awakened by the bang on the night of October 4, 1985 but did not see the glow and only recalled Whitley Strieber saying there was no fire.
“I was disturbed that Anne at once remembered being awakened by the bang. She did not see the glow, but my initial warning about the fire apparently didn't penetrate her sleep, because all she did recall was my saying that there was no fire.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:55402-55637 testimony second hand
166
Whitley Strieber decided he wanted to move to Austin, Texas, a city he and Anne Strieber both loved.
“I decided that I wanted to move to Austin. I went to the University of Texas there, and it is a city that both Anne and I love.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:63038-63160 testimony first hand
167
One evening in Austin, while Anne Strieber talked with the realtor and owners of a house they had chosen to buy, Whitley Strieber walked out onto the deck.
“One evening in Austin we were looking at the house we had chosen to buy. My wife was inside talking to the realtor and the owners. I walked out onto the deck.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:63520-63673 testimony first hand
168
When Whitley Strieber changed his mind and decided to stay in New York, Anne Strieber was furious, and he then accused her of being the one who had wanted to move to Austin.
“When I changed my mind and decided to stay in New York, my wife was understandably furious. Then I accused her of being the one who had wanted to move us to Austin.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:64186-64343 testimony first hand
169
Anne Strieber considered leaving Whitley Strieber because life together had become intolerable following the crisis over whether to move.
“She really thought that she might have to leave me, because life together was just getting intolerable.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:64377-64468 testimony second hand
170
Anne Strieber's threat to separate caused Whitley Strieber to quell his extreme behaviour, and he did not begin to feel better until Christmas 1985.
“her despairing threat to separate made me quell my extreme behavior. It was not until Christmas that I really began to feel better.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:64513-64637 testimony first hand
171
In 1988, while making the Communion movie, Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber took a side trip to Roswell to meet with surviving witnesses of the 1947 Roswell UFO incident.
“When we were making the Communion movie in 1988, Anne and I took a side trip to Roswell to meet with witnesses, some of whom were still alive at that time.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch11:1211-1361 observation first hand
172
Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber met Walter Haut at his home and had a fairly extensive conversation with him about his work as Roswell Army Air Force Base press officer.
“We met him at his home and had a fairly extensive conversation with him. He described his work as base press officer”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch11:1594-1703 observation first hand
173
Anne Strieber adopted "Have joy" as the mantra of her life after hearing about the phrase.
“She adopted “Have joy” as the mantra of her life, and sought always to meet the challenge, and even in her dying, did just that.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch11:23926-24049 observation first hand
174
When asked about the existence of bodies at Roswell, Walter Haut became evasive, which Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber both later agreed suggested he was trying not to lie but also not to tell the truth.
“When I got to the issue of the existence of bodies, he became, Anne and I both later agreed, rather evasive... we concluded later that he had been trying not to lie but also not to tell the truth.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch11:2406-2644 observation first hand
175
When Whitley Strieber's son was nine years old, he and Anne Strieber became aware that a being who had been physically intimate with Whitley Strieber was taking an interest in the boy, and would hear her craft come over the house making a sound like slowing ball bearings.
“When Anne and my son was nine, we became aware that the being who had been physically intimate with me was taking an interest in him. I would hear her craft come over the house, making the sound of ball bearings ticking together in something that had been spinning very quickly, but was now slowing down.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch11:26950-27249 testimony first hand
176
Whitley Strieber's son had at one point been taken directly out of the house, which contributed to Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber's decision to send him to summer camp.
“not to mention that our son had been taken right out of the house at one point, we were quite concerned and decided that we wanted him out of the house. We sent him off to summer camp.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch11:27469-27648 testimony first hand
177
When Anne Strieber asked Walter Haut whether he couldn't talk about it, he replied something like, if I couldn't tell you, then I wouldn't.
“At one point, Anne said to him, “You can’t talk about it, can you?” His reply was something like, “If I couldn’t tell you, then I wouldn’t.””
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch11:2798-2935 testimony first hand
178
The boy who showed up at Whitley Strieber's cabin suffered from what appeared to both Whitley Strieber and his wife as some sort of autism.
“He also suffered from what appeared to both me and my wife as some sort of autism.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch14:10866-10941 observation first hand
179
Whitley Strieber's late wife, Anne Strieber, was someone for whom he felt not just affection but a towering love that continues to enrich him after her death.
“a lovely, warm wife for whom I felt not just affection, but a towering love that to this day enriches me, even all these years after her passing.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch14:1951-2088 testimony first hand
180
Anne Strieber would say that 'God is a mathematical formula', referring to the equation that quantifies the fine structure constant.
“It is also why my wife Anne would say that “God is a mathematical formula.” She was referring to the equation that quantifies the fine structure constant.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch15:9946-10091 opinion second hand
181
Whitley Strieber recalls sitting on the deck of a Malibu oceanside restaurant with Anne Strieber and Shirley MacLaine, listening to them discuss conflict between the dark and the light.
“I can recall sitting on the deck at Geoffrey’s oceanside restaurant in Malibu with Anne and Shirley MacLaine, listening to them discuss conflict between the dark and the light.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch17:4639-4809 testimony first hand
182
Anne Strieber asserted that the light would prevail over the dark.
“Anne would agree, but assert that the light would prevail.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch17:5034-5084 opinion second hand
183
Anne Strieber regarded one of Meister Eckhart's sermon statements, "God laughs and plays," as the most revealing and deeply true statement in the Western religious canon.
“One of his sermons contains what my wife regarded as the most revealing and deeply true statement in the Western religious canon.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch18:11886-12009 opinion second hand
184
Anne Strieber believed that no awakening into higher consciousness is possible without laughter.
“my wife’s belief that no awakening into higher consciousness is possible without laughter”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch18:12384-12465 opinion second hand
185
Anne Strieber believed that as soon as people became able to laugh at themselves, they were becoming sensitive to the presence of God.
“She would say that, as soon as people became able to laugh at themselves, they were becoming sensitive to the presence of God.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch18:12475-12597 opinion second hand
186
Lorie Barnes worked for years as Anne Strieber's secretary.
“a close encounter witness, Lorie Barnes, who worked for years as Anne’s secretary”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch18:17819-17891 administrative first hand
187
Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber went to Paris in 1994 to meet their son and his fiancee, renting a flat in Montparnasse.
“I wish now to discuss an experience that took place in Paris in 1994... Anne and I had gone to meet our son and his fiancée. We had rented a flat in Montparnasse”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch20:11380-11569 testimony first hand
188
Anne Strieber gathered a number of people at the cabin whom she felt might have contact, based on descriptions of their previous experiences and their continued active engagement.
“Anne had gathered a number of people at the cabin who she felt might have contact, largely based on descriptions that they had sent us of their previous experiences, and the fact that they were still actively engaged.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch24:9190-9399 testimony first hand
189
Anne Strieber had a number of successful contact sessions of this kind at the cabin.
“She had a number of successful sessions like this.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch24:9408-9453 testimony first hand
190
Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber had no such object as the Eye of Horus in their house, leading Whitley Strieber to infer it appeared as part of the communication with Raven Dana.
“As we had no such object in the house, it can be inferred that it was there as part of the communication.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch24:9798-9889 opinion first hand
191
Whitley Strieber witnessed a strange-looking person appear to use mind control on clerks and customers in a drugstore while he and Anne Strieber lived in San Antonio.
“I once witnessed a very strange-looking person loading shopping bags with smoking materials in our local drugstore when Anne and I lived in San Antonio. While this was happening, the clerks and all the other customers stood as still as stones, staring straight ahead.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch25:11463-11724 testimony first hand
192
During a period when he was losing his money and his home, Whitley Strieber felt that Anne Strieber might be better off with the insurance money, but never considered it deeply.
“there have been times you know when i was losing all my money in my home and everything i felt Like, you know, maybe Anne would be better off the insurance money, but I never thought of it deeply.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:25:07.6-00:25:19.1 testimony first hand
193
Whitley Strieber, his wife Anne Strieber, and abductees in the United States generally have been physically beaten up by the phenomenon.
“there's plenty of people in this country, the abductees are beat up. I'm beat up. My wife was beat up. We're all beat up.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:47:16.0-00:47:23.0 testimony first hand
194
Whitley Strieber has two muses: one who currently lives in England, and his late wife Anne Strieber.
“I have a muse. I have two muses. Uh, one of them lives in England right now and is really amazing. And the other one is Anne.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:55:01.6-00:55:09.8 testimony first hand
195
Anne Strieber grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
“Anne was a kid from Ann Arbor, Michigan, and that was what she was, two American kids.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:55:24.3-00:55:28.2 administrative first hand
196
When Whitley Strieber told Anne Strieber the account of his close encounter that became Communion, he expected her to want a divorce, but she instead said she was relieved because she had thought he was going crazy.
“when i told her the communion story i was expecting her to maybe want a divorce or something and instead she says well she remembers it as saying oh thank god i don't have to get a divorce now but i remember her saying oh thank god i thought you were going crazy”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:55:33.9-00:55:51.0 testimony first hand
197
Anne Strieber took over the project of the book Communion and seemed to know everything about how to produce it.
“But she immediately took the whole thing over. She seemed to know everything about how to do this book, including the title.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:55:52.2-00:55:59.6 testimony first hand
198
Anne Strieber devised the title of the book Communion.
“She thought up the title, which is, gosh, the whole core of the book.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:56:00.0-00:56:04.2 testimony first hand
199
Anne Strieber decided to keep the letters sent in response to Communion, and Whitley Strieber regards her rather than himself as the architect of contact, with him doing the writing and her the forethought.
“guess who decided to keep them? Once again, it was our, the actual architect of contact, which was my wife, not me. I did the writing, but she did the forethought.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:58:25.6-00:58:37.6 testimony first hand
200
In the video of the attempted removal of Whitley Strieber's implant, the doctor and Anne Strieber first see and describe the object, then describe it moving down into his earlobe.
“in the video the doctor and Anne first they see it and describe it and then they describe the fact that it's moving down into my earlobe”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:00:54.1-01:01:03.6 testimony first hand
201
A couple of years after the Toronto hotel-room conversation, Whitley Strieber wrote down notes of what the visitor had said, prompted by Anne Strieber telling him the notes were extraordinary.
“A couple of years later, I've made notes. And a couple of years later, Anne's after me because she says, you know, that was really extraordinary. Those notes are amazing. I write it all down.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:08:49.8-01:08:59.9 testimony first hand
202
Anne Strieber used to say that the moment is all humans have and that now is life.
“Anne used to say, Now the moment is all we have. Now is life.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:18:57.5-01:19:03.3 hearsay second hand
203
Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber were shown a baby by non-human intelligences.
“They showed us. They showed Ann and I a baby.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:39:49.7-01:39:51.7 testimony first hand
204
Whitley Strieber, Anne Strieber and their son Andrew Strieber, then about eight or nine years old, experienced missing time while driving from their cabin to a dinner reservation, arriving late despite having left with plenty of time.
“the three of us, Andrew was probably about eight, nine, maybe. And we're going to dinner. We go down into the garage in the cabin, get in the car, and backing out. And we're going up the road, and suddenly I realized we're late. ... In other words, we'd had missing time.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:39:58.0-01:40:22.3 testimony first hand
205
After the missing-time episode on the drive to dinner, Whitley Strieber, Anne Strieber and Andrew Strieber were all talking about a baby, and both Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber had a vague memory of holding a baby.
“And I found that we were all talking about babies, a baby. And I have a vague memory, and so did Dan, we never brought this up, of course, with our little boy, of holding a baby.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:40:23.9-01:40:33.9 testimony first hand
206
Whitley Strieber believes the baby he and Anne Strieber were shown may have been his own offspring.
“But I think that that might have been ours, mine anyway.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:40:43.2-01:40:46.4 opinion first hand
207
Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber lived at 520 LaGuardia Place in Manhattan, immediately north of Bleecker Street.
“We lived at uh on LaGuardia Place just immediately north of Bleecker. 520 LaGuardia Place, this was called.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:47:42.2-01:47:50.7 administrative first hand
208
The site of LaGuardia Park in Manhattan was bare mud at the time Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber lived on LaGuardia Place.
“And there's a beautiful park there, by the way, if anyone ever wants to go, it's called LaGuardia Park. And it wasn't there then, it was just mud.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:47:52.0-01:48:00.4 testimony first hand
209
Anne Strieber decided to turn the muddy ground opposite their LaGuardia Place home into a park and raised millions of dollars to create LaGuardia Park.
“And one day Ann looked out of our windows and she said, you know, I'm going to turn that into a park. ... And before I knew it, millions of dollars had been raised.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:48:01.3-01:48:06.4 testimony first hand
210
LaGuardia Park in Manhattan contains a statue of Mary LaGuardia with a plaque beneath it, and the plaque names Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber among the creators of the park.
“there's a beautiful statue of Mary LaGuardia in it and a plaque under the statue with all the amazing fancy people. ... also the name of Whitley and Anne Streber among the creators of the park.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:48:25.7-01:48:41.9 observation
211
Whitley Strieber asked Anne Strieber not to put his name on the LaGuardia Park plaque, and she insisted it be included because he had said yes to the project.
“I said, Annie, you shouldn't put my name on there. She said, no, no, you should be on there. You said yes to it.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:48:45.1-01:48:50.3 testimony first hand
212
After returning home from his 1983 time slip on LaGuardia Place, Whitley Strieber found everything normal, told Anne Strieber he had forgotten the money, went back out and withdrew it, and only later told her what had happened.
“I go upstairs and everything is normal. Ann says, where's the money? I said, oh, I forgot it. ... So I went back out and got the money. I tell her the story eventually”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:53:23.6-01:53:35.9 testimony first hand
213
Whitley Strieber told Anne Strieber that if the time slip happened again he would place a classified advertisement in a nineteenth-century New York newspaper such as the New York Journal, and the two of them went to the New York Public Library to search the microfilm of late nineteenth-century newspapers for it.
“if it ever happens again, if I'm able to, I'll put a classified ad in the journal, New York Journal, or one of those papers that existed then. So we decide to go up to the New York Public Library and look through the microfilm of all those old newspapers from the late 19th century, which is when it was.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:54:03.7-01:54:23.6 testimony first hand
214
About three years before the 2026-07-24 interview, Whitley Strieber found a sign on a deliberately wilded garden one block from Anne Strieber's garden in Manhattan naming it the Time Garden.
“fast forward to recently about three years ago i'm there and i discover a sign on the little now big wild garden not the not Anne's garden but this is a block away it's a wild garden it's purposely been wilded ... It's called the Time Garden.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:54:52.6-01:55:10.9 observation first hand
215
Whitley Strieber has never read the whole of All and Everything: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, whereas Anne Strieber read it in two weeks and understood it.
“it's almost unreadable by the way i've never read the whole thing and of course picked it up and read it in two weeks and i mean she's you take a look at this thing you'll understand when i say Anne was really smart that she could read that in two weeks and understand it”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:05:46.5-02:06:02.2 testimony first hand
216
Whitley Strieber began writing the book In Hitler's House shortly after Anne Strieber died, because he was unable to write anything on the close encounter subject at that time and history, particularly World War II history, is one of his interests.
“I wrote a book. called In Hitler's House. I started it right after Annie passed away because I wasn't able to write anything in this subject, and I'm interested in history. And in World War II history in particular, it's one of my interests.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:09:31.3-02:09:49.0 testimony first hand
217
Whitley Strieber's alien implant was present but did nothing from 1989 until early 2015, and he began to see a slit associated with it only after Anne Strieber died.
“First, after she passed away is when I began to see the slit. All those years from 1989 until 2015, it just was there. It didn't do anything. Then in 2013, 2014, no, no, it was early 2015, excuse me.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:10:09.2-02:10:28.7 testimony first hand
218
In early 2015 Anne Strieber, after her death, got Whitley Strieber to memorise the poem The Song of Wandering Aengus, which contains the lines about white moths being on the wing and moth-like stars flickering out.
“She begins to get me to memorize a certain poem called Song of the Wandering Angus, which has the lines in it when white moths were on the wing and the moth-like stars were flickering out.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:10:29.6-02:10:42.4 testimony first hand
219
Anne Strieber's favourite short story of Whitley Strieber's was The White Moths.
“I realized that her favorite short story of mine was called The White Moths.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:10:49.5-02:10:54.4 testimony first hand
220
A white moth began appearing in front of the camera at Whitley Strieber's house, which he takes to be an avatar Anne Strieber created for herself after her death to show her presence in this world.
“And this white moth starts appearing in front of the camera at the house that she was creating an avatar for herself, the white moth.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:10:55.8-02:11:05.2 observation first hand
221
Whitley Strieber considers Anne Strieber the only person ever to have intentionally created an avatar for herself to show her presence in this world, and holds that she knew a great deal about life and death.
“she sure knew a lot about life and death. Because I think she's the only person who's ever intentionally created an avatar for herself to show her presence in this world.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:11:08.5-02:11:18.0 opinion first hand
222
The slit associated with Whitley Strieber's alien implant opened up with words racing through it, and at one point it slowed down and read "it's me, Anne" before speeding up again.
“The slit's opened up, and words are racing through it, and I'm trying to figure out what's going on. At one point, it slows down, and it says, it's me, Anne. And the words start up again very fast.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:11:24.8-02:11:35.2 observation first hand
223
By mid-1986 Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber were discussing whether to attempt to re-establish contact with the visitors or leave their upstate New York cabin permanently.
“by mid-1986, Anne and I were talking about, should we try to get back in contact or should we get the hell out of this cabin forever?”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:05:55.9-00:06:06.6 testimony first hand
224
Anne Strieber urged Whitley Strieber to go back out to the woods where the first encounter happened in order to show the visitors he was interested.
“She said, well, let's go back. You go back out to the woods where it first happened, and that'll show them you're interested.”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:06:21.4-00:06:26.6 testimony second hand
225
Anne Strieber declined to go out into the woods herself because she had to care for their young son in the bedroom.
“I've got a little boy in the bedroom who I have to take care of, so you go out there by yourself.”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:06:33.7-00:06:37.5 testimony second hand
226
Whitley Strieber turned back from the January 1987 clearing encounter because he feared he might not return and could not disappear on his wife and son.
“You better think about going home, back to the house, because you've got wife and son in there. You can't just disappear on them.”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:15:12.3-00:15:18.0 testimony first hand
227
During his out-of-body experience, Whitley Strieber moved around his bedroom, looked at his own body lying there with his wife Anne Strieber beside him, and moved through the wall and window into the front yard.
“And I moved around in the bedroom, looked at my body lying there, my wife beside me, moved through the wall and window into the front yard and moved around in the front yard a bit”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:25:41.6-00:25:55.2 testimony first hand
228
Whitley Strieber considers that Anne Strieber had a much better grasp of the encounters with the visitors than he did.
“And Anne, I mean, Anne was much she had a much better grasp of it than I did, I think.”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:31:28.1-00:31:36.2 opinion first hand
229
In Transformation 2026 Whitley Strieber refers to having received communications from Anne Strieber since her death.
“in your Transformation 2026, you refer to the fact of something you've talked about previously, which is you've had communications from Anne since she passed, tragically. Whitley Strieber: Oh, yeah.”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:31:38.9-00:31:49.8 testimony first hand
230
Ross Coulthart considers that Anne Strieber, in her communications since her death, appears sympathetic to the idea that Whitley Strieber should engage with the visitors.
“And it appears she's sympathetic to the idea that you should engage with these beings, which suggests to me maybe they're not what we think they are.”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:31:50.7-00:32:00.2 opinion first hand
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Whitley Strieber and Anne Strieber travelled to Lackland Retirement Village and had lunch with Whitley Strieber's uncle and his wife.
“We went down to Lackland Retirement Village and had lunch with him and his wife.”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:39:31.0-00:39:36.2 testimony first hand
232
Whitley Strieber received thousands of letters after publishing Communion, 4,000 of which are archived at Rice University thanks to Anne Strieber's foresight.
“And then we get these thousands upon thousands of letters, 4,000 of which are now, thank God, archived at Rice University, thanks to Anne's foresight.”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:47:09.5-00:47:19.2 testimony first hand
233
Anne Strieber asked Whitley Strieber many times during their life together why he felt compelled to write his nonfiction accounts.
“Anne asked me that question any number of times in our life together.”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:49:06.3-00:49:09.6 testimony first hand
234
On being told by Whitley Strieber of Arthur Ernest Exon's account, Anne Strieber responded that all the UFOs we see are like a military operation designed to make us assume they are as real as we assume ourselves to be.
“And when I told Anne that, she said, well, then the UFO, all the UFOs we see are like a military operation designed to make us assume that they are real as much as we assume we are real.”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:52:01.9-00:52:16.3 opinion second hand
235
Whitley Strieber did not sleep after the night his son went missing and told Anne Strieber the whole story in the morning, saying he had no idea what if anything had actually happened.
“So I went back to bed and I went to, I didn't sleep of course. And I, in the morning I told Anne the whole story and she said, I said, I have no idea what, what if anything actually happened?”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:57:57.1-00:58:10.1 testimony first hand
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Anne Strieber proposed saying nothing to their son Andrew Strieber about the night and seeing what he said of his own accord.
“And she said, well, let's, let's not say anything to him and see what he says.”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:58:11.0-00:58:13.7 testimony second hand
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The morning after the encounter, Andrew Strieber was very quiet at breakfast, then wrote something in his room and silently gave it to his mother Anne Strieber after breakfast.
“He was very quiet at breakfast. He wrote something in his room, sat down and wrote it, and silently gave it to his mother after breakfast.”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:58:37.4-00:58:46.4 observation first hand
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Whitley Strieber thought for years that Andrew Strieber's note had been lost, but Anne Strieber had kept it without his knowing, and his recent rediscovery of it was one of the things that made him decide to write his new book.
“And for years, I thought we'd lost it. is one of the things that made me decide to write the new book, was I found this. She had kept it, and I didn't realize she had.”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:58:48.5-00:59:00.0 testimony first hand