Brief
Screen memory
The claims the writer was given for Screen memory, in the order they were given.
1
The process of screen memory has been extensively documented beginning with Sigmund Freud.
“Beginning with Freud, the process of screen memory has been extensively documented.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch10:7595-7667 observation
2
Whitley Strieber's sister has no sense that her owl and light sighting was a screen memory.
“but my sister has no sense that it is.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch12:16799-16834 testimony second hand
3
Whitley Strieber later concluded that memories of animals in strange places are a common screen memory that blocks recall of abduction experiences by the visitors.
“Later I discovered that memories of animals in strange places are a common block to this experience.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:25694-25783 opinion first hand
4
Whitley Strieber identified the owl and light memories as screen memories, a Freudian concept describing a method the mind uses to shield itself from things too upsetting to recall.
“I did not know that the owl and the light were screen memories that concealed a traumatic experience. As described by Freud, the screen memory is a method that the mind uses to shield itself from things too upsetting to recall.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:29758-29978 opinion first hand
5
On the same night her brothers saw the UFO around 1953, Erik Nanstiel's mother woke at about 02:30 feeling urgently compelled to check on something in the basement coal cellar; partway down the stairs she encountered two large growling German Shepherds, lost consciousness, and woke back in her room with no scratches or bite marks.
“that night about 2:30 in the morning... she woke up in the middle of the night at 2:30 a.m. And she felt compelled, like she had to go check on something down there. in the basement, which was at the time just a dirty coal cellar... they turned out to be two very large german shepherds And they were growling and snarling at her... The dogs lunge at her, and she passes unconscious. And then when she wakes up again, she's back in her room.”
"Skinny Bob is Real" – Lifelong Abductee Reveals Everything - Erik Nanstiel | DEBRIEFED ep. 85 2026-04-24 00:10:33.8-00:13:04.1 testimony second hand
6
Erik Nanstiel believes his mother's 1953 basement encounter with German Shepherds was a screen memory, interpreting it in the context of the family's later experiences.
“I believe it was a screen memory, yes, because I'm taking it in the context of everything, everything that's happened later.”
"Skinny Bob is Real" – Lifelong Abductee Reveals Everything - Erik Nanstiel | DEBRIEFED ep. 85 2026-04-24 00:12:39.8-00:12:47.6 opinion
7
When Erik Nanstiel sees the Greys, they sometimes first appear as humans, or he believes them to be human like a post-hypnotic suggestion, and only later, after returning home and waking, does the visual memory of what he actually saw return.
“sometimes the greys, when I would see them, sometimes at first they would appear like humans, or I would believe that they're human, like a post-hypnotic suggestion kind of a thing. And then later on, when I'm back at home and I wake up, the visual memory of what I actually saw is what I remembered.”
"Skinny Bob is Real" – Lifelong Abductee Reveals Everything - Erik Nanstiel | DEBRIEFED ep. 85 2026-04-24 00:13:29.4-00:13:51.2 testimony first hand
8
Chris Ramsay describes a recurring feature of screen memories as their absurdity and abstractness: witnesses sense the misplaced thing they are seeing is not supposed to be there, suggesting the beings projecting the screen memory through technology or telepathic ability do not fully understand what is normal.
“what stays with people when they hear about these things is the absurdity. of what they're seeing... there's an abstractness to what i'm seeing and it's misplaced it's not supposed to be here... whatever technology or telepathic ability they're using to potentially project a screen memory, they don't fully understand what's normal”
"Skinny Bob is Real" – Lifelong Abductee Reveals Everything - Erik Nanstiel | DEBRIEFED ep. 85 2026-04-24 00:14:34.5-00:15:21.8 opinion
9
One of Erik Nanstiel's screen memories placed him in an air traffic control tower, a round room surrounded by windows, holding a baby, accompanied by a seven-and-a-half-foot tall air traffic controller wearing a short-sleeve work shirt.
“Like, why would I be in the air traffic control tower?... Surrounded by windows in this round room... With a baby... And a seven and a half foot tall air traffic controller... Wearing short sleeve work shirt.”
"Skinny Bob is Real" – Lifelong Abductee Reveals Everything - Erik Nanstiel | DEBRIEFED ep. 85 2026-04-24 00:15:21.8-00:15:37.6 testimony first hand
10
Erik Nanstiel says the screen memories eventually stopped working on him, after which he could visually see either a tall grey or small Greys, sometimes both in the same room.
“But then eventually those screen memories stopped working on me because that's something that they impose upon you through some kind of post-hypnotic... It stopped working on me. So I was visually seeing either a tall gray or small grays. Sometimes both in the same room.”
"Skinny Bob is Real" – Lifelong Abductee Reveals Everything - Erik Nanstiel | DEBRIEFED ep. 85 2026-04-24 00:29:23.1-00:29:57.8 testimony first hand
11
Chris Ramsay, a magician who has used hypnosis for entertainment, considers that knowing how hypnosis works gives a person an edge in resisting being hypnotised, analogous to seeing past a screen memory.
“as a magician myself, I've been able to use hypnosis for entertainment purposes... as a magician, I am ironically disillusioned by this because I know how it works... someone who's readily read into how to hypnotize people whether clinically or whether you know for entertainment does have an edge on not being hypnotized”
"Skinny Bob is Real" – Lifelong Abductee Reveals Everything - Erik Nanstiel | DEBRIEFED ep. 85 2026-04-24 00:30:00.3-00:31:16.2 opinion
12
Erik Nanstiel believes the tall Greys are stronger psychically at imposing screen memories than the short Greys, and that with the short Greys there was almost always no disguise.
“I think the tall grays are stronger at it. Um, the ability to impose screen memories stronger at it than the... The, the short grays, um, almost every time I've seen them, uh, there was, there was no, [no costume]”
"Skinny Bob is Real" – Lifelong Abductee Reveals Everything - Erik Nanstiel | DEBRIEFED ep. 85 2026-04-24 00:31:16.2-00:31:34.8 opinion
13
During an encounter Erik Nanstiel was conscious for about 35 seconds, woke up standing, and saw a very tall man about seven and a half feet (about 2.3 metres) tall whom he initially took for air traffic control personnel but later realised was a tall Grey.
“I was only conscious for 35 seconds ... I woke up in a standing position and there was this very tall man I saw him as a man but later on I realized I was a tall gray but he was like seven and a half feet tall ... I thought he was a air traffic control uh personnel person”
"Skinny Bob is Real" – Lifelong Abductee Reveals Everything - Erik Nanstiel | DEBRIEFED ep. 85 2026-04-24 01:51:39.7-01:52:20.5 testimony first hand
14
During the encounter Erik Nanstiel interacted with a creature he perceived as a doctor, smaller than the tall Greys but not a short Grey and not a Skinny Bob, with darker skin, whose face he could not remember because a screen memory made it appear like a frog, leading him to think of the actor Wallace Shawn.
“there was one type of creature that i uh perceived to be a doctor ... it was a much smaller creature, but it wasn't a short gray. It wasn't a skinny bob. It was something else. It had darker skin ... It was some kind of screen memory where I kept trying to see it as human, but it appeared like a frog ... I thought of the actor Wallace Shawn.”
"Skinny Bob is Real" – Lifelong Abductee Reveals Everything - Erik Nanstiel | DEBRIEFED ep. 85 2026-04-24 02:03:51.0-02:04:54.3 testimony first hand
15
During the forced intercourse encounter, a screen memory prevented Erik Nanstiel from remembering what he was actually seeing, though the physical sensation was real.
“There was this screen memory was working that time, and I couldn't remember what I was actually seeing, but the physical sensation down below was real.”
"Skinny Bob is Real" – Lifelong Abductee Reveals Everything - Erik Nanstiel | DEBRIEFED ep. 85 2026-04-24 02:33:30.5-02:33:48.4 testimony first hand
16
During the semen extraction encounter, a screen memory caused a short Grey (extraterrestrial being) crawling onto Erik Nanstiel's bed to briefly appear as an ugly woman resembling someone he knew, offering oral sex before applying the extraction cup.
“there was another screen memory during that collection. where um the the short gray that was uh crawling onto my bed... briefly looked like a very ugly woman that that resembled somebody i knew uh asking me if i wanted... right down there”
"Skinny Bob is Real" – Lifelong Abductee Reveals Everything - Erik Nanstiel | DEBRIEFED ep. 85 2026-04-24 02:34:30.6-02:35:08.4 testimony first hand