Whitley Strieber
Author whose bestselling account of an alleged abduction experience became one of ufology’s most influential books
| Whitley Strieber | |
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| Born | 1945 |
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| Died | — |
| Nationality | United States |
| Category | Author |
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| Roles | Author, novelist |
| Notable claim | Described personal abduction experience in Communion |
| Status | Personal account unverifiedCommercially influential |
Whitley Strieber is an American author, previously known for horror fiction, whose 1987 bestselling memoir Communion described his own alleged abduction experience and became one of the most commercially successful and culturally influential works of abduction literature, later adapted into a film.
Assessment
Strieber’s account, like other individual abduction narratives studied by researchers such as John Mack and David Jacobs, remains a personal, unverified testimonial rather than independently corroborated evidence, though its cultural impact on public perceptions of the abduction phenomenon is widely acknowledged.
[1]See also
References
- ^ Strieber, W. (1987). Communion: A True Story.
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