Whitley Strieber’s 1987 book Communion told his story of alien abductions and became a bestselling book and movie. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine Strieber’s claims about the Visitors he describes and ask what really happened.
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- Whitley Strieber’s book Communion
- Whitley Strieber
- Budd Hopkins
- Donald Klein
- Screen memories
- “Sometimes a Cigar Is Just a Cigar” (Quote)
- 17.1-second lightning flash
- Sleep paralysis
- Sleep paralysis (WebMD)
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