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The Top Alien Sight
Whitley Strieber experienced some of the most horrific, unexplainable experiences which, along with the government and community’s influence, were the real reasons he wrote his novel Communion. He was influenced by many of the government’s activities as well as other well-known alien encounters while he was a child. This made him more compelled to write about his experiences. This environment drove him to a state of almost pure concentration, that allowed him to write a novel, even in his shaky state of health. He felt compelled to inform the nation of the truth behind the little green men.
Whitley Strieber was born in 1945 in San Antonio, Texas. He lived with an average family consisting of his parents and two siblings. He has written numerous non-fiction books such as the Wolfen, The Hunger, and Wolf of Shadows. Along with the non-fiction books, Whitley wrote fiction books that used factual information depicting real events that could take place in the not too distant future. Some of his best selling books depicting real events are Warday and Nature’s End (Strieber 19).
Although unknown at the time, Whitley grew up when alien sightings, abductions, and obsessions were at the highest they have ever been in our country. This craze started in the late 1940s and lasted till about the early 1980s. One of the government’s most in-depth research projects was called Project Blue book. It started in 1947, and eventually it had to be shut down in 1969 due to poor funding. The operation consisted of the government collecting information on every unexplainable event or sighting, then researching it to discover the truth behind the reports. Overall, the project collected around 12,618 sightings and events, yet still 701 remain unexplained to this day (Mahony). This project was going on during the time Whitley was growing up, and the fear of aliens had just started entering the small households across America. Alien reports and unexplainable activities could be heard every night on the radio by Whitley and his family, already influencing Whitley’s negative feelings towards his future abduction.
The one area in the United States accused of dealing with alien aircrafts is commonly known as Area 51. Area 51, or also known as Groom Lake, was opened in the 1950’s and is currently still in operation today. During Whitley’s childhood, this government facility was working on many military projects and was well known by almost everyone across America, mainly because of the UFO sightings that took place outside of the base. Many unidentified objects were seen flying above the base during the 1960’s, which caused uproar of people to step forward, accusing the base of hiding alien bodies and technology (Mahony). These uproars influenced Whitley’s novel Communion. Throughout the novel, Whitley made numerous comments directed towards the government’s secret operations and towards society being brainwashed by the government’s lies.
In early 1980, during the time Whitley had published his novel Wolfen, another large alien encounter story spread across the world. In late December, a large number of people reported seeing the same type of unidentified aircraft fly over Rendlesham Forest at different times during a span of four days (Mahony). This event created panic that spread to America, where most people directed their attention to articles on the event, rather than Whitley’s new novel. Part of the reason many say Whitley published his abduction story is because he had slowly been fading out of the writing world and was losing money. Sure enough though, his novel Communion skyrocketed in sales as soon as it was put out on the market in 1987.
The experience Whitley had sparked a feeling in him of it being absolutely necessary to inform the nation of his own encounter with the other life forms. During his encounters, he was woken by the small, twig like creatures and taken to their ship. While he was there, they did tests on him such as needles taking out brain tissue samples and placing microchips in his body to track his body’s functions (Strieber 22). This event, as horrifying as it was for him, was the very reason he decided to write again. Even in his terrible state of health, Whitley felt compelled to inform the nation that our government was keeping the truth about the UFO’s under wraps. This can be connected to his untrustworthy attitude towards the government, that started after the abduction stories he heard during his childhood.
Communion is the real recollection of Whitley Strieber’s alien abduction and the problems that he faced after he announced it to the world. He had written the novel as a way of saying how most in society are extremely susceptible to believing what the government says. Soon after his first abduction, Whitley started informing everyone of his encounters, but most wouldn’t believe him. The military had been called, but wrote his story up as a practical joke. Due to the military’s lack of investigation into his event, it changed the minds of many of the people he encountered (Strieber 36). Whitley later would be inspired to direct the novel towards these believers.
Whitley Strieber tends to be one of the most criticized authors due to the numerous people still not believing in his story. After the release of the novel however, he also had many followers whom later created one of America’s largest alien abduction associations. Many people could not accept what Whitley was writing as truthful. Most people felt that he wrote the novel to make a profit, yet the people whom stood next to him argued that a well-known, respected and successful author would never destroy everything he has accomplished for money, but only for something he believes in (Heaton). The opposing critics whom saw his interviews found it quiet interesting how Whitley believed very strongly in his experience. Even after being repetitively harassed, Whitley always stuck by his story and said that he understands that people are scared of the unknown and will always have a hard time believing the truth (Wiater).
Alien encounter stories have been heard repeatedly over the past couple of decades. Most of the people who have reported them have been average type of men or women whom the nation could connect with. After Whitley Strieber put his life’s work on the line, many people whom have read his novel Communion took a second to question if this really could have happened. Whitley was greatly influenced during the time he was young due to the government’s unmistakable involvement with reported abductions others had experienced. These influences he grew up with very well could be the “truth” behind his encounters.
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