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Whitley Strieber publishes Communion

When: 1987
Sources: 1 public source

Author Whitley Strieber, whose Communion became a bestseller RobertoTenore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Horror novelist Whitley Strieber published Communion, a first-person account of beings that he said probed him at his cabin in upstate New York. The book became a bestseller and a 1989 film, and made Strieber a widely known and widely doubted figure.

Sources

PressUFOs have made author -- and broken him (opens in a new tab)Las Vegas Sun / 1997-01-24

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How the story came out

Happened 1987. First made public 2 years later (1989).

1987It happened (this event)
1989Communion film starring Christopher Walken released - first made public

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Earlier in Close encountersBullard's comparative study of abduction reports1987 Later in Close encountersBudd Hopkins publishes 'Intruders'6 Apr 1987

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