Thanks for pointing out the unclear nature of the original post. Since I didn’t change any of the language, I stand by my original statements, and I am not angry or annoyed, since you completely missed the point.

It appears that you want me to either be for or against Strieber. If that is your impression, you are not reading the piece in the way I intended it, or are deliberately ignoring a lot of what was written.

What I am trying to do is point out that a lot of UFO researchers who may take themselves too seriously and are caught up in one kind of viewpoint long ago dropped Strieber like a hot brick. That, I propose, is to their ultimate peril, since he throws light on some aspects of the phenomenon that should be included in the discussion right alongside such things as sighting reports and landing trace cases.

Strieber himself has acknowledged that some of what he reports may either be illusion (by himself or the “visitors”) or arriving unawares from his subconscious. The only thing that should be “cut[ting] like a knife” are the minds of people who read the post, in order to understand the subtleties. I assume most readers here are open-minded and well-versed in aspects of the UFO phenomenon. Even if they are not, both Nick and I try to explain what were are referring to.

I don’t know if your homily at the end is intended sincerely or sarcastically, but I’ll accept it with a positive spin for now.

In fairness to “blueyes,” he or she pointed out that I was unclear about if the post was concerning Strieber or the drone video. I switched order of the first two paragraphs and retitled the piece (probably before most of you read it) to make this more apparent. I appreciate it when people point out things that are unclear or even factually wrong (which this was not) and no, it did not make me angry.

The original post was titled “Strieber Cautious About New ‘Drone’ Video” and was subtitled “Surprised?”

Exactly who are you talking about? Who are all these “scientific” UFO researchers?

I think what seems to upset people is that he takes on the more esoteric side of the experience and how he understands it, with the scientific. Nothing wrong with that, in fact as most “scientific” ufo researcher should know, many of the stranger aspects of the UFO/contact experience were left out for fear the “scientific” community would not take it seriously.

the entire comment is fairly laughable. I’d say the only possible ‘new opinion’ formed after reading greg’s ‘article’ here is that Streiber may be seen in a more tolerant, less dismissive light. This is a blog anyway–if you’re not looking for personal opinions, you may want to consult other sources. Although within the UFO realm, that will be a tall order.

This may be so (I do not know), but is it anything ‘you’ should be reporting? Fantasy prone is an underlying cause of a psychological disorder. You said, “While many have long pronounced Streiber gullible and fantasy-prone” while not including yourself, you reported it just the same.

So, what is this article of yours about? Is it about the drone, Streiber or his possible psychological disorders? The title speaks for itself even though the majority do not know yet about this new drone from Sao Paolo, Brazil. Why didn’t you just do an article on the new drone instead?

There are many that read UFO Mystic articles and they happen to fall into Google search, so with that said, how could you say, “I still have a lot of respect for Whitley Strieber” when you’ve reported the contrary to your readers.

Such things are not for anyone to report because if you have any kind of influence with your readers, which you do, they’ve just now formed a new opinion about Whitley Streiber. Is that something you really intended to do? Hey, at least you didn’t use the words “triumphantly claiming”, that’s a plus.

I don’t believe a fair amount of what I read in Unknown Country either, but I dismiss it in my mind and I go on.

So how do you feel now? Are you angry, has your body temp climbed, were your feelings hurt? Good, because you needed to feel that so that you would know how such things said can cut like a knife. Hence, some things are better left unsaid.

And Greg, best wishes for a happy, rewarding, and prosperous New Year!