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NHI Extracting Our Souls - Whitley Strieber on 70 Years Of Contact

Weaponized · 19 June 2026 · 5 Egleze moments

What happened in this episode?

In this episode of Weaponized, hosts George Knapp and Jeremy Corbell interview renowned author Whitley Strieber about his decades-long contact experiences with non-human intelligence and the implications for current disclosure efforts. Strieber, whose 1987 book Communion became a cultural touchstone for experiencers worldwide, made several explosive claims including that the FBI secretly investigated alien abductions to debunk them, that he possesses a functional communication implant in his ear, and that homeless people in Brooklyn were mutilated in soul-extraction experiments in the 1990s. He revealed he was subjected to a covert Air Force program as a gifted seven-year-old in 1952 that induced immune system collapse through psychological torture designed to trigger contact with non-human entities. Strieber theorized recent scientist disappearances, including materials expert Jacinto Reza and potentially General Michael McCasland, were alien abductions aimed at sabotaging reverse-engineering programs. He described multiple types of beings—small manufactured grays, taller grays with personalities and quadrospheric brains, and mantid entities—emphasizing the phenomenon is neither purely benevolent nor malevolent but profoundly complex. Strieber explained his updated book Transformation 2026 was commissioned through telepathic communication with non-human intelligence to help families navigate contact experiences as disclosure approaches. He warned against oversimplification, arguing humanity must navigate between factions offering false technological gifts and genuinely helpful entities, with the responsibility to discern the difference falling entirely on humans.

What are the key points?

Strieber revealed the FBI conducted a secret multi-year investigation of alien abductions potentially designed to officially deny they occurred.
Strieber described a 1990s program where homeless people in Brooklyn were mutilated and had souls extracted through spinal trauma before bodies were returned to rooftops.
Strieber disclosed he has a communication implant in his left ear that allows direct telepathic contact with non-human intelligence, primarily at 3 AM.
Strieber claimed he was tortured in a 1952 Air Force program for gifted children designed to induce alien contact, causing total immune system collapse.
Strieber theorized recent disappearances of scientists including Jacinto Reza and General McCasland were alien abductions to sabotage UFO reverse-engineering efforts.
Strieber argued non-human entities have quadrospheric brains proving non-terrestrial evolution and may fear humanity's rapid technological advancement and individualism.
Strieber said the Crabwood crop circle ASCII message warned of false gifts and broken promises from one faction while good exists elsewhere.

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UFO & Paranormal

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Published: 19 June 2026
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Strieber Alleges Air Force Program Tortured Gifted Children in 1950s

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In 1952, my family, parents were visited by some representatives of the U.S. Air Force. There was a special program for highly intelligent children. What it was was a program that was going to crack the cosmic egg by putting the child under incredible pressure. By October, my immune system collapsed and I was dying, literally dying from stress.

Strieber revealed he was enrolled as a seven-year-old in a secretive Air Force program in 1952 that was presented to his parents as enhanced learning for gifted children. Instead, he claims it subjected him to extreme psychological pressure in an attempt to induce contact with non-human intelligence, resulting in complete immune system collapse requiring hospitalization and gamma globulin treatment. His close friend's parents were approached for the same program but declined.

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Strieber Claims FBI Investigated Alien Abductions to Cover Them Up

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There's been an FBI investigation of this going on now for a few years. I thought to myself at the time, they know a lot of things because I know some of the things they know and they're not pretty at all. I think would be a possibility because lying is part of the game with this stuff.

Author Whitley Strieber revealed that the FBI conducted a secret investigation into alien abductions approximately three years ago. He speculated the investigation's purpose may have been to officially conclude abductions never happened, despite evidence to the contrary, as part of an ongoing pattern of government deception about the phenomenon.

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Strieber Says Alien Implant Provides Direct Communication With Non Human Intelligence

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I have this implant in my left ear which is a communications device that I've learned to use. I was by 3 o'clock or so in the morning. It is at its best because the brain is open to that kind of thing at that hour. Whoever's on the other side of this thing wants to confirm Transformation to be updated.

Strieber disclosed he has an implant in his left ear that functions as a communication device with non-human intelligence. He uses it primarily at 3 AM during what yogic tradition calls Brahma Muhrta time when the brain is most receptive. The entities on the other end directed him to update his book Transformation, which he completed without knowing disclosure events would soon follow.

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Strieber Claims Missing Scientists Were Abducted to Sabotage UFO Back Engineering

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If General McCasland was abducted, it was because they would want to sift through his mind and find people that they would have abducted Jacinto. And she disappears the same way, just gone out of the into the air. I think what they're looking for is to impede our abilities to get out of this, get out of here.

Strieber theorized that recent disappearances of scientists including materials expert Jacinto Reza and potentially retired Air Force General Michael McCasland were alien abductions designed to prevent humanity from successfully reverse-engineering recovered craft. He argued the victims' specific expertise in ultra-high-energy materials and program management made them targets, suggesting non-human intelligence is actively working against human technological advancement.

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Strieber Describes Horrific Alien Soul Extraction Program in Brooklyn

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These people were all homeless. They were taken from the streets of Brooklyn. They were then mutilated, then drowned in the ocean, and the bodies returned to like rooftops and stuff near where they had been taken. Someone had busted into the spine right at that point and stuck something down into it to wreck the spine. In other words, they were extracting the soul like extracting an oyster from its shell.

Strieber recounted receiving documentation from a Brooklyn coroner in the mid-1990s about homeless people who were mutilated similar to cattle, then drowned and returned to rooftops. He claimed the victims had their spines deliberately damaged at a specific point used for out-of-body experiences, suggesting non-human entities were extracting human souls. This material appeared in his book 'A New World' but was largely ignored by readers.

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