This all started because of two photographs that were recently taken of Whitley. The one he likes is a friendly pose, taken by a movie director whom we met at a desert resort in California. He has no special interest in, or knowledge about, UFOs, so we met and talked with him and his wife just as friends. The second one was snapped during a...

In a recent news story, one of our staffers added this provocative line: "[Anne Strieber] has been given an 'Indian name.' Maybe one day she'll tell it to you." Ever since we posted this story, we've been besieged with mail asking for my Indian name, so I'll tell it to you. This was many years ago, when Whitley was researching a novel about a...

This is the second time I have posted a Diary entry about a movie. As of this writing, I have not yet seen The DaVinci Code film, although I plan to, especially because the studio (Sony) is the same studio that is producing Whitley's new movie The Grays. I might have hoped to have been invited to a screening, but since it opened at the...

We recently traveled to the place I consider our home town because we lived there for so many years: New York City. Whitley and I met there and raised our son there. In some ways, the trip had a deeper meaning for me, because we had plane tickets to New York in our pockets when I was suddenly struck down by an aneurysm a little over a year...

We have just heard from a reader who programs the computers that our soldiers take with them to Iraq. These soldiers have to program in the web sites they want to use while stationed in Baghdad ahead of time, since they can't surf the web from there, and unknowncountry.com is one of the web sites that is requested most often. I'm old enough...

Jesus died around 30 AD. We know this because Pontius Pilate ran Judea for the Romans from 26 to 36 AD. However, the first gospel to be written, the gospel of Mark, did not appear until around 40 years later. During this 40-year period called "the oral period," there were no known written Christian sources other than Paul, who wrote his...

So many of you wrote about my recent Diary telling about the Australian medium Glennys MacKay contacting the late UFO researcher John Mack, that I felt it was unfair not to report on John's message right away. John was there for Dr. Gary Schwartz, and it appears that his message has something to do with a connection between the close...

Now that we know that gayness is a physical state that some people are born with, just like skin color, gay bashing has to become a thing of the past, doesn't it? Surely we can't continue to tolerate any kind of prejudice against gays. On the Daily Show, Jon Stewart said the last election was "about men kissing," referring to the controversy...

We visited our bereaved friend Art Bell this weekend. Ramona, his beloved wife of ten years, died suddenly on January 5th, and now he's very much alone. As has been happening so often lately, I got a message about Art in a roundabout way. I want to share this with everyone who visits this website, because I know you all care so much about him...

Every Christmas season, like most people, I take photographs of the Christmas tree and of everyone opening their presents. But I like to take a mental photograph as well, of the one event that defines the season for me. Last year when we celebrated Christmas, I had just gotten out of the hospital. I didn't have any presents for anyone, and I...

On the anniversary of my burst aneurysm in October of 2004, many people have asked me what I've learned. I've written about this extensively in many of my earlier diaries, but I thought I'd sum it up here. You might even call this diary "What I Learned from the Sick Year" (to paraphrase of the diet book I am posting, one chapter at a time,...

The science service Newswise reports that scientists across the nation are enraged at Bush's recent statement that the mainstream scientific theory of evolution should be presented side-by-side with the competing doctrine of intelligent design. In the September 17-23 issue of New Scientist magazine, eminent scientist Richard Dawkins says, "...

We just had a classic LA experience: We went to a screening on the Warner Brothers studio lot. This is the kind of experience that makes you feel like a movie biz "insider"? especially if you're not. But here's the most amazing part: It was a UFO documentary. We saw The Phoenix Lights, the wonderful film produced and directed by Dr. Lynne...

Whitley and I are moving, and while packing and sorting through years of acquired items is sheer hell, it's something everyone should do more often. First, you find so many wonderful memories, such as letters from a son away at camp for the first time (complete with childish illustrations), tucked in the back of a desk drawer, and love letters...