ووصف أيضا ظواهر معروفة في هذا المجتمع كـ "الوقت الضائع " حيث ادرك فجأة ويتلي ستربر أنه لايستطيع تذكر ماحدث قبل عشر دقائق او ماحدث قبل عشر ساعات , او ماحدث قبل عشر ايام
And he also described the phenomenon known in this community as "lost time," where Whitley Strieber would suddenly become aware that he could not remember the previous ten minutes, or the previous ten hours, or the previous ten days.