Disclaimer: I, in no way, agree with nor endorse Strieber’s worldview as a whole and have, in fact, done much to discredit it, see here.
However, when he is right or otherwise seems to be on to something factual then he is right or otherwise seems to be on to something factual.
Relevant books for this context are:
Jennifer J. Freyd, Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse
Eileen Welsome, The Plutonium Files: America’s Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War