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Herbert Schirmer

Nebraska police sergeant, 1967 abduction case (Ashland) · US
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Herbert Schirmer was a police sergeant in Ashland, Nebraska, who experienced a significant UAP abduction while on patrol in December 1967. Following a sighting of a hovering object drawing power from utility lines, he suffered from missing time and later underwent hypnotic regression to recover the memories. Schirmer's key contribution is his detailed description of being taken aboard the craft by humanoids wearing tight uniforms bearing a winged serpent emblem. His c

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Herbert Schirmer was a police sergeant in Ashland, Nebraska, who experienced a significant UAP abduction while on patrol in December 1967. Following a sighting of a hovering object drawing power from utility lines, he suffered from missing time and later underwent hypnotic regression to recover the memories. Schirmer's key contribution is his detailed description of being taken aboard the craft by humanoids wearing tight uniforms bearing a winged serpent emblem. His case was investigated by the Condon Committee, representing one of the few abduction cases officially reviewed by a government-funded scientific study. He maintained the reality of his profound encounter, which significantly disrupted his law enforcement career.

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