Section F · Experiencers · abductees, contactees and entity witnesses · 1947–

Herbert Schirmer

Police officer in Ashland, Nebraska · Case 42 of the Condon Committee report (University of Colorado, 1968)

Biography

He is one of the few experiencers whose account was examined by a university study funded by the Air Force: the Condon Committee took him on as Case 42 and subjected him to psychological evaluation and a hypnosis session in Boulder. The report itself —whose overall conclusion was negative for the phenomenon— did not resolve him as a hoaxer, but recorded that the witness appeared to believe what he was saying. The professional cost was real: Schirmer resigned as Ashland's police chief in 1969 under the pressure of the case. His later account, expanded through successive hypnosis sessions, is considerably more elaborate than the original report.

Why they're here · 2 pieces

  1. 1967

    Duty report from the early hours of 3 December

    Contemporaneous record, predating any hypnosis

  2. 1968

    Case 42 · Condon Committee report

    Psychological evaluation and hypnosis session at the University of Colorado

Sources

  • Edward U. Condon (dir.), 'Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects' (1968) · Case 42 — USAF-funded university study; overall negative conclusion.
  • Ashland Police Department, Nebraska (1967) — Duty report and the officer's later resignation.

Form they described (1)

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Associated cases (1)

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Herbert Schirmer · the Ashland patrolman· 1967

In the early hours of December 3, 1967, 22-year-old police officer Herbert Schirmer reported an oval object hovering over Highway 6 near Ashland, Nebraska, and immediately noticed a red mark under his ear and unaccounted-for minutes on his shift. The case reached the University of Colorado's Condon Committee, which in 1968 had Schirmer hypnotized by psychologist Leo Sprinkle (University of Wyoming) and polygraphed — he passed. Under hypnosis he described pale grey-skinned occupants with slanted eyes —the grey archetype, not reptilian despite a winged-serpent emblem on their uniforms— and a warning of two future visits. The Condon Committee itself labeled the case 'psychological'.

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Synthesized bio from the UAP disclosure ecosystem — categorized by epistemological section (A-F).