This article, from an American newspaper, reports on the Herbert Schirmer
sighting that was later found to involve contact with aliens, who gave him
significant information.
Ashland Officer Makes
Routine Report On UFO
By MILAN WALL
Star Staff Writer
Ashland - "2:30 a.m. - saw UFO at Hwy - Believe it or not."
That entry in the "Officers Daily Activity Report" was all Ashland
police officer Herbert Schirmer said about the early Sunday morning incident
until Ashland police chief William Wlaschin questioned Schirmer about the
report Monday.
"I was coming down a hill to Highway 63," stated Schirmer, "when
I thought I saw a truck as I glanced to the road."
Herbert Schirmer.
Football Shape
Schirmer then related that he stopped within about 40 feet of a football-shaped
object that was hovering about eight feet above the ground between two traffic
signs on Highway 63 south of Ashland.
"When I first came upon it, the lights were still," Schirmer
said. "But then I flashed my lights at it and the red lights inside the
object started going on and off."
The Ashland officer described the craft as having a surface like polished
aluminium that reflected his cruiser's headlights. He estimated the UFO's
width to be about 20 feet and said it appeared to be about 10 to 14 feet high.
Newspaper photo of witness pointing to where
he saw the craft.
Humming
Schirmer said the object made a humming noise, rose about 50 feet into the
air, emitting a huge red-orange beam of light and then disappeared, making
a "noise like a pulsating siren."
"There was no smell, smoke or exhaust," noted Schirmer.
The Ashland officer also said the craft appeared to have a "catwalk"
running around it, above which were what appeared to be portholes. He said
the flashing red lights seemed to come from inside the object.
Mr.Schirmer's sketch of the craft.
Molten Metal
Schirmer said after the object disappeared he surveyed the area with a flashlight
but could find nothing. On Tuesday, however, Chief Wlaschin found a small,
thin piece of what appeared to be molten metal at the scene.
Wlaschin said he planned to have the piece of metal examined. Wlaschin
also noted he planned a lie detector test for Schirmer in the near future.
"I know him (Schirmer) well enough," emphasized Wlaschin, "and
he doesn't report anything he doesn't see."
Requested
Wlaschin added that Schirmer had requested the polygraph test.
The 22-year-old Schirmer, an Ashland police officer for the past seven months,
said he still has a "feeling there is something else I should know."
He explained that a half-hour had elapsed from the time he first noted
the object until he returned to Ashland nearly a mile away. "I don't
know where that half-hour went," he added.
Chief Wlaschin said he had reported the incident to authorities at Offutt
Air Force Base in Omaha, but so far had heard nothing from them.
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