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Herbert Shiermer's strange UFO experience and was mothman in Nebraska?
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Nebraska has had its share of strange UFO experiences, but one of the strangest I have heard is the encounter of Herbert Shiermer, a police Sargent from Ashland, NE who on December 3, 1976 saw a blurred white object come out of something he thought was a truck which had blinking red lights. The object communicated telepathically with Shiermer and told him not to draw his gun. It was only when he noticed that he had lost several hours of time and suffered from headaches and a red welt on his neck that he went to seek help from Dr,. Leo Sprinkle, a UFO investigator from the University of Wyoming who hypnotized him to help him recall what happened.
Shiermer recalled seeing a metallic disc 8 ft off the ground and sitting on legs with a walkway surround its perimeter. The beings he encountered were described as friendly and had bases on Venus. They had apparently drawn energy from the power lines around Ashland. Oddly enough, Dr. Sprinkle believed that Shiermer believed what he said and was being honest. But the town residents and Shiermer's own wife were not so kind or understanding. Although he was later promoted to police chief, his credibility had been damaged and a few months later he resigned. Shiermer recalled that the aliens had a mysterious ensignia on their tight-fitting uniforms. Later it was determined that the ensignia was very similar to the one used by the Trilateral Commission! Coincidence?
And then there is the story of Nebraska's own 'mothman' experience. As most of us know, Mothman was a creature seen in the vacinity of Pointe Pleasant, West Virginia during the mid-1960s. He was described as a hominid with huge bat wings with a large wingspan and with glaring red eyes that left his experiencers with a feeling of fear and dread and the feeling that they had seen something terribly evil. But Nebraska beat them to it-maybe. In the fall of 1956, john Hanks saw a winged hominid flying 15 feet above the ground with shiney aluminum wings and a control panel across its chest. It was later described as having a leathery face with demonic features that left the experiencers paralyzed and feeling as if they had seen something demonic or evil! The similarities beg the question: was this the same creature? In case you feel there is too much distance between West Virginia and Nebraska, consider this: Mothman was also spotted recently in Tennessee! Obviously, he gets around!
