In the midst of winter, 1984, a small plane was lost somewhere over New Hampshire or Massachusetts. It carried four people, including the pilot, one of whom was Arthur Herbert. Arthur was a young man, a little less than six feet tall with blonde shoulder length hair and a gap in his teeth. The gap had been fixed by braces in the course of 1983, he now had developed a habit of biting his nails and he had a sister who was very concerned about his wellbeing when the plane went missing.
The Civil Air Patrol and the Police carried out an extensive search to no avail and then the hunt was called off. Jessica Herbert, Arthur’s sister, was not prepared to give up her pursuit. But the Civil Air Patrol was adamant that without a location, there was nothing more than they could do.
At this point Jessica Herbert telephoned Noreen Renier, a psychic that she had been referred to by her ex-husband, an F.B.I. agent. Despite Noreen’s explanation that she probably couldn’t help, Jessica insisted that she try. When she met Jessica, Noreen was uncomfortable, thinking that she was wasting the distressed girl’s time.
However, Noreen found that she was able to connect with the plane and the people involved. She was able to give a description of the flight, the crash and the location of the plane. She also provided an account of the final moments of Arthur’s life, but then disregarded this vision as she believed that she was being influenced by Jessica’s thoughts.
Although they were skeptical, the Civil Air Patrol resumed the search, as did locals in the area indicated by Noreen Renier. With more appropriate equipment the plane was found and the details of the scene were exactly as Noreen had described.
While this case was not one of murder, kidnapping or theft, the role that Noreen Renier played in it, eventual resolution was vital. She had provided the longitude and latitude of the crash site, along with ground level descriptions of the approach to the site and the state of the occupants.
