Comment:

The background of the story could be the Star Trek universe, with humanoids to be found everywhere.

Quotes:

The chief was silent. Director Birch said in a whisper to Mary and Raymond, “By analyzing his concept of sanity we get a clue to his own derangement.”

“Inspector!” cried a pretty woman with fair hair. “Inspector Coble! You’ve arrived!”
Inspector Coble peered into her face. She wore a kind of patchwork jacket sewn with small iron bells. “It’s it’s Sister Mary Dunton, isn’t it?”

Republished in The World-Thinker and Other Stories, Spatterlight, 2012