McMinnville's McMenamins UFO Festival: From the 1950 Trent Sighting to a 25th Edition Celebration

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McMenamins UFO Festival in McMinnville grew from the 1950 sighting of a large metallic disc photographed by Evelyn and Paul Trent into an annual weekend celebration transformed by historian Tim Hills, featuring a parade, contests, film screenings, and a speaker program with Brit Elders, Stanley Milford Jr., George Knapp with Jeremy Corbell, and Luis Elizondo, drawing thousands to town.

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How a UFO sighting in 1950 created this Oregon town’s biggest annual event

McMinnvilles 25-year-old UFO Festival honors the famous 1950 photographs that stumped Air Force investigators and were rediscovered by a McMenamins historian.