On Friday evening, our presenter is James Clarkson, a military policeman and Washington police/criminal investigator now known as the "UFO Cop." In 1987, he began using his investigative skills/experience to study the UFO phenomenon and advocate for fellow officers. Clarkson is also the director for MUFON in Washington. His UFO Festival presentation will be about June Crain, an employee at Wright Patterson Air Force Base who handled some of the pieces from Roswell and had heard of at least three other UFO crash retrievals. Hear how her story corroborates the UFO cover-ups by the government (Learn more at clarksonufo.com). The Crain story has also been featured on the SyFy Channel's "The Secret."
On Saturday evening, we will feature Colin Andrews, a preeminent crop circles expert and recent expat from the UK to the United States. Andrews was an advisor for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's cabinet on the largest crop circle surveillance project, codenamed "Operation Blackbird." See Andrews' website at colinandrews.net.
And on Saturday morning, we are thrilled to welcome Travis Walton, a UFO witness and abductee on whom the book and Hollywood film “Fire in the Sky” were based.
In addition to the serious side of this festival, we will also present the annual costume parade, live music, food and drink specials, handcrafted Alienator Ale on tap, a gift shop for t-shirts, books, videos and more. And don't forget the Alien Costume Ball at Hotel Oregon, a night full of great tunes, dress-up contests and conga lines that continues to grow every year.
The festival began as a way to honor the famous 1950 Trent sighting in which two local citizens witnessed and photographed a UFO, said to be some of the most credible images of UFOs to date. Read a detailed history of the Trent sightings.
