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Mystery in the Woods: The “UFO” Incident of 1966

AI generated image depicting Max Pritchard viewing a bright light emanating from the forest floor near his farm in Dover Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 2024. (Source: Microsoft Designer)

In the spring of 1966, as UFO sightings gripped Ohio with intrigue and fear, a strange light near a Tuscarawas County farm sparked an investigation. For several weeks in early 1966 there had been numerous reports in the local newspapers of unidentified flying objects (UFO), including one case in April 1966 where two sheriff deputiesContinue reading “Mystery in the Woods: The “UFO” Incident of 1966″

“Glowing with a White Light”: The Navarre UFO of 1954

AI image generated from a prompt based on the story presented, 2024. (Source: Google ImageFX)

While on leave from the United States Navy’s Air Forces in the summer of 1954 a Navarre, Ohio native saw something in the night sky even his knowledge of modern aircraft could not explain. William Sago (1870-?) and his wife Emma (1875-?) immigrated to Pennsylvania from Poland in 1900 and settled in Western Pennsylvania. TheContinue reading ““Glowing with a White Light”: The Navarre UFO of 1954”

“To Avoid Ridicule From Others”: 1961 Gnadenhutten UFO

Artist interpretation of the 1961 Gnadenhutten UFO encounter

Having gone through a number of the Project Blue Book files available online, I decided instead to look at local UFO sightings that have been reported to groups dedicated to documenting such occurrences. The following account of an encounter from 1961 was reported to one of these organizations by an anonymous individual I will callContinue reading ““To Avoid Ridicule From Others”: 1961 Gnadenhutten UFO”

“Evaluated as Unknown”: A UFO Sighting in Carrollton

I thought I would pay another visit to the Project Blue Book files to see if any other local UFO sightings were investigated by the United States Air Force. The following is one such sighting from neighboring Carroll County in July 1956. The young doctor and his wife were entertaining their two young nieces atContinue reading ““Evaluated as Unknown”: A UFO Sighting in Carrollton”

“Everyone Thinks I Am Crazy”: A UFO Sighting in Tuscarawas County

Sometimes when you are doing research on a subject, you accidently stumble upon the unexpected. This is one of those cases. While researching a fallen hero, and unrelated to his story, I came across a document on a UFO sighting that occurred in New Philadelphia, Ohio in 1968. There was no way I was notContinue reading ““Everyone Thinks I Am Crazy”: A UFO Sighting in Tuscarawas County”