Episode 62: McMenamin's UFO Fest
Cascadia Crime & Cryptids
English - April 03, 2023 01:39 - 26 minutes - 20.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsTrue Crime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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McMenamin's UFO Fest in McMinnville, Oregon is the 2nd most popular and 2nd most attended UFO festival in the United States - who knew the #2 hotbed of UFO sightings in the US was right here in our own Cascadia backyard. Caro tells us how a UFO sighting in the 1950s inspired the McMenamin's festival that is now in its 24th year!
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