OM Backroads Ep 4: The 1966 Portage County UFO Chase
In this episode we explore the UFO chase in Portage County, Ohio in 1966. At 5 a.m. April 17, 1966, two Portage County, Ohio, sheriff deputies on routine patrol stop to investigate an abandoned vehicle down a dark road and are blinded by known craft rising into the sky behind the car.
Deputy Dale Spaur decides to go check it out while his partner stayed behind. They heard a noise sounding like "an overloaded transformer" and illuminated the entire area in brilliant light.
Th craft would lead the pair on an 86-mile chase at speeds of more than 100 mph. From Portage County heading East, the…
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