Portage County

Ohio. Portage County gave its name to one of the most famous police UFO reports of 1966. Sunday, 17 April. About 5:00 a.m. Deputy Dale Spaur and Wilbur "Barney" Neff stopped on State Route 224 to check what looked like an abandoned car. Behind them, something rose from the woods and kept getting brighter. The deputies chased the object about 86 miles into Pennsylvania. Later stories from that restless year, from the Greenville safety director's light to the Patchogue "Giant Hot Dog" on Long Island, looked back on the Portage County chase as the best-known Ohio police sighting of the wave.

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The Portage County UFO Chase

April 17, 1966 · State Route 224, Portage County, Ohio, to Conway, Pennsylvania

United States

UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources

24Thinly documented

Pro early

Richmond-Henrico Turnpike Police Chase, Patrolman William L. Stevens Jr. (1966)

June 24, 1966 · Richmond-Henrico Turnpike near the state fairgrounds, Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia

United States

UAP · Cigar · 13 sources

20Thinly documented

Pro early

The Lisbon policeman's glowing disc (Officer Richard Koffel)

September 24, 1966 · Eagles Home parking lot, Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio

United States

UAP · Disc / saucer · 17 sources

16Thinly documented

Pro early

Greenville, Ohio: The Safety Director's Shifting Light

October 7, 1966 · Corner of Parkway Drive and Russ Road, Greenville, Darke County, Ohio

United States

UAP · Orb / light · 15 sources

30Partially documented

Pro early

The Patchogue "Giant Hot Dog" UFO, Long Island, 1966

c. 1966 · Patchogue, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York

United States

UAP · Cigar · 9 sources

19Thinly documented

Pro early

Condon Case 37: Georgia Police Chase a Red Light, October 1967

October 20, 1967 · Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia (probable; 11 communities in the report)

United States

UAP · Other · 15 sources

31Partially documented