REF: UAP/1960s/086Contested
1966-04-17
Portage County police chase
Ohio to Pennsylvania · USA·Police pursuit·1960s
Contested
§ ASummary
Deputies Spaur & Neff chased a large glowing object 85 miles into PA, joined by other officers; Blue Book's 'satellite/Venus' verdict drew congressional criticism.
§ BWitnesses
Dep. Dale Spaur, W. Neff, Ofc. Wayne Huston, Frank Panzanella
§ CEvidence & Documentation
Multi-officer statements; radio logs
§ DOfficial Investigation
Project Blue Book (verdict disputed by Hynek & officers)
§ EStatus Assessment
Contested; officers' lives upended; inspiration for 'Close Encounters' opening
§ FVerifiable Sources
Blue Book file; Clark, 'UFO Encyclopedia'; Weitzel letter record
§ GCross-referenced cases6
1964-04-24🇺🇸 USA
Socorro / Lonnie Zamora landing
Police CE2 / landing traces
1964-09-04🇺🇸 USA
Cisco Grove bow-and-arrow encounter
CE3 (entity encounter)
1964-09 (Big Sur)🇺🇸 USA
Big Sur missile-track film claim
Missile-test film claim (contested)
1965-08-03🇺🇸 USA
Heflin photographs
Photographic
1965-09-03🇺🇸 USA
Exeter incident
Police-corroborated CE1
1965-12-09🇺🇸 USA
Kecksburg incident
Crash-retrieval claim