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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