1966.0417 Ravenna police sighting

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Police chase a bright light starting near Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio during early morning of 17 April 1966. This incident involved Deputy Sheriff Dale Spaur and Mounted Deputy Wilbur “Barney” Neff. Dale Spaur sometimes referred to the light by his own middle name, “Floyd”.

This incident is Case 73 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article,  since it was referred to in 39 of the books covered by that article.

This incident featured in a list of the ten “best” case published by Ronald Story in his book “UFOs and the Limits of Science” (1981). 

 

Sections below

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

For links to various relevant documents and articles online see:

http://ufologie.net/htm/portage66.htm

http://www.nicap.org/portagedir.htm

http://www.nicap.org/portagedoc.htm

Wikipedia article at : Spaur/Neff Ravenna sighting (1966)

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Book References

For discussion of the Ravenna, Portage County sighting see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1974

Blum, Ralph and Blum, Judy in their “Beyond Earth: Man’s Contact with UFOs” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 103-106 (in Chapter 9) of the Bantam paperback edition (with the same page numbering in the Corgi paperback edition).

4

1967

Chambers, Howard in his “UFOs for the millions” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 105-108 (in Chapter 8) of the Bell hardcover edition.

4

1998

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 450-465 (forming part of an entry entitled “Portage County Sightings”) of the Visible Ink Press softcover edition.

16

1996

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 3 – High Strangeness” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 396-407 (in an entry entitled “Portage County Sightings”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

12

2000

Dolan, Richard M in his “UFOs and the National Security State: Volume 1: 1941-1973” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 395-398 (in Chapter 7) of the Keyhole softcover edition, at pages 302-305 of the 2002 revised Hampton Road softcover edition.

4

1980

Druffel, Ann in “The Tujunga Canyon Contacts” (1980) (by D. Scott Rogo and Ann Druffel) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 220 (in Part 4, in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The Tujunga Milieu”) of the revised 1988 Signet paperback edition.

1

2003

Druffel, Ann in her “Firestorm : Dr James E McDonald's Fight for UFO Science” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 43-45, 55, 57, 58, 59 (in Chapter 3), 141, 144-145, 149, 151 (in Chapter 7) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition.

12

1967

Edwards, Frank in his “Flying Saucers – Here and Now!” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 56-58 (in Chapter 4) of the Lyle Stuart hardback edition, at pages 28-30 of the Bantam paperback edition.

3

1967

Erskine, Allen Louis in his “Why Are They Watching Us?” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 114-120 (in Chapter 15) of the Tower paperback edition.

7

1970

Gaddis, Vincent H in “Flying Saucers Have Arrived!” (1970) (edited by Jay David) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 29-32 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The Flying Saucer Mystery”) of the World hardback edition. The relevant chapter is reprinted from “Mysterious Fires and Lights” by Vincent H Gaddis.

4

1967

Gaddis, Vincent in his “Mysterious Fire And Lights” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 3-6 (in Chapter 1) of the Dell hardback edition.

4

1967

Green, Gabriel with Smith, Warren in their “Let’s face the facts about Flying Saucers” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 82-84 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Ohio’s Strange UFO Chase”) of the Popular Library paperback edition.

3

2001

Hall, Richard in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 435-437 (in an entry entitled “Portage County (Ohio) police chase”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at pages 426-427 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition).

3

1980

Hall, Richard in “The Encyclopedia of UFOs” (1980) edited by Ronald Story (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 271-272 (in an entry entitled “Portage County (Ohio) police chase”) of the NEL hardback edition.

2

2001

Hall, Richard in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 524-526 (in an entry entitled “Portage County (Ohio) police chase”) of the Robinson softcover edition.

3

2001

Hall, Richard in “The UFO Evidence: Volume 2 – A Thirty Year Report” (2001) (edited by Richard Hall) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 7 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Master Chronology”), 44 (in Section 1) of the Scarecrow Press hardback edition.

2

1988

Hall, Richard in his “Uninvited Guests” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 217-219 (in Chapter 14), 259-260 (in Appendix A) of the Aurora Press paperback edition.

5

1976

Hervey, Michael in his “UFOs : The American Scene” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 119 (in Chapter 13) of the Hale hardback edition.

1

1995

Hill, Paul R in his “Unconventional Flying Objects : A Scientific Analysis” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 145 (in Chapter 11) of the Hampton Roads softcover edition.

1

1972

Hynek, J Allen in his “The UFO Experience” (1972) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) (in Chapter 8) at pages 99-109 of the Henry Regnery hardback edition (with same page numbering in the Abelard-Schuman hardback edition) at pages 113-125 of the various Ballantine paperback editions, at pages 130-143 of the Corgi paperback edition. Included in a table indicating an assessment of Strangeness Rating/Probability Rating of 4/8 as CEI-9 in Appendix 1 at page 238 of the Henry Regnery hardback edition (with same page numbering in the Abelard-Schuman hardback edition) at page 268 of the various Ballantine paperback editions, at page 292 of the Corgi paperback edition.

11

1998

Jerome Clark’s “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) in Volume 2:L-Z at pages 719-728 (in an entry entitled “Portage County Sightings”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

10

1968

Lore, Gordon and Deneault, Harold in their “Mysteries of the Skies” (1968) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 161-162 (in Chapter 10), 181-183 (in the Epilogue) of the Prentice-Hall hardback edition.

5

1966

Lorenzen, Coral in “Flying Saucers : the Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space” (1966) (an enlarged version of her “The Great Flying Saucer Hoax” (1962)) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 250-251 (in Chapter 15) of the Signet paperback edition.

2

1977

Ortzen, Len in his “Strange Stories of UFOs” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 59-63 (in Chapter 8 generally) of the Coronet paperback edition.

5

1974

Quintanilla, Hector (Major) in his unpublished manuscript entitled “UFOs: An Air Force Dilemma” (copyright 1974) at pages 72-73 of the manuscript, at pages 85-86 of the NIDS pdf version available free on-line on various websites, including at the following link:

http://www.projectbluebook.us/UFOs%20An%20Air%20Force%20Dilemma%20By%20Quintanilla.pdf

http://www.nidsci.org/pdf/quintanilla.pdf

 

2

1997

Randle, Kevin in his “Project Bluebook Exposed” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 180-182 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “So, What Do We Make of All This?”) of the Marlowe softcover edition.

3

1997

Randle, Kevin in his “Project Bluebook Exposed” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 133-150 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “April 17, 1966” generally), 182-183 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “So, What Do We Make of All This?”) of the Marlowe softcover edition.

20

1983

Ridpath, Ian in his “Life Off Earth” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 116 (in Chapter 10) of the Granada hardback edition.

1

1994

Ritchie, David in his “UFO : The Definitive Guide” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 147 (in an entry entitled “Neff-Spaur incident, Ohio-Pennsylvania, United States”) of the MJF hardback edition.

1

1980

Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 254-255 (in an entry entitled “Portage County, Ohio”) and included in a list entitled “Chronological list of UFO sightings” at page ix of the Corgi softback edition.

2

1980

Sheaffer, Robert in his “The UFO Verdict” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 179-196 (in Chapter 19 generally) of the Prometheus softback edition.

18

1998

Sheaffer, Robert in his “UFO Sightings: The Evidence” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 235-255 (in Chapter 18 generally) of the Prometheus hardback edition.

21

2003

Sparks, Brad in version 1.7 of his “Comprehensive Catalog of 1,500 Project BLUE BOOK UFO Unknowns” (2003) as Case Number 1442 on page 179 of the PDF edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition). Both editions are available online, respectively at the following links:

http://www.cufos.org/BB_Unknowns_1_7.pdf

http://www.nicap.org/bluebook/CufosBBUnknowns.doc

1

1991

Spencer, John in his “The UFO Encyclopedia” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 224 (in an entry entitled “Neff, Deputy Sheriff Wilbur”) of the Guild hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Avon softcover edition) at pages 262-263 of the Headline paperback edition.

1

1978

Stemman, Roy in his “Mysteries of the Universe: Great Mysteries” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 229 (in Chapter 12) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition.

1

1981

Story, Ronald in his “UFOs and the Limits of Science” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 144-155 (Chapter 10 generally ) and included in a list of ten “best” cases offered at pages 21-22 of the NEL Hardback edition

12

1987

Time-Life (Editors of) in “The UFO phenomenon: Mysteries of the Unknown” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 111, 113-115 (in Chapter 4) of the Time-Life Book hardback edition.

4

1996

Wilson, Colin in his “World Famous UFOs” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 81 (in Chapter 4) of the Parragon softcover edition.

1

1967

Young, Mort in his “UFO Top Secret” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 99-101 (in Chapter 7), 130-131 (in Chapter 9) of the Essandess softcover edition.

5

 

 

Other Material

Listed as Project Blue Book Case Number 10447 on the redacted US National Archives and Records Administration (“NARA”) microfilm records of Project Blue Book, released to the National Archives in 1975 – see National Archives Microfilm Publication T1206 roll number 1. An image of the relevant index page has been given the unique Page ID (“PID”) of NARA-PBB1-371 (page 371 of 1014) at the link below.

Listed (without a Project Blue Book Case Number) on the unredacted Maxwell Air Force Base (“Maxwell”) microfilm records of Project Blue Book – see Maxwell microfilm roll number 30,363. An image of the relevant index page has been given the unique Page ID (“PID”) of MAXW-PBB2-580 (page 580 of 1352) at the link below.

http://www.bluebookarchive.org