13th Annual UFO Festival
- Hotel Oregon |
- Friday, May 18, 2012
- 3 p.m. 'til late |
- Ticketed events are $10, or $25 for a three-event pass |
- All ages welcome
About 13th Annual UFO Festival
Set in a small town in the middle of Oregon wine country, the UFO Festival explores and celebrates the possibilities of life beyond Earth. Skeptics and believers alike are invited to enjoy all the events happening throughout the weekend!
Events (besides speakers) are free • All ages welcome (unless noted)
Tickets to each speakers' event are $10, and are available at the door, as well as a 3-event pass for $25.
Food and drinks available for purchase at speaker events. For in-depth information on speakers, events, directions, ticket info, lodging and schedule, please go to ufofest.com. Details will be updated as we have them
*** 2012 SCHEDULE ***
Please note: Details will be filled in as we have them.
*** FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012 ***
McMinnville UFO Festival Video Contest [Entry/Info PDF]
3 p.m. ’til 7 p.m. • 3rd St. Pizza Co./Moonlight Theater • Loop of all entries
UFO Speaker: Donald R. Schmitt
Schmitt is the former co-director of the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, where he served as Director of Special Investigations for ten years. Schmitt is the author of dozens of articles about UFOs, as well as the co-author of two best-selling books, UFO Crash at Roswell (Avon, 1991 and Witness to Roswell (New Page, 2007), and The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell (M. Evans, 1994). He is also the author of Roswell: The Chronological Pictorial (Moonset Entertainment Group). Schmitt has led and organized the only three archaeological digs at the Roswell crash/debris field, conducted in 1989, 2002, and 2006.
Doors at 6 p.m.; event at 7 p.m. • McMinnville Community Center
$10 per person, available at the door (3-event bundle also available)
Food and beverage will be available for purchase.
Live music by Kirby Swatosh & The Moon Rock Patrol
7 p.m. • Cellar Bar at Hotel Oregon • 21 & over
Live music by Yarn
As part of the Great Northwest Music Tour
8 p.m. • Mattie's Room at Hotel Oregon
Movie in the Tent
Mars Attacks! (1996)
8 p.m. doors; 9 p.m. film • Tent on N.E. Evans St. at Hotel Oregon
Live broadcast with Clyde Lewis of Ground Zero
9 p.m. ’til 12 midnight • Paragon Room at Hotel Oregon
*** SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012 ***
Food, Beer & Gift Tent
9 a.m. 'til 5 p.m. • Evans St.
UFO Speaker: Yvonne R. Smith
UFO abduction researcher Smith (known in UFO circles as "Hypnotherapist Yvonne") received her hypnotherapy certification in 1990, specializing in cases of post-traumatic stress disorder. Smith has observed that many of her PTSD cases involved subjects with similar patterns of UFO abduction encounters.
Doors at 9 a.m.; event at 10 a.m. • McMinnville Community Center
$10 per person, available at the door (3-event bundle also available)
Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
McMinnville UFO Festival Video Contest [Entry/Info PDF]
12 noon • 3rd St. Pizza Co./Moonlight Theater • Single showing of all entries
Movie: The Hidden Hand
12:30 p.m. • Community Center • All ages
$5 or Free with a Saturday speaker ticket or 3-event pass
Winner of last year's EBE award, The Hidden Hand features several of our past speakers, including Rich Dolan, Stan Friedman, and Budd Hopkins, talking in depth. [website] [trailer]
NEW! The film will be introduced by Chance Reed, part of the Reed family that has endured multigenerational alien abductions, and son of festival speaker Thomas Reed. For more about the Reed family, check out this article: "The Reed Family's Alien Nightmare."
UFO Costume Parade
2 p.m. • Third St.
To march in the UFO Costume Parade please read and submit the UFO Parade Entry Form
Third Street Dance! Featuring Garcia Birthday Band
Immediately following the parade ’til 5 p.m. • Third St. at Hotel Oregon
After GBB's float wraps their parade appearance, come "dancin’ in the streets" as they park in front of the hotel for a few more hours of 'Grateful Jams'!
A performance by Willamette Radio Workshop
3 p.m. • Mattie's Room at Hotel Oregon
Alien Pet Costume Contest
Bring your pets, dressed in their alien best!
4 p.m. • 2nd Ave. at Cowls
UFO Speaker: Tom Reed
Tom is the son of a prominent former Connecticut mayor and attorney. Reed is now known as part of a multigenerational alien abduction case – he and his brother Matthew, his mother Nancy and his grandmother have a documented history of multi-generational abductions that date back to 1954. The family began reporting their alien involvement to local authorities, MUFON and aerospace groups in the mid-1980s, while their individual cases have been investigated by several groups for more than 20 years.
Read about Tomin an article from the The Knoxville News-Sentinel.
Watch Tom and Matt in an interview on FOX news.
Doors at 4 p.m.; event at 5 p.m. • McMinnville Community Center
$10 per person, available at the door (3-event bundle also available)
Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
McMinnville UFO Festival Video Contest [Entry/Info PDF]
6 p.m. • 3rd St. Pizza Co./Moonlight Theater • Single showing of all entries
7 p.m. •
3rd St. Pizza Co./Moonlight Theater • Awards Ceremony and screening for entrants and their families, with remaining tickets available to the public
Live music by Kirby Swatosh & The Moon Rock Patrol
7 p.m. • Cellar Bar at Hotel Oregon • 21 & over
Alien Costume Ball
Featuring the live music from Big Mama Gayle & Her Sugar Daddies
8 p.m. 'til 11 p.m. • Mattie's Room at Hotel Oregon
Live music by Vivid Curve
8 p.m. 'til 11 p.m. • Paragon Room at Hotel Oregon
- website:
- http://www.ufofest.com/
