THE FUTURE OF THE WOODSTOCK
50 FESTIVAL IS UP IN THE AIR.
ORGANIZERS CLASHED WITH
INVESTORS IN A NEW YORK CITY
AND THE HEARING WILL CONTINUE
COURTROOM TODAY AND THE HEARING
WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW.
THE TWO SIDES ACCUSE THE OTHER
OF BROKEN PROMISES OVER MONEY.
THE FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE 50
YEARS SINCE THE ORIGINAL
WOODSTOCK IS SET FOR IN WATKINS
AUGUST GLEN IN NEW YORK.
THE INVESTOR ANNOUNCED LAST
BUT THE ORGANIZERS SAY ITS STILL
MONTH THE CONCERT WAS CANCELED
ON.
,>> EVERY SPRING, THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER, CROWD INTO
MCMINNVILLE FOR AMERICA'S
SECOND-LARGEST UFO FESTIVAL.
THE FESTIVAL CELEBRATES A FAMOUS
UFO SIGHTING, THAT WAS CAUGHT ON
CAMERA.
THE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE PUBLISHED
AROUND THE WORLD -- AND NOBODY'S
BEEN ABLE TO PROVE THE IMAGES
ARE NOT REAL.
KEN BODDIE EXPLAINS HOW THE
MCMINNVILLE UFO HAS BECOME PART
OF OREGON'S LORE, IN THIS PLACE
"WHERE WE LIVE."
FOR THREE DAYS EVERY MAY,
MCMINNVILLE, BECOMES
UFO-CENTRAL.
ONLY THE UFO FESTIVAL IN
ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO IS BIGGER.
THIS BIZARRE CELEBRATION
COMMEMORATES A REPORTED UFO
SIGHTING NEAR HERE IN 1950.
I BELIEVE SOMETHING EXISTS
OUT THERE.
THE MCMINNVILLE UFO
PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN BY PAUL
TRENT ON MAY 11TH, 1950, FROM
HIS FARM OUTSIDE SHERIDAN, ABOUT
9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MCMINNVILLE.
FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL
PAPER, THE TELEGRAPH REGISTER,
THE PICTURES WENT THE 1950'S
VERSION OF VIRAL.
THE STORY WAS PICKED UP AROUND
THE WORLD, EVEN THE COMING A
COVER STORY IN LIFE MAGAZINE.
PAUL AND HIS WIFE EVELYN SWORE
TO THEIR DEATHS IN THE LATE 90'S
THAT THE PICTURES ARE REAL, AND
NOT A HOAX.
NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVE
OTHERWISE.
NO AND THEY HAVE TAKEN
ANOTHER LOOK AT IT AND THE
GOVERNMENT IS STILL UNABLE TO.
RECOGNIZING A GOOD MARKETING
OPPORTUNITY, MCMENAMINS DECIDED
TO START THE UFO FESTIVAL, WHEN
THEY OPENED THE HOTEL OREGON IN
DOWNTOWN MCMINNVILLE IN 1999.
I KNOW WE HAVE TAKEN IT AND
RUN WITH IT.
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HAS
BOUGHT IN, FROM THE MCMINNVILLE
DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION-
-- ASSOCIATION TO MOM AND POP
SHOPS ALL OVER TOWN.
THE BIG PARADE ON SATURDAY, THE
MAJOR ATTRACTION.
BUT THERE ARE ALSO KIDS
ACTIVITIES, LECTURES BY UFO
EXPERTS AND THE ONGOING DEBATE
ARE THE TRENT UFO PHOTOGRAPHS-
,-- PHOTOGRAPHS REAL?
THERE SOMETHING OUT THERE
DEFINITELY AND I THINK THERE'S A
LOT MORE TO EXPLAIN.
THE UFO FESTIVAL STARTS
