How a 1925 Airship Crash Shaped an Ohio Town (with Kendall Crawford)
From Looking Up by Dean Regas
February 27, 2026 · 16 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the 1925 crash of the USS Shenandoah in Ava, Ohio, and its impact on the town.
What might it be like to watch an alien spacecraft fall from the sky? Residents of Ava, Ohio, in 1925 experienced something close to this, when the USS Shenandoah, a naval airship, crashed down on rural farmland. Dean Regas chats with Ohio News Room journalist, Kendall Crawford, after her visit to Ava's mobile museum. We want to hear from you!Send us your thoughts on this episode at lookingup@wvxu.org or post them on social media using #lookinguppodcast
People in this episode
Host: Dean Regas
Guest: Kendall Crawford
Topics covered
- airship crash
- Ohio history
- alien spacecraft
- USS Shenandoah
- journalism
- local museum
Keywords
- USS Shenandoah
- airship crash
- Ava Ohio
- Kendall Crawford
- Dean Regas
- 1925
- alien spacecraft
- local history
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Ava, Ohio
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