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Kecksburg Incident
A fireball seen across several U.S. states and Canada was reported to have come down in woods near Kecksburg, followed by a military presence in the area.
- Date
- 9 December 1965
- Location
- Kecksburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania · United States
- Witnesses
- Civilian, Military, Multiple
- Evidence
- Official documents
What was reported
Residents reported seeing an object fall into the woods, and some later said they saw an acorn-shaped object and military personnel removing something on a flatbed truck.
Official and public statements
Project Blue Book recorded the fireball as a meteor. In 2003 the SciFi Channel's Coalition for Freedom of Information sued NASA under FOIA for records on the case; NASA stated it had found fragments of a Soviet satellite in 1965 but later said the records could not be located.
References
Source: Wikipedia