Kecksburg
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| Type | Place |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Kecksburg, Pennsylvania |
| On the Timeline | 1 event, 1965 |
Kecksburg is a small unincorporated community in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, about 50 km (30 miles) southeast of Pittsburgh. It is famous for the "Kecksburg incident" of 9 December 1965, when a fireball seen across several states was reported to have come down in nearby woods.[1]
History
The village was laid out around 1860 on five acres bought by Johann Martin Keck, who became its first postmaster in 1868 and held the post for 26 years. It lies in wooded hill country along Pennsylvania Route 982.[1]
The 1965 incident
On the late afternoon of 9 December 1965 thousands of people in at least six U.S. states and in Ontario, Canada, saw a bright fireball. It was linked to reports of metal debris falling over Michigan and northern Ohio and to sonic booms over western Pennsylvania, and witnesses said something had crashed in the woods outside Kecksburg. Some described an acorn-shaped object, and military personnel were reported to have searched the area. Officials said the fireball was a meteor; others have suggested it was the Soviet Venus probe Kosmos 96, which re-entered the atmosphere that day, though the timing of that re-entry has been questioned.[1][2][3]
The acorn and the festival
In 1990 the TV series Unsolved Mysteries built a large metal model of the acorn-shaped object for its segment on the case, and afterwards gave it to the town. It now stands on a lit pedestal by the Kecksburg Volunteer Fire Department, which hosts an annual UFO festival with talks, stalls and a parade.[1]
On the UAP Timeline
- Lockbourne AFB object and Kecksburg (10 December 1965) — An Air Force guard says he watched over an object brought from Pennsylvania before it went to Wright-Patterson.
References
- Kecksburg, Pennsylvania — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- "Kosmos 96", NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive · nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov · archived copy
- Kecksburg UFO incident — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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