Kecksburg Incident
On December 9, 1965, residents near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania reported a fireball and a crash-site response involving military personnel. Decades later, journalist Leslie Kean sued NASA under FOIA seeking records related to the event.
On December 9, 1965, residents near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania reported a fireball and a crash-site response involving military personnel.
Brief
On December 9, 1965, residents near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania reported a fireball and a crash-site response involving military personnel. Decades later, journalist Leslie Kean sued NASA under FOIA seeking records related to the event. The strongest record is not proof of a recovered craft. It is the public dispute over whether NASA searched adequately for responsive records and whether files were lost under retention schedules. The case stays in lore because the crash-retrieval claim remains unverified.
Metadata
- Date
- 1965-12-09
- Year
- 1965
- Location
- Kecksburg, Pennsylvania
- Region
- United States
- Status
- unconfirmed
- Tag
- journalism
- Primary
- NASA Court-Ordered To Search For UFO Docs
- Source type
- article
- Sources
- 2
Key Points
- On December 9, 1965, residents near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania reported a fireball and a crash-site response involving military personnel.
- Decades later, journalist Leslie Kean sued NASA under FOIA seeking records related to the event.
- The strongest record is not proof of a recovered craft.
- It is the public dispute over whether NASA searched adequately for responsive records and whether files were lost under retention schedules.
Most Interesting
- On December 9, 1965, residents near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania reported a fireball and a crash-site response involving military personnel.
- It is the public dispute over whether NASA searched adequately for responsive records and whether files were lost under retention schedules.
- Decades later, journalist Leslie Kean sued NASA under FOIA seeking records related to the event.
Timeline
- 1965-12-09 · Encounter
On December 9, 1965, residents near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania reported a fireball and a crash-site response involving military personnel.
- 2007 · Source record
NASA Court-Ordered To Search For UFO Docs is the preferred source material attached to this encounter.
Sources
- NASA Court-Ordered To Search For UFO DocsCBS News, 2007
- The Conclusion of the NASA Lawsuit Concerning the Kecksburg, PA UFO Case of 1965Coalition for Freedom of Information (archived), 2009
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