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Unsolved Mysteries airs its Kecksburg segment

Name: Unsolved Mysteries airs its Kecksburg segment
Start: 1990
Location: Kecksburg, PA

When: 1990
Where: Kecksburg, PA
Sources: 3 public sources

The Kecksburg replica, built for the Unsolved Mysteries segment and now displayed in the town Ryright, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

NBC's Unsolved Mysteries revisited the 1965 Kecksburg fireball case in a 1990 segment, helping the local story reach a wider audience. A mockup of the reported object made for the program is displayed by the Kecksburg Volunteer Fire Department.

Sources

PressKecksburg UFO incident 60 years ago put Westmoreland County community on the map (opens in a new tab)Herald-Standard / 2025-12-20
PressIs case finally closed on 1965 UFO mystery? (opens in a new tab)Space.com via NBC News / 2009-11-24
OtherUnsolved Mysteries episode 81 (repeat of the Kecksburg segment) (opens in a new tab)TheTVDB / 1991-02-27

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How the story came out

This reports on Kecksburg fireball and recovery reports (9 Dec 1965).

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Where it fits

Earlier in MediaJerome Clark's 'The UFO Encyclopedia' begins publication1990 Later in MediaVallee's 'Five Arguments Against the Extraterrestrial Origin of UFOs'1990

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