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Place

Kecksburg, PA

United States

40.18 N, 79.46 WView on OpenStreetMap

2 events here, 1965 to 1990, in date order.

  1. Sightings

    Kecksburg fireball and recovery reports

    After a fireball crossed several states, witnesses in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, said an object came down in the woods and military personnel hauled something away. A FOIA suit led NASA to a court-monitored search in 2007-2009 that found no records of a recovered object.

  2. Media

    Unsolved Mysteries airs its Kecksburg segment

    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.