Kecksburg UFO incident
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The Kecksburg UFO incident of Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, USA occurred on December 9, 1965. It is reported that a flaming object fell out of the sky that night, and crashed in the woods. The object, reported to be the shape of an acorn and as large as a VW Beetle, was said to be carried away, presumably by the military.
The official report that the object was a meteor, however, theories as to what the Kecksburg object (if there was one - reports vary) also range from it being an alien craft to the nosecone of a Soviet probe, Kosmos-96 that was destined for Venus.
There has been a recent push for NASA to release pertinent documents on the subject. Some 40 pages of these documents were released on November 1, 2003, but are unrevealing.
Similarities have been drawn between Kecksburg and the Roswell UFO incident, and as such, is known as "Pennsylvania's Roswell".
In 2003, the Sci Fi Channel sponsored a scientific study of the area and related records done by the Coalition for Freedom of Information.