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A model depicting the crashed object is displayed near the Kecksburg fire station (Wikimedia Commons)
The Kecksburg UFO incident is one of those mysteries that has gained immense notoriety in popular culture. So much so that it served as plot points and inspirations for movies. Now, the incident, also known as Pennsylvania s Roswell will be one of the topics discussed in UFO Witness premiering on Discovery+ with Never-Before-Released Project Blue Book Files. The 14-episode docuseries will explore the Kecksburg events, which occurred in 1965.
What was the Kecksburg incident?
Citizens reported seeing a massive fireball. The report came from six US states and Canada that also included Michigan and Detroit. While theorists and astronomers attributed it to a meteor that started burning up when it came in contact with the earth s atmosphere, NASA provided a statement in 2005 saying experts had looked at fragments and concluding they were from a Soviet satellite. Exc