The strangeness began when thousands of witnesses across six US states and parts of Canada observed a peculiar fireball that dropped “hot metal debris” as it blazed through the heavens.
Despite the sightings being fairly widespread, however, it was the small town of Kecksburg in Pennsylvania that would become most closely associated with the incident.
It started when a young local boy claimed to have seen the object come down in nearby woods and his mother later reported it to the authorities when she saw strange blue wisps rising from the trees.
Several locals, including members of the fire department, went out to investigate the scene and found an odd acorn-shaped object the size of a small car with strange writing on its surface.
Within a short space of time there were reports of an intense military presence at the crash site with army officials ordering civilians away from the scene while the object was being loaded onto a truck.
The incident was later played down as nothing more than a meteor impact, however many people still believe that the military had been covering up something a lot more significant.
In 2005, NASA claimed that an analysis of fragments retrieved from the site had identified them as being parts of a Soviet satellite, but official records concerning the find had been lost in the 1980s.
Investigative journalist Leslie Kean even sued NASA under the Freedom of Information Act and while the space agency was ultimately ordered to search for the records, their whereabouts were never determined.
Some believe that the documents were hidden or destroyed as part of a cover-up, while others believe that it was more likely to be the US Air Force, not NASA, that had possession of the files.
Whatever the case, no definitive explanation for the incident has ever been forthcoming.
Source: unexplained-mysteries
Charles R
This one made the news in my local paper at that time, The Midland Daily News, Midland, MI. and I remember reading the article at that time of the fireball as it was seen in Michigan skys. It well could have been a Soviet satellite, heck even a Soviet cosmonaut ship that got off course. Or it could have been a UFO. In either Nasa or more likely a secret Military group would have treated it the same way at that time.
Eric J
My wife and I visited kecksburg a few years ago, such a small town if you blink driving through there you might miss it. The “ufo” store, fire dept and bar are all in one building. We knocked on the door and said we wanted a couple beers and tshirts, bartender asked if we were members and only members are allowed to have a beer. The bartender was quite standoffish until we mentioned that we both grew up in Pennsylvania . She says if you guys are from PA come on in and have beer!! The ufo store was a small room with memorabilia and t shirts. Best part was the walls in the “store” were plastered with old newspaper clippings Id never seen before. Very interesting indeed! The acorn ufo looks quite similar to the Germans “die glocke” bell, hope I spelled that right.