NASA to search files on '65 UFO
incident
Government agency fought the move in federal
court
WASHINGTON - NASA has agreed to search its archives once again for
documents on a 1965 UFO incident in Pennsylvania, a step the space
agency fought in federal court. The government has refused to open
its files about what, if anything, moved across the sky and crashed
in the woods near Kecksburg, Pa., 40 miles southeast of
Pittsburgh.
Traffic was tied up in the area as curiosity seekers drove to the
area, only to be kept away from the crash site by soldiers.
The Air Force's explanation for the unidentified flying object: A
meteor or meteors.
"They could not find anything," one Air Force memo stated after a
late-night search on Dec. 9, 1965. Several NASA employees also were
reported to have been at the scene.
Eyewitnesses said a flatbed truck drove away a large object shaped
like an acorn and about the size of a Volkswagon bus. A mock-up
based on the descriptions of local residents sits behind the
Kecksburg Volunteer Fire Department.
UFO enthusiasts refused to let the matter die and journalist Leslie
Kean of New York City sued NASA four years ago for
information.
The agency has turned over several stacks of documents which Kean
says are not responsive to the request, an argument that U.S.
District Judge Emmet Sullivan agreed with.
In March, Sullivan rejected NASA's request to throw the case out of
court, resulting in negotiations that led to the agency promising
last week that it will conduct a more comprehensive search.
Kean said Friday that she sued NASA rather than the Army because
the space agency a decade ago released some relevant documents on
the case.
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