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Kecksburg UFO incident

Also known as: 1965 Kecksburg Pennsylvania UFO incident, Kecksburg incident, Kecksburg, Pennsylvania UFO incident, Kecksburg UFO incident, 1965 Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, UFO incident

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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com The New Yorker Apr 30, 2021 12 facts

accountOn December 9, 1965, an object described as the size of a Volkswagen Beetle and acorn-shaped allegedly fell from the sky in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, and was subsequently removed from the woods on a flatbed truck while guarded by armed service members.

claimNASA claimed that the records requested by Leslie Kean regarding the Kecksburg UFO incident had gone missing in 1987.

accountLeslie Kean filed Freedom of Information Act requests for NASA files regarding debris retrieved from the Kecksburg, Pennsylvania UFO incident.

quoteJohn Podesta stated regarding the Kecksburg incident: “There was a real story there, and you know that when the boxes are missing in the basement and the dog ate my homework. They just refused to own up to what had actually happened. I was perfectly willing to believe that it was the debris of a Soviet satellite that we didn’t want to return, but there was nothing that provided any clarity—and after forty years there was no plausible reason for them not to come clean and just say what they thought it was.”

accountJohn Podesta, former chief of staff to President Clinton, publicly supported Leslie Kean's lawsuit against NASA regarding the Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, UFO incident.

accountJohn Podesta, the former chief of staff for President Bill Clinton, publicly supported Leslie Kean's lawsuit against NASA regarding the Kecksburg UFO incident records.

perspectiveJohn Podesta stated that the government's failure to provide clear information about the Kecksburg incident, despite the passage of forty years, lacked a plausible justification.

claimNASA claimed that records regarding the 1965 Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, UFO incident went missing in 1987.

accountLeslie Kean filed a lawsuit against NASA to force compliance with Freedom of Information Act requests regarding the Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, UFO incident.

accountLeslie Kean won a settlement in her lawsuit against NASA after four years of litigation, resulting in the receipt of hundreds of documents that were largely irrelevant to the Kecksburg UFO incident.

accountLeslie Kean filed a lawsuit against NASA to force compliance with her Freedom of Information Act request after an unsuccessful appeal regarding missing records from the 1965 Kecksburg UFO incident.

accountLeslie Kean won a settlement in her lawsuit against NASA after four years, receiving documents she characterized as largely irrelevant.