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This is a worthy attempt however if there is anything in those files any truth will not be released. 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 Volkswagen 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. "This is about the public's right to know," Kean said. "We would be doing this lawsuit regardless of whether UFO groups were interested in it or not. It's a freedom of information issue." 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. Source |
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thanks for the update, pziasd! when can we expect further information regarding this case? it's interesting that NASA is expressing interest! that would have worked if you hadn't stopped me |
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thanks for the update, pziasd! when can we expect further information regarding this case? it's interesting that NASA is expressing interest! I don't think NASA was expressing an interest. They were ordered by the court to do the search. ![]() Calm Chaos Forum...Join Calm Chaos Now |
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They were ordered by the court to do the search Hello Labbie! Ah, I see. Still, I'm excited about the outcome of this investigation... that would have worked if you hadn't stopped me |
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This is a worthy attempt however if there is anything in those files any truth will not be released.A court case over what issue? If someting landed then where is it. how could Gov't entities get to it before the local populace. If it were rural Pennsylvania then how does the Gov't out number the local populace ?? This kind of nonsense is unworthy of properly educated Americans. regards, Bill |
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A court case over what issue? If someting landed then where is it. how could Gov't entities get to it before the local populace. If it were rural Pennsylvania then how does the Gov't out number the local populace ?? This kind of nonsense is unworthy of properly educated Americans. You underestimate the gullibility of the Conspiracy Theory community! ;-) |
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From CIA website you can find many pdf files on UFO reports that most lines blackened. Mandtugai! |
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laughing at this one NASA statemant , we have no official records of this event... how many ways does one interpret the statement |
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LoL those files if they exsisted were shredded in 1965. |
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From CIA website you can find many pdf files on UFO reports that most lines blackened.Exactly what is so classified that it has to be blackened out on records 42 years old. lol. Must be something major. ;) |
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From CIA website you can find many pdf files on UFO reports that most lines blackened.Exactly what is so classified that it has to be blackened out on records 42 years old. lol. Must be something major. ;) As my previous checking last year there were 10 links in one page all pdf's but this time I found some insufficient link. Maybe they considered those as too much info and cut again. ;) Mandtugai! |
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I wanna see the Unofficial records. lol |
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