Kecksburg, Pennsylvania

Kecksburg, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Kecksburg, Pennsylvania Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°11′05″N 79°27′41″W / 40.18472°N 79.46139°W / 40.18472; -79.46139Coordinates: 40°11′05″N 79°27′41″W / 40.18472°N 79.46139°W / 40.18472; -79.46139
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Westmoreland
Elevation	1,209 ft (369 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Kecksburg is an unincorporated community in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It is located along PA Route 982 in a heavily wooded area about 30 miles southeast of Pittsburgh at an elevation of 1,209 feet.

History

UFO incident

Main article: Kecksburg UFO incident

On December 9, 1965 a large, brilliant fireball was seen by thousands in at least six states and Ontario, Canada. It streaked over the Detroit, Michigan/Windsor, Ontario area, dropped metal debris over Michigan and northern Ohio, and caused sonic booms in Western Pennsylvania. The fireball landed in the woods just outside Kecksburg and was reportedly acorn-shaped. Some speculated that it was a UFO, however the United States government officially stated that it was just a meteor.

A large bell-shaped metallic object was made by Unsolved Mysteries for their story on the incident. After the story aired, the show donated the model to the town, and it was placed upon a three-legged wooden pedestal at the local fire department. The model was taken indoors for a time, however it is now back outside on a new metal pedestal lit with spotlights.

References

Municipalities and communities of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Greensburg

Cities	Arnold Greensburg Jeannette Latrobe Lower Burrell Monessen New Kensington

Boroughs	Adamsburg Arona Avonmore Bolivar Delmont Derry Donegal East Vandergrift Export Hunker Hyde Park Irwin Laurel Mountain Ligonier Madison Manor Mount Pleasant Murrysville New Alexandria New Florence New Stanton North Belle Vernon North Irwin Oklahoma Penn Scottdale Seward Smithton South Greensburg Southwest Greensburg Sutersville Trafford‡ Vandergrift West Leechburg West Newton Youngstown Youngwood

Townships	Allegheny Bell Cook Derry Donegal East Huntingdon Fairfield Hempfield Ligonier Loyalhanna Mount Pleasant North Huntingdon Penn Rostraver St. Clair Salem Sewickley South Huntingdon Unity Upper Burrell Washington

CDPs	Bradenville Calumet Collinsburg Crabtree Fellsburg Grapeville Harrison City Herminie Hostetter Lawson Heights Level Green Loyalhanna Lynnwood-Pricedale‡ Mammoth Millwood Norvelt St. Vincent College Slickville Webster Wyano Yukon

Unincorporated communities	Acme Armbrust Baggaley Blackstone Boquet Bovard Brenizer Carbon Claridge Darragh Forbes Road Greenwald Hannastown Hopewell Hutchinson Kecksburg Laughlintown Lloydsville Lowber Luxor Marguerite Morewood Moween New Derry Pandora Peanut Pleasant Unity Reagantown Rector Rillton Ruffs Dale Scab Hill Seger Southwest Stahlstown Standard Shaft Salina Tarrs Torrance Trauger Turkeytown United Bessemer

Ghost towns	Cokeville West Overton

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Pittsburgh metropolitan area

Counties	Allegheny Armstrong Beaver Brooke Butler Fayette Hancock Indiana Jefferson Lawrence Washington Westmoreland	Map of the Pittsburgh Tri-State with green counties in the metropolitan area and yellow counties in the combined area.

Major cities	Pittsburgh

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