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NASA Opens Kecksburg Docs
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| 24-October-03
Posted on 10/25/2003 3:30:03 PM PDT by demlosers
NASA has agreed to turn over documents relating to the alleged crash of a UFO in Kecksburg, Pa., in 1965, the SCI FI Channel announced. The news comes a day after SCI FI said it would pursue legal action against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to release its records on the incident.
NASA informed Lee Helfrich, attorney for the Channel-sponsored Coalition for Freedom of Information, that it is releasing 36 pages of documents, the Channel said.
The release comes after 10 months of pursuing the records through the Freedom of Information Act. The Department of Defense and the U.S. Army have yet to release any records under similar requests, the Channel said.
"For more than four months we have received no response from NASA, but one day after John Podesta, President Clinton's former chief of staff and member of the Moynihan Commission, and Bonnie Hammer, president of SCI FI Channel, called on government agencies to make public records that are over 25 years old, lo and behold, NASA responds," Helfrich said in a statement.
"I think it's fair to say that we have truly entered the realm of science fiction in Washington, D.C., when it's fair game to disclose the identity of a clandestine CIA agent, but not the records of an unexplained crash in Kecksburg, Pa., that occurred 38 years ago," Podesta said at a news conference this week.
On Dec. 9, 1965, witnesses described seeing a fireball in the sky, a controlled landing and the systematic military recovery of an object. The incident is the subject of the original SCI FI Channel documentary The New Rosell: Kecksburg Exposed, hosted by Bryant Gumbel, which premieres Oct. 24 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: area51; buildthewall; documentary; extraterrestrials; johnpodesta; kecksburg; nasa; pennsylvania; scifichannel; syfy; ufo; ufos
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posted on
10/25/2003 3:30:04 PM PDT
by
demlosers
To: demlosers
Humm watched the show last night ad was disappointed. Seemed very hard to get the UFO theory to hold up. I grew up in Maryland, not far from the crash site and most folks thought it was a camera module off of a U2. Could also have been part of the grandpa of the SR-71 in that time frame. Makes me suspicious that NASA has agreed so fast - nothing to hide would be my take on it.
To: demlosers
It should be interesting to see if there's any incrementally better info released in the docs or not.
I wouldn't expect a lot of shocking stuff. Maybe some slightly better details.
There's some Kecksburg docs in this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1004960/posts?page=446 Toward the latter half of the 2nd section.
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posted on
10/25/2003 5:43:27 PM PDT
by
Quix
(DEFEAT the lying, deceptive, satanic, commie, leftist, globalist oligarchy 1 associate at a time)
To: mad_as_he$$
i DON'T believe in any of the purported other stuff.
Toooooo many flavors are too typical of UFO crash stuff.
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posted on
10/25/2003 5:56:33 PM PDT
by
Quix
(DEFEAT the lying, deceptive, satanic, commie, leftist, globalist oligarchy 1 associate at a time)
To: demlosers
"I think it's fair to say that we have truly entered the realm of science fiction in Washington, D.C., when it's fair game to disclose the identity of a clandestine CIA agent, but not the records of an unexplained crash in Kecksburg, Pa., that occurred 38 years ago," Podesta said at a news conference this week.
HEhe. What a loser.
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posted on
10/25/2003 6:05:54 PM PDT
by
tet68
(multiculturalism is an ideological academic fantasy maintained in obvious bad faith. M. Thompson)
To: demlosers
NASA informed Lee Helfrich, attorney for the Channel-sponsored Coalition for Freedom of Information, that it is releasing 36 pages of documents I would bet it take NASA 36 pages to document a routine half-hour meeting. Where are the rest of the documents?
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posted on
10/25/2003 6:16:33 PM PDT
by
RJL
To: tet68; martin_fierro; xsmommy
My Dad's uncle Pete and aunt Emma lived in Kecksburg.
(Emma was my grandpap's sister.)
Anyway, Dad claims this thing went down somewhere near uncle Pete's farm, but he and grandpap couldn't go check to see if everybody was OK because the roads were blocked by the military.
But what the heck do I know?
I was only 13 and don't remember anything about it.
Besides, Dad is one helluva big bullshooter, so I take that story with a grain of salt.
I don't think Kecksburg was visited by any little green aliens...
but I suspect that something DID come down in that little town that needs some explanation.
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posted on
10/25/2003 6:34:02 PM PDT
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: Willie Green; xsmommy; mountaineer
Man, you are FREEKIN' me ahht. 'N'at.
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posted on
10/25/2003 6:58:25 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: martin_fierro
Hey, we moved to the 'Burgh when I was only 4.
But I was born in Mount Pleasant (where my parents and grandparents were from.)
Both sides of the family were BIG families... and Kecksburg is only 5~6 miles away...
Heck, I got relatives in that neck of the woods that I never even met, scattered all through those little towns.
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posted on
10/25/2003 7:27:51 PM PDT
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: Willie Green
I heard the story too from wife's family; they were from calumet. Everyone said there was alot more to it than you would believe.
But it was kinda funny sitting here along the Yukon watching the dish to see all these people she knew from back east; smaller world than you's think.
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posted on
10/25/2003 7:28:04 PM PDT
by
Eska
To: Eska
I heard the story too from wife's family; they were from calumet.It IS a small world!
My other grandfather (my Mom's dad) was born in Calumet (1892).
I think that's about 5 miles outside of Mount Pleasant as well, but along a different road. Calumet and Kecksburg really aren't all that far from each other.
To: demlosers
screw NASA's files...I want to see the NSA files.
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posted on
10/25/2003 10:46:31 PM PDT
by
Keith
To: Willie Green
The New Rosell: Kecksburg Exposed, hosted by Bryant Gumbel, which premieres Oct. 24 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
- Extraterrestrials on Earth? I'll buy that.
- Overarching Government coverup? Sounds about right.
- Bryant Gumbel as a credible news presenter? GET OUTTA HERE!
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posted on
10/26/2003 3:04:50 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: Willie Green; xsmommy; mountaineer
Next you'll be tellin' me you put the "Green" in "Greensburg." Ya Jagoff.
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posted on
10/26/2003 3:07:21 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: Willie Green; martin_fierro
so, basically, you are saying you are descended from aliens, willie? ; )
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posted on
10/26/2003 4:38:38 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy; Willie Green; mountaineer
By God, he really IS green. <|:)~
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posted on
10/26/2003 4:43:27 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: martin_fierro; Willie Green
you lifted that right out of the Freeper photo album, didn't you...who knew....
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posted on
10/26/2003 4:50:25 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
Freeper photo album Speaking of which, I note with interest that YOUR mug ain't there. Ya Jagoff.
18
posted on
10/26/2003 4:54:44 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: martin_fierro
yeah, so? you've seen it, ya jagoff!
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posted on
10/26/2003 4:56:38 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
Yeah, but you should regale EVERYONE with your purple hair, silicone implants and buck teeth. <|:)~
(now EVERYONE will want to see it)
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posted on
10/26/2003 4:59:48 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
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