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NASA to Search Files on '65 UFO Incident

(AP) -- 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 freeodm 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.

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Ken

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