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Story 1.

The Skies Over Kecksburg

On the afternoon of the 9th of December 1965, the residents of a small village in rural Pennsylvania became the unwitting recipients of their very own legend.

A mysterious event that captured the imaginations of an entire generation.

What exactly happened in the skies over Kecksburg?

The continental United States of America is no stranger to the notion of crashed UFOs.

In 1947, a small town by the name of Roswell in New Mexico would become the scene of one such incident.

A rancher allegedly found the debris of not only a downed alien spacecraft, but also the remains of its four occupants, three of whom were deceased, and another which was barely clinging to life.

It is perhaps the most famous UFO UFO incident in history, but it is not the only one, and was by no means the first of its kind.

50 years earlier in 1897, a UFO supposedly crashed on a farm near Aurora, Texas, destroying the craft and killing its single occupant.

The pilot, who was described by the townspeople as not of this world, was buried in an unmarked grave at a nearby cemetery, and the debris from the wreckage was broken up and thrown into a disused well.

Although both of these cases were later the subject of ridicule and dismissed by sceptics, there is a large contingent of the general public that refuses to accept official explanations, believing government agencies were actively working to cover up such incidents.

It is no different for a somewhat lesser-known case, which occurred 30 miles southeast of Pittsburgh back in the 1960s.

Situated in the southwest corner of Pennsylvania, the small village of Kecksburg would find itself at the centre of a mysterious event, and would become the unlikely location for yet another UFO legend, one which survives to this day without satisfactory explanation.

Life in Kecksburg is quiet and the atmosphere so still that even a small rustle of leaves seems to disturb the natural equilibrium of things.

This picturesque village is surrounded by breathtaking woodlands, which appear to isolate and protect this small kernel of civilization from the perils of the world.

Picture-perfect as it may seem, even this quiet settlement, tucked out of the way and very much minding its own business, would not be safe from potentially life-changing phenomena.

On the 9th of December 1965, as the residents of Kecksburg were approaching the end of their working day, the calm skies overhead were suddenly split in two.

No one could have predicted the spectacle that was about to unfold, as at exactly 4.44pm, a brilliant fireball thundered over the northeastern United States, leaving an immense trail in its wake.

It was witnessed falling to Earth by vast numbers of people across six US states including Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, as well as Ontario and Canada.

As a result, Hot metal debris was reported to have fallen over Michigan and northern Ohio, whilst grass fires were said to have started in western Pennsylvania.

Sonic booms were heard overhead and as many as 23 pilots claimed to have seen an object streaking across the sky.

The most shocking news however came when residents of Kecksburg reported hearing, and even feeling, a huge thud as something supposedly crashed into nearby woodland.

A young boy even claimed to have witnessed the crash take place as he played in his backyard, saying that the object resembled a metallic craft of some description.

His mother backed up this statement when she said that although she didn't see the object herself, she saw wisps of blue smoke rising ominously from the woods behind their home after coming outside to investigate.

The first people on the scene were firefighters from the local station, who entered the woods to assess the damage and if necessary, put out any rogue fires.

And this was when things took a turn for the weird.

Rather than finding a crater, along with scorched earth and foliage as one might expect, local volunteers reported finding a metallic acorn-shaped craft, which was about the size of a Volkswagen beetle.

This strange object was described as having what looked like Egyptian hieroglyphics engraved in a band around its base.

Witnesses reported that state police worked frantically to secure the scene, shortly after becoming aware of the situation.

A heavy military presence moved in within a few hours, and residents were given strict instructions to stay stay away from the area.

This made an awful lot of people suspicious, and rumour has it that the strange object was removed from the woods later that night under cover of darkness, taken away by the US Army on a flatbed truck.

The following day, a newspaper reported the incident, saying rather brazenly that a UFO had crash-landed near Kexburg.

The article spoke about the area being roped off whilst local authorities awaited the arrival of US Army engineers and scientists.

This further escalated rumours of some sort of cover-up.

Despite this, authorities reported that what people had actually witnessed trailblazing across the United States that day was in fact a meteor.

They further elaborated that when they searched the woods based on the received reports, they found absolutely nothing, suggesting that there was no truth to the widespread claims.

This was despite the fact that many people had witnessed the event.

Somewhat conveniently, newspapers later overturned their previous reports and backed the official explanation.

So what are we to believe?

Was the event at Kecksberg the result of a meteor falling to Earth?

Or was it a UFO?

Or possibly even a top-secret experimental aircraft?

Did it even happen at all?

One hypothesis regarding this incident suggests that the mysterious object was simply debris from a falling satellite.

The Soviet-built Cosmos 96, which had failed to launch on a mission to explore Venus, was said to have fallen back to Earth on the same day in 1965.

What's more, it was shaped like an acorn.

Such a logical explanation could have brought this case to a close and put an end to speculation for the residents of Kexburg.

However, there are many issues with this conclusion.

The hundreds of witnesses who apparently saw the object claim that it was much smaller in size than the dimensions stated on the Cosmos 96 specification sheet.

Furthermore, this theory was later debunked in 1991 by a US Space Command report.

Cosmos 96 actually crashed in Canada at 3.18am,

13 hours before the event at Kexberg.

Nicholas L.

Johnson, the chief scientist for orbital debris at the NASA Johnson Space Center, later declared in a 2003 interview, that based on trajectory and the timing of its descent, it was impossible for any debris from Cosmos 96 to have landed in Pennsylvania.

The confusion over what the object was is further perpetuated by the involvement of John Murphy.

Murphy was a Kexburg local who also happened to be a news reporter and host for WHJB Radio.

Just like many other concerned residents, he had made his way to the woods on the afternoon of the 9th of December in order to satisfy his curiosity.

After speaking to a number of witnesses gathered at the scene, he slipped away to take several photographs of the object before the public was ordered away by officials.

It was said that the police had confiscated his rolls of film, but somehow Murphy had managed to hide one of them.

This was later developed, and his manager Michael Mazur was fortunate enough to see what he had captured.

Although he said the image quality was dark and grainy, a cone-shaped object could clearly be seen.

John Murphy had also prepared to host a radio show entitled Object in the Woods after conducting his research, but before the show aired, he received a visit from two individuals, said to have been government officials.

A colleague of Murphy's by the name of Linda Fossier described these men as wearing dark suits and that they insisted on speaking to Murphy alone.

They apparently demanded that he hand over all of his photographs, audio recordings and research notes.

It is possible that this was in connection to something else altogether, as his planned radio show still went on air later that day.

However, Murphy died several years later whilst on a family holiday in California, so he was never able to elaborate further regarding this controversy.

The cause of death was said to have been a hit-and-run incident, which only served to further fuel conspiracy theories.

Unfortunately, Murphy took much of his information and any other secrets he held with him to his grave.

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The Kexberg object has also been the subject of many scientific articles.

Notably, Sky and Telescope reported in their February 1966 issue that 23 reports regarding the fireball were received by the Federal Aviation Administration from various aircraft pilots.

As the object passed through the atmosphere, shock waves were recorded by a seismograph 20 miles southwest of Detroit.

This article came to the conclusion that the path of the fireball extended roughly from northwest to southeast and ended in or near the western part of Lake Erie.

Another prominent report was made in 1967 by the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada regarding this situation.

Two astronomers identified 4.43pm as the time of the fireball's passage over Detroit.

In addition, they also used photographs taken from two different locations to the north of Detroit to ascertain the trajectory of the fireball.

Their conclusion was that the object was moving from southwest to northeast, the opposite direction to what was previously stated by Sky and Telescope, and descending at a steep angle.

Instead, it was likely to have impacted the northwestern shore of Lake Erie near Windsor, Ontario.

However, this article has faced a deluge of criticism due to the fact that the triangulation base used by the astronomers in this report was very narrow.

A slight fault in determining the direction could have resulted in a completely different trajectory.

A much shallower angle of descent could be established by measurement errors as little as one-half a degree.

Interestingly, these errors would also make a straight-line trajectory possible towards the Kexberg area.

Although there is undeniable proof that an object fell to Earth on the 9th of December 1965, we must ask the question of whether the events in Kecksberg were little more than an elaborate hoax based on a much smaller incident.

There is, of course, the possibility that only a small piece of debris from a larger meteor landed in the woods near the village, and that the residents, spurred on by sensationalist media, made the incident seem far bigger than it actually was.

The go-to explanation for many sceptics is that small towns and villages such as Kexburg will invariably welcome the worldwide attention that such an incident brings.

To make matters worse, conspiracy sites will often show a photograph of the military removing the Kexburg object from the woodlands.

Was this a photograph that John Murphy secretly managed to retain?

Or was it a complete fabrication?

Unfortunately, it is difficult to believe that it's genuine.

The photograph appears to have been taken during broad daylight.

Due to the fact that the object supposedly crashed in the woods in late afternoon, a recovery operation would have theoretically taken place after the military had arrived, which by all accounts was well after sunset.

The photograph also seems to show trees in the background adorned with green leaves.

As the incident occurred during December, surely these trees should have been bare.

Many have also said that this particular image was taken during the production of a TV episode of Unsolved Mysteries, which covered the case.

Whilst this photograph may be a fabrication, we can't quite bring ourselves to believe that the event in Kecksberg itself was a hoax, or that it was as insignificant as sceptics suggest.

The evidence seems to indicate that something more than likely did land in or near Kecksberg.

This is based not just on eyewitness testimony, but also because various analyses of the trajectory show that the object was almost certainly heading in a southeasterly direction and landing in that general area.

This is further supported by seismographic data, which specifies that the time of the object's impact with Earth was 4.44pm, roughly the same time that the residents of Kecksberg reported not only hearing, but also feeling a considerable impact vibration.

So if anything did land there, it wasn't simply a small piece of debris, it must have been the object itself.

What that object was is another question entirely.

It may well have been a meteor of some description, as proposed by authorities early on in the investigation, but there are a number of issues with this explanation.

Even a small meteor travelling at such a high velocity would have caused a lot of damage to the area in which it landed.

If it did indeed land in the woods of Kecksberg, then there would almost certainly be an impact crater, and many trees would have been uprooted and or set ablaze.

However, no such damage was observed.

It is quite possible that the meteor exploded in mid-air, but again, this would have caused significant damage.

The Tunguska event of 1908 is thought to have been the result of a meteor exploding over Siberia in Russia.

It disintegrated at a height somewhere between 5 and 10,000 feet, flattening more than 80 million trees across an area of 830 square miles.

More recently, the Chelyabinsk meteor, which exploded over Russia in 2013 at a height of almost 19 miles, damaged more than 7,000 buildings and injured around 1,500 people.

Either the object that crashed near Keksberg was an extremely small meteor, or it was something else altogether.

The question is, what?

Obviously a UFO is the prime suspect amongst many people, although in 2011, the History Channel's Ancient Aliens set forth a theory that was far more chilling than anyone could have imagined.

It claimed that the mysterious craft was in fact De Glocker.

De Glocker, also known as the Bell, was purported to have been a top-secret Nazi experiment.

The craft was apparently powered by a strange red-hued fuel, which enabled it to defy gravity.

The device was said to be so powerful that it might have helped the Nazis visit the moon, Mars, or even leave the solar system if they had been so inclined.

The strange inscriptions on the Kecksberg object, which many thought resembled Egyptian hieroglyphics, bore an uncanny resemblance to the symbols seen on Diglocker.

It is thought that the SS officer Hans Kammler may have used this craft in an attempt to escape Allied forces during World War II, shortly before the Nazis were finally overthrown.

There are those who believe that during his flight, the bell disappeared from the sky in a flash, never to be seen again, and many fringe theorists delight in the possibility that it may have travelled forwards in time and crash-landed in the woods of Kecksberg a couple of decades later.

Whether it was a top-secret Nazi experiment, alien craft, or simply a meteor, this is a mystery that may remain unsolved.

The events of that December day will forever be etched into the history of Kecksberg.

The simple fact that such an object was witnessed falling to Earth by thousands of people over such a vast area only serves to illustrate the sheer scale of this event.

This object, whatever it was, had to land somewhere, yet seemingly, the government of one of the most technologically advanced nations on this planet either has absolutely no idea where it landed, or is simply unwilling to divulge that information.

The reason as to why they would withhold such information is anyone's guess.

The people of Kexberg certainly have their own suspicions.

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Story 2: The Trucker's Wife

Whilst attending a conference in Las Vegas, noted UFO researcher Stan Hernandez was approached by a forlorn-looking individual who had a tragic and harrowing story to tell.

The man was a long-haul trucker who had recently lost his wife, an incident which had left behind a disturbing mystery regarding the events that led to her death.

Over the last half century or so, and perhaps far longer, there has been an undercurrent eddying beneath the surface of our circumstance, one which has tried in earnest to rise and break free, but has always been suppressed by disinformation, quelled by disbelief, and neutered by ridicule.

A worldwide phenomenon experienced by millions, yet given no credence by the mainstream.

It all began with a story back in 1961.

A story told by a middle-aged couple about how their late-night car journey was interrupted and how they had been taken away against their will.

Soon, other stories began to emerge, told by those emboldened by this couple's bravery in approaching the press.

Stories of torment.

Stories of indescribable horror.

stories of small creatures with huge, terrifying black eyes that visit you late in the night and take you away.

We are of course referring to the alleged phenomenon that is alien abduction.

We have covered some of these cases in this series before, and there are others yet to be presented.

Some of which have become well known throughout history and have set the template for modern abduction cases.

That said, credible accounts of this phenomenon are hard to come by, as the waters are often muddied by the stigma that surrounds these supposed encounters.

It is no wonder that so many people choose not to talk about their experiences, either through fear of being labelled a kook or the apprehension of having to relive their horrifying memories.

In spite of these setbacks, Some ufologists do their utmost to reach out to victims of these frightening encounters, at times offering them solace and support, and even contact with other individuals with similar stories to share.

Some will go to unconventional lengths to distribute these stories to the wider public, in the hopes of not only raising awareness, but to issue a warning that something disturbing may be happening in the background, to which we are completely oblivious.

Stan Hernandez is one such ufologist, who makes his living by reaching out to victims of supposed alien abduction.

Working as a reporter for an online group, Hernandez has stated that his sole objective is to prove the existence of aliens and UFOs.

And even though he is pushing his mid-80s, he has proven to be both dogged and resilient in his determination.

Hernandez made the bold claim that he was once a member of the US Army personnel stationed at Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, at the time of the infamous UFO incident.

He alleges that he was ordered never to talk about his time there, but ultimately broke his silence years later.

As a dedicated researcher and victim's advocate, Hernandez has been invited to speak at numerous events throughout the United States, and it was at one such event in Las Vegas that one of the most tragic cases in recent memory was brought to his attention.

The date was the 15th of January 2013, and Hernandez was one of many guest speakers invited to attend the weekend-long UFO convention.

As he later recounted, he was conversing with fellow researcher Russell Tetro in the lobby of his hotel, when out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a middle-aged man standing nearby, watching him intently.

This individual seemed reluctant to approach him, but appeared in need of assistance.

As soon as Hernandez had finished his conversation with Tetro, this man cautiously made his way over and after a few full starts, asked Hernandez if they could talk somewhere in private.

He introduced himself as Scott Murray and told the puzzled UFO researcher that he needed his help.

Murray was 48 years old and had worked most of his adult life as a long-haul trucker, travelling across the country.

When he stated his reason for wanting to meet Hernandez, he tearfully began to relate the beginning of a long, heartbreaking story.

According to Murray, he was on the road late one night in Michigan, when without warning, he received a phone call from his wife, Elizabeth, who was back at home.

He was alarmed to hear a distressed tone in her voice.

To his horror, Elizabeth claimed that she was out in their backyard when she had suddenly blacked out, and upon waking several hours later, she believed she had been drugged and sexually assaulted.

Needless to say, Murray frantically turned his truck around around and headed home, telling her to call the police, which she could not do due to her panicked state.

He arrived home a few hours later to find Elizabeth still in a state of shock and terrified beyond belief.

After he had managed to calm her down, Murray was astonished when he heard his sobbing wife, who was normally a down-to-earth rational individual, whisper in his ear, I know this sounds crazy, but I think it was aliens.

They took me and they did horrible things to me.

Shocking as this was, he initially dismissed it and put it down to her delirious state of mind.

His assumptions were seemingly confirmed when he took her to the emergency room later that night and the medical examiners informed him that they had found no signs of sexual assault on his wife.

There had in fact been nothing out of the ordinary.

apart from an odd burn on her right shoulder, which Murray did not feel too concerned about.

Nevertheless, rather than going back to work, he decided to stay home with Elizabeth to help her recover from the events of the previous evening, whatever those events had been.

However, the following morning, he stepped out into his backyard to mow the lawn, and it was here that he found signs that perhaps not everything was as it seemed.

Off in the corner, he found four large identical burn marks imprinted on the grass in a circular pattern, and a smaller burn on a fenceboard nearby.

Murray was puzzled to say the least.

He knelt down and picked up a few blades of the blackened grass, which was so brittle it disintegrated in his palm, and set about investigating the scene.

Looking up, he discovered that several of the leaves on the trees were also burned black, but what alarmed him was that they hung almost 20 feet over his head.

It was as though something hot had hovered above the trees and scorched the leaves and the earth below.

Murray felt there was something odd about the whole scene, and suspected that there might be more to his wife's disturbing account than he had originally believed.

Deciding that Elizabeth's recovery was more important at the time, Murray attempted to help her get through the trauma, but as time passed, she started to behave erratically, and he surmised that a part of her was attempting to relive the experience.

This prompted him to seek the help help of a hypnotist, who managed to get her to recall the events of that evening, to alarming detail.

She alleged that she had been out in the backyard when a large object had hovered above her, shrouding her in a bright light, in the exact same place the burn marks had appeared on the lawn.

She was then taken aboard the object and presented before a group of strange entities.

who proceeded to perform a number of intrusive acts upon her.

Whatever was done to her was enough to leave her in a catatonic catatonic state in the days following the encounter, and this left Murray with a dilemma of what to do to protect her.

His week away from work was coming to an end, and so he decided to provide her with a handgun for self-defense.

This would result in the worst possible outcome.

The next night, Murray returned home from work to find Elizabeth lying dead on the floor of their living room.

with a single gunshot wound to the head.

Her experience had proved far too much for her mind to accept, and tragically, she had turned the gun on herself.

Overcome by grief, Murray was almost inconsolable at first, but as time went on, he decided that he needed to hunt for answers.

He proceeded to collect several samples of the burned grass, and then set about finding a specialist who could study them.

Spurred on by his desire to prove his wife's story, Murray took these samples to a nearby college and left them with the head researcher, who, who, after reviewing the blades of grass, contacted Murray to tell him that there were trace amounts of radiation found in the samples.

This buoyed Murray's hopes, but as the days went by, he heard nothing further.

When he returned to the college to ask for more information, he was told something entirely different.

The researchers at the science lab flatly told him that there were in fact no conclusive signs of radiation and that they wanted nothing further to do with the samples.

This alarmed Murray and suggested to him that perhaps someone higher up had told them to refute the findings.

His search for answers appeared to be over at that time.

However, Murray then learned of Stan Hernandez and made his way to Las Vegas and delivered his story to him in the hopes of obtaining advice on how to proceed next.

When Hernandez presented this story at the convention, it created a stir of interest amongst the community, but for many, it was just one more harrowing account of a bereaved victim falling into the depths of despair.

Elizabeth Murray's untimely death seems to highlight the possibility that other victims of alien abduction might find themselves in similar situations, without ways of obtaining assistance or advice.

Numerous details about her experience appear to be in line with other alleged encounters with extraterrestrial beings.

Based on the tale Hernandez recorded, it can be surmised that Elizabeth may have been taken aboard a craft of some kind and experimented upon.

The fact that few, if any, signs of external wounds or injury appeared on her body could indicate that whoever these beings were, they utilised advanced surgical procedures modern science cannot identify.

The presence of radiation burns on the grass also seemed reminiscent of supposed radioactive residue often discovered at sites where UFOs allegedly appear.

The burn on his wife's shoulder could also be construed as supporting evidence, as the craft had apparently appeared directly above her, and what else could have left such burn marks behind?

When he first discovered them, Murray initially believed that a fireball of some kind had bounced around his yard.

It was only later that he began to give credence to his wife's story.

No one else reported seeing a light or light in the sky on the night in question, but Murray was quick to point out that his home was more than two miles away from his closest neighbour.

That said, we are inclined to ask if this story is in fact genuine.

This is not to cast doubt on the bereaved Murray, nor to discredit his late wife's encounter as a hoax.

His account is indeed vivid and detailed, but it has not progressed any further than Stan Hernandez.

Hernandez is well respected amongst the UFO community, but there are numerous people who have reason to question his background and credentials.

First of all, Hernandez states that he is a reporter for an online UFO research group, but said website is titled The Ringside Report, which is in fact a defunct online boxing publication.

For whatever reason, he posts some of his victims' stories in the hopes of obtaining assistance for them, though rarely do they receive any.

He even posted Murray's story on this website, but it has since been removed, even though numerous other sites have posted blogs about it.

including this podcast.

Secondly, a number of researchers have pointed out that some of the photos of individuals who apparently contacted Hernandez regarding their experience are in fact those of known sex offenders.

Whenever he is asked to comment on these claims, he and his editors refuse to respond, and many of those accounts and images are quietly removed a few days later.

It could be that Hernandez posts these accounts.

and then assigns a random placeholder image from Google in order to protect identities, but even if that is the case, it seems a careless way to conduct business.

Lastly, it seems that many of the stories he reports on tend to share similar details.

Murray's is not the first account where someone has taken their own life in the aftermath of an experience.

It seems almost coincidental that the Scott Murray tale came in the wake of another case involving one book stabbler, a man who in October 1988 was reportedly the victim of alien abduction.

When he first took his story to the media, he faced endless amounts of ridicule and derision, some of which almost ruined his life.

He was able to reach out to Hernandez in September 2012 for an interview, in which he claimed the experience had left him severely depressed and traumatized.

Unfortunately, Stabler committed suicide in December that year, a tragedy which was slandered further by naysayers that his story was a fraud.

Hernandez himself explains this by saying that there is a determined effort by authorities to shut him down, that his website is regularly hacked, and fake stories and images are uploaded to discredit him and spread disinformation.

Whether or not his credibility is a factor in this investigation, what has seemed to be most detrimental to the case is the lack of activity since its presentation.

Missing details, such as the fact that there is no set timeline, only serve to denigrate this story further.

Neither Murray nor Hernandez made any mention of just when and where these events took place.

The college that Murray supposedly submitted his samples to has also never been named, and there has never been any evidence to suggest those samples even existed.

There is just so little evidence to either refute or confirm this story, which is not to say that it is not genuine, but the lack of proof is a concern.

For all we know, there may well have been a woman named Elizabeth Murray, who was indeed abducted by extraterrestrial beings, experimented upon, upon, and who then committed suicide out of despair.

And for all we know, her grief-stricken husband may indeed have sought advice on the strange burn marks he found in his backyard, only to meet a dead end and find little to no answers to explain what happened.

But regrettably, we do not have anything else to go on, and in the aftermath of such a story, we are left with more questions than answers.

It is never easy to answer those questions when they relate to supposed alien abduction.

The evidence is nearly always anecdotal and just as easy to fabricate as it is hard to disprove.

If this story is bogus, then it is a real shame and an insult to other people who truly believe they have experienced something so life-changing.

On the other hand, if this story is true, five years have passed since Elizabeth Murray took her own life.

going by the date Hernandez first presented this story.

We can only hope that Scott finds or has found the answers he is looking for, and that he can continue to honor the memory of his beloved wife until they meet again.

Bedtime is over.