On the evening of December 9, 1965, a large, brilliant fireball was seen in at least six U.S. states—Idaho, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New York—and [[Ontario, Canada]] as it streaked over the [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]–[[Windsor, Ontario]] area.<ref>{{cite news |title=Countians See Mystery ‘Fireball’ |url=https://static.enigmalabs.io/library/f45bb19d-5803-4ab6-a373-8799f64095c0/b42a4712-3e7f-4ccb-9331-93e52c9bcea4.jpeg |access-date=10 December 2025 |work=Beaver County Times |date=December 10, 1965}}</ref> Reports of hot metal debris over Michigan and northern Ohio,<ref>Metal debris fall and recoveries were reported in or near Elyria, Ohio, and Livonia, Jackson, and Battle Creek, Michigan. Example sources were ”Chicago Tribune” and ”The Baltimore Sun”, December 11, 1965 (Livonia), Elyria ”Chronicle-Telegram”, December 11, 1965, and UPI story in Kalamazoo (MI) ”Gazette”, December 11, 1965 (Jackson & Battle Creek)</ref> grass fires,<ref>E.g., [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Zp0RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0ugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4322,2946279&dq=kecksburg+ufo&hl=en ”The Spokesman-Review”, December 10, 1965, p. 1, “U.F.O. Starts Many Fires”], Chicago ”Tribune” December 11, 1965, “Flaming Streak Across Sky Identified as Great Meteor: Blamed for Grass and Woods Fires in North States”, Cleveland ”Plain-Dealer”, December 10, 1965, “Fireballs Are Blamed in Elyria Grass Blazes”, Philadelphia ”Inquirer”, December 10, 1965, “‘Flaming Ball’ Crashes South of Pittsburgh, Sets Fires in 3 States”. Grass fires associated with falling debris were widely reported in AP and UPI stories in Elyria, Ohio, Eaton Township, Ohio, near Columbus, and near Lapeer, Michigan, 40 miles (64 km) north of Detroit; smoke in the woods was also reported by witnesses and in the press to what landed near Kecksburg.</ref> and [[sonic booms]] in the [[Pittsburgh metropolitan area]] were attributed to the fireball.<ref>E.g., Pittsburgh astronomer Nicholas Wagman was quoted by UPI December 10 saying he believed the fireball to be a Geminid meteor and that “there were reports of a shock wave in parts of Western Pennsylvania at the time of the sighting” similar to a meteorite found in Pennsylvania in 1938.</ref> Some people in the village of Kecksburg, about {{convert|30|mi}} southeast of [[Pittsburgh]], reported wisps of blue smoke, vibrations, and a “thump”,<ref name=”ReferenceA”>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060614192548/http://freedomofinfo.org/news/Gatty2.pdf Greensburg Tribune-Review headline story, December 10, 1965]</ref> and also that something from the sky had crashed in the woods.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=82AyAAAAIBAJ&pg=3668,2274894&hl=en|title=Beaver County Times |via=Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref>
On the evening of December 9, 1965, a large, brilliant fireball was seen in , Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New as it streaked over the [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]–[[Windsor, Ontario]] area.<ref>{{cite news |title=Countians See Mystery ‘Fireball’ |url=https://static.enigmalabs.io/library/f45bb19d-5803-4ab6-a373-8799f64095c0/b42a4712-3e7f-4ccb-9331-93e52c9bcea4.jpeg |access-date=10 December 2025 |work=Beaver County Times |date=December 10, 1965}}</ref> Reports of hot metal debris over Michigan and northern Ohio,<ref>Metal debris fall and recoveries were reported in or near Elyria, Ohio, and Livonia, Jackson, and Battle Creek, Michigan. Example sources were ”Chicago Tribune” and ”The Baltimore Sun”, December 11, 1965 (Livonia), Elyria ”Chronicle-Telegram”, December 11, 1965, and UPI story in Kalamazoo (MI) ”Gazette”, December 11, 1965 (Jackson & Battle Creek)</ref> grass fires,<ref>E.g., [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Zp0RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0ugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4322,2946279&dq=kecksburg+ufo&hl=en ”The Spokesman-Review”, December 10, 1965, p. 1, “U.F.O. Starts Many Fires”], Chicago ”Tribune” December 11, 1965, “Flaming Streak Across Sky Identified as Great Meteor: Blamed for Grass and Woods Fires in North States”, Cleveland ”Plain-Dealer”, December 10, 1965, “Fireballs Are Blamed in Elyria Grass Blazes”, Philadelphia ”Inquirer”, December 10, 1965, “‘Flaming Ball’ Crashes South of Pittsburgh, Sets Fires in 3 States”. Grass fires associated with falling debris were widely reported in AP and UPI stories in Elyria, Ohio, Eaton Township, Ohio, near Columbus, and near Lapeer, Michigan, 40 miles (64 km) north of Detroit; smoke in the woods was also reported by witnesses and in the press to what landed near Kecksburg.</ref> and [[sonic booms]] in the [[Pittsburgh metropolitan area]] were attributed to the fireball.<ref>E.g., Pittsburgh astronomer Nicholas Wagman was quoted by UPI December 10 saying he believed the fireball to be a Geminid meteor and that “there were reports of a shock wave in parts of Western Pennsylvania at the time of the sighting” similar to a meteorite found in Pennsylvania in 1938.</ref> Some people in the village of Kecksburg, about {{convert|30|mi}} southeast of [[Pittsburgh]], reported wisps of blue smoke, vibrations, and a “thump”,<ref name=”ReferenceA”>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060614192548/http://freedomofinfo.org/news/Gatty2.pdf Greensburg Tribune-Review headline story, December 10, 1965]</ref> and also that something from the sky had crashed in the woods.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=82AyAAAAIBAJ&pg=3668,2274894&hl=en|title=Beaver County Times |via=Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref>
