Full Of Whimsy And Mystery, The Pennsylvania UFO Festival Is One Out-Of-This-World Event You Can't Miss
By Beth Price-Williams|Published May 11, 2022
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Beth Price-Williams
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A professional writer for more than two decades, Beth has lived in nearly a dozen states – from Missouri and Virginia to Connecticut and Vermont – and Toronto, Canada. In addition to traveling extensively in the U.S. and the U.K., she has a BA in Journalism from Point Park University (PA), a MA in Holocaust & Genocide Studies from Stockton University (NJ), and a Master of Professional Writing from Chatham University (PA). A writer and editor for Only In Your State since 2016, Beth grew up in and currently lives outside of Pittsburgh and when she’s not writing or hanging out with her bunnies, budgies, and chinchilla, she and her daughter are out chasing waterfalls.
Back on a cold December evening in 1965, something happened that would change the small Western Pennsylvania town of Kecksburg forever. Countless people across the state – and the United States – tell of seeing a streak of light bolt across the sky. Nobody knew what it was, even after it landed in a field in Kecksburg. Locals claim it was a spaceship. Whatever it was, the U.S. Army spirited it away, and a legend was born.
Fast forward more than 20 years when, in 1990, Robert Stack and the crew of Unsolved Mysteries rolled into town to film an episode about that mysterious crash of a UFO long ago. To tell the story, the show created a replica spaceship that looked just like an acorn. You can see the popular “space acorn” in town.
Today, townspeople celebrate the legend with this Pennsylvania UFO Festival.
Have you been to this Pennsylvania UFO Festival? Share your experience in the comments! Looking for more summer fun? Meander down Lake Erie on this sunset dinner cruise in Pennsylvania.
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