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It was four years ago that journalist Leslie Kean brought a lawsuit against NASA to uncover documents from the Kecksburg 1965 UFO incident, in the aftermath of production of a Sci Fi Channel documentary, “The New Roswell: Kecksburg Exposed.” The documentary has since been posted online and you can watch it here. Now, after the four-year court battle:

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 freedom of information issue.”

Here is the documentary, “The New Roswell: Kecksburg Exposed,” narrated by Bryant Gumbel.

Don’t miss the Orionid meteor shower this weekend; Halley’s comet shedding dust particles as it orbits the sun is what brings about this annual celestial event.

Although the Orionids are not the most spectacular of sky shows, meteor enthusiasts look forward to the cosmic event for its consistency in timing and intensity.

“They are pretty much an Old Faithful type of reliable shower,” said Alan MacRobert, a senior editor at Sky and Telescope magazine.

The shower should peak during the early morning hours of October 21 but will be visible from October 20 to 24.

The who are curious to see the show might want to brew some coffee. The Orionids are best spotted in the hours between moonset—typically well after midnight—and the start of dawn some 90 minutes before sunrise.

2006 Orionid Meteor Shower. [Photo: Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF]

This brief video reviews all of the major celestial events of October, including the Orionoids.