The 2019 Kecksburg (PA) UFO Festival-July 26-28, 2019 Schedule of Events

Many people lined the roads to watch the annual festival parade

Many people lined the roads to watch the annual festival parade

There is alway a great crowd attending the "Out of this world hot dog eating contest".

There is alway a great crowd attending the “Out of this world hot dog eating contest”.

The 2019 Kecksburg (PA) UFO Festival-July 26-28, 2019 Schedule of EventsKBD Sign

The Kecksburg UFO Festival is approaching quickly. This local festival that the Kecksburg V.F.D. provides each year, has become known as a national event, and people from throughout the country continue to arrive in Kecksburg each year.

The schedule of events for the 2019 UFO festival can be found at: https://kecksburgvfd.com/coming-events/

The address for the Kecksburg V.F. D. grounds where the festival takes place is 5128 Water Street, Mount Pleasant, PA 15666.

The annual UFO-Paranormal Conference at the Kecksburg UFO festival is held on Sunday at 1 PM in the EMS Building on the festival grounds. Arrive early to get a seat. The conference is free but the Kecksburg V.F. D. appreciates a donation at the door.

 This is the order for the speakers on Sunday. 1-5 PM. and the approximate time for each speaker:

1 PM-Introduction by Ron Struble from the Kecksburg Volunteer Fire Department

 1-1:30 PM Stan Gordon, UFO-Bigfoot Researcher and author, marks 60 years of research on these topics during 2019. He will be giving an update on the surge of UFO, Bigfoot and cryptid cases that occurred in 2018 and are continuing in 2019 from the Pittsburgh area as well as Westmoreland County.

1:30-2:30 PM-Ben Moss and Tony Angiola will be speaking about the famous Socorro UFO incident in detail and separating fact from fiction in this important Close Encounter of the 3rd kind. Both researchers have appeared on the Hangar 1 program on the History Channel and Discovery’s NASA’s Unexplained Files. Ben is the former Chief Field Investigator for MUFON in Virginia.  Tony was the Assistant State Director for MUFON in Virginia.

2:30-3:30-Steve Ward is a longtime UFO and Cryptid researcher from Michigan. He will be presenting an illustrated program called, “From Folklore to Flying Saucers: Unexpected Connections in the Paranormal.” He has been very involved with the annual Mothman Festival in West Virginia. Steve can also be heard on “The High Strangeness Factor” on the Paranormal UK Radio Network.

3:30-end.Bill Lancaster will be talking about his Bigfoot research and will be showing his latest film, “Paranormal Bigfoot” to the audience. This film investigates theories that Bigfoot maybe much stranger than just an unknown animal. Bill and his wife Amy have a film production company in Virginia called Bilco Productions. They have produced two documentaries on the Bigfoot subject.