2025 Kecksburg (PA) UFO Festival Speakers Announced
From: Researcher Stan Gordon
The annual Kecksburg UFO Festival will be held July 18-20, 2025, on the Kecksburg V.F.D. grounds at 5128 Water Street, Mount Pleasant, PA 15666. The conference is held on Sunday, July 20, 2025, starting at 1 PM.
2025 will mark the 60th anniversary of the Kecksburg UFO incident. It is very likely that witnesses, and others who have information on this 1965 incident are still alive and could have information that could be helpful to compare with other details I am aware of. You can contact me confidentially at 724-838-7768 or paufo@comcast.net.
Information:
Kecksburg UFO Festival Committee-724-423-2580
Kecksburg Club-724-423-9540
Email-kecksburgufo@wpa.net or 412-720-4954
Conference Speaker Lineup
Stan Gordon- UFO-Bigfoot Researcher and Author
Stan Gordon was trained as an electronics technician who specialized in radio communications. He worked in the advanced consumer electronics sales field for over forty years. Stan has been researching UFO sightings, Bigfoot encounters, and other mysterious events in Pennsylvania since 1959. Since then, he has been involved with the investigation of thousands of unusual incidents. For many years, Stan led teams of scientists, engineers, and research specialists to investigate mysterious occurrences across Pennsylvania. He is the primary investigator of the 1965 UFO crash incident that occurred near Kecksburg, PA.
Stan has been taking calls on UFO sightings and other strange reports from the public since 1969, and he continues to receive unusual reports on a regular basis. He has given illustrated lectures both locally and nationally on the topics of UFOs, Bigfoot, Cryptids, and strange encounters since the late 1960s. Gordon is a former PA State Director for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) and was its first recipient In 1987 of the MUFON Meritorious Achievement in a UFO investigation Award. He was listed in the 2005 FATE Magazine special, The 100 Most Influential People in UFOlogy Today.
He is the producer of the award-winning UFO video documentary, “Kecksburg The Untold Story.” Stan is the author of four books, Silent Invasion: The Pennsylvania UFO-Bigfoot Casebook, Really Mysterious Pennsylvania, and Astonishing Encounters: Pennsylvania’s Unknown Creatures, and Stan’s 4th book, “Creepy Cryptids And Strange UFO Encounters Of Pennsylvania.” His books are available on amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.
Stan appears frequently on radio, podcast, and television programs discussing his research on these topics. He has been interviewed for TV and radio programs nationally and internationally. Stan has been seen on the History & Discovery Channel, SyFy Channel, Travel Channel, Fox News Channel, Destination America Channel, and Unsolved Mysteries, as well as numerous other TV programs. He has been a guest on the Coast to Coast radio show several times. For updates on upcoming events and reports visit Stan’s website: www.stangordon.info.
Stan will present to the conference audience an update on some of the detailed UFO, Bigfoot, and cryptid encounters reported by the public. Many of these cases have occurred in Westmoreland County and the Greater Pittsburgh area in recent years and months. Some of these incidents occurred in daylight at very close range. UFO, Bigfoot, and cryptid encounters are continuing to be reported throughout 2025.
Brian D. Parsons
Brian has been researching and investigating anomalous phenomena since the mid-1990s. He operated the Ohio Paranormal Investigation Network ghost group for 15 years and was the host of the Paranormal News Insider radio show for over 530 shows. Brian has worked with the Centre for Fortean Zoology, ParaNexus, the Cleveland Ufology Project, and MUFON,
in addition to other groups and teams across the country. He is the author of four non-fiction books on ghost investigation methodologies, as well as Handbook for the Amateur Cryptozoologist with Loren Coleman and Handbook for the Amateur UFO Investigator. His latest book, Eastern Cryptids, is due out before the Kecksburg UFO Festival. More information can be found at BrianDParsons.com.
Presentation:
The Best of Eastern Cryptids: Brian will examine some of the most interesting cases of cryptids east of the Mississippi River with some of them having ties to UFO and alien sightings.
Eric Altman
Director of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society and a researcher with FayWest Paranormal.
Eric Altman is a Cryptozoologist and Paranormal enthusiast specializing in researching the Bigfoot/Sasquatch phenomenon with a combined 43 years of study, field research, and investigations. Eric is a well-respected field investigator, contributing author, founder, and Director of the Pennsylvania Cryptozoology Society, one of the founding members and Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society. Eric was also the host and co-founder of Beyond the Edge Radio, a live weekly radio program covering a variety of paranormal and fringe topics for over 12 years from 2007 to 2019.
Eric has and actively investigates cases, sighting claims, and continues to conduct fieldwork dating back to 1997. He has investigated and assisted in investigating hundreds of Bigfoot sightings, encounters, and claims in Pennsylvania and across the country. Eric served as host and organizer of the East Coast Bigfoot Conference from 2000 to 2011, and the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Camping Adventure, an annual charity fund raising event from 2017 to 2019.
For over 23 years, Eric is a much sought-after public speaker on the topics of Bigfoot and other paranormal topics across the country. Eric has appeared in various documentaries, films, and television programs about Bigfoot on the Travel Channel’s Paranormal Declassified and the Discovery plus series “Fright Club” and the Recent Small Town Monsters 6 episode series “Sasquatch Unearthed: The Ridge.” Eric has written for and contributed to numerous books and magazine articles on the subject of Bigfoot. He has been interviewed as a featured guest on hundreds of national radio programs and podcast shows. He has also been featured in national and local newspapers, magazine articles, and various forms of print media. To learn more about Eric, visit his websites https://www.ericaltman.net. https: www.pabigfoot.com and https: www.pacryptosociety.com
Thomas Mihok
Investigator with the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society
Tom Mihok has been researching and investigating the paranormal for over 20 years. He has investigated hauntings and other paranormal phenomena in some of the most haunted locations in the country.
Tom is also a Cryptozoologist and a field researcher for the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society. Along with the PBS, Tom does extensive research on the Bigfoot phenomenon as well as other Cryptids.
In addition to his research and investigations Tom also speaks at conferences and has just begun work on his first book dealing with the paranormal.
Eric and Tom will be discussing, “Recent PA sightings and mysterious encounters.” This will include firsthand reports of the latest activity and encounters from witnesses and experiences and evidence from the surrounding area.
Dave Spinks
Dave has been investigating and researching the Supernatural since 1986 due to several experiences he had as a young man. Since that time, he has conducted several hundred investigations in the U.S. as well as Europe. Dave served in the U.S. Air Force for 8 Years and went on to Work as a Federal Law Enforcement Officer Retiring in 2011.
During his paranormal investigations Dave has experienced many hair raising and Un-nerving things as one might imagine. Having investigated strange phenomena for over 30 years he has built many friendships with some of the most well-known investigators in the field today.
He has been seen on various Television shows to include, Expedition X, Terror in the Woods, Paranormal 911, , The unexplained, In Search of Monsters, and These Woods are Haunted to name a few. He was also featured in the Film Flatwoods Monster, ( A legacy of Fear), by Small Town Monsters. He has been a featured Guest on hundreds of Paranormal Themed Radio Shows and Pod Casts. Dave is often a featured guest speaker at Paranormal Conferences around the country. He is Also an Author of numerous books on Topics that include Cryptids, Hauntings and Ufology.
Dave will be talking about UFOS in Appalachia and the significance of those sightings in Modern UFOLOGY.