Person
Jim Romansky
Kecksburg volunteer fireman who says he saw the acorn-shaped object half-buried in the woods on 9 December 1965, with a ring of markings, before men in trench coats and then troops cleared the firemen out. He first told Stan Gordon in 1987.
Claims (4)
As a volunteer fireman on 9 December 1965 he saw a 10-12 ft bronze or gold acorn-shaped object, 8-10 ft across, half-buried at about 30 degrees at the end of a 25-ft trench, with no seams, rivets, doors or windows.Kecksburg, Pennsylvania: the fireball and the woods searchfirsthandSourced, unconfirmedJim Romansky
An 8-10 in 'bumper' ring carried markings of 'broken straight lines, dots, rectangles and circles', not Russian or Polish, which he checked with his father.Kecksburg, Pennsylvania: the fireball and the woods searchfirsthandSourced, unconfirmedJim Romansky
Men in trench coats ordered the firemen out, then uniformed troops arrived.Kecksburg, Pennsylvania: the fireball and the woods searchfirsthandSourced, unconfirmedJim Romansky
His daughter, a Marine, and his son, in the Air Force, were made to sign statements not to ask about Kecksburg, and his son could not request a Wright-Patterson posting.Kecksburg, Pennsylvania: the fireball and the woods searchWright-Patterson AFB & 'Hangar 18'firsthandSourced, unconfirmedJim Romansky
What Jim Romansky said (1 claims)
Witness testimony 1
“Volunteer fireman Jim Romansky saw a 10-12 ft bronze acorn, 8-10 ft across, half-buried at 30 degrees with a 25-ft trench, no seams or openings, and a raised ring with 'broken straight lines, dots, rectangles and circles'; men in trench coats ordered the firemen out before troops arrived.”Witness testimonyThe 1965 Kecksburg, Pennsylvania UFO Crash
First told to Gordon in 1987.