2011 Events
KECKSBURG V.F.D.
We would like to thank all the Ad vendors and all the visitors to our festival this year. Our Bed race and Bucket Brigade a town favorite again. As usual the Burn out contest continues to grow. Along with the car show. Over 100 participated this year. The UFO store is growing, we continue to be in the top ten UFO events in the world. Stop in and get your UFO shirt! Thanks again for all your support to the Kecksburg VFD and Kecksburg Rescue Squad and Ladies Auxiliary.
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Celebrating The 46th. Anniversary of the Kecksburg UFO Incident!
September 2011
KECKSBURG V.F.D.
ORIGINAL “OLD FASHION” &
“UFO” FESTIVAL
724-423-9540, (kecksburgvfd@wpa.net)
September 17,18,2011
Saturday, 17th.
Parade 2PM
Burn Out Contest 7pm. & Free Parking!
Line up 6pm
Inside/Outside Crafts/Bed Race/Firemen’s Bucket Brigade
Grounds open 11a.m. – 10p.
Sunday, 18th.
Grounds open 11a.m. – 5 p.m.
Car Show/Bike Show & Free Parking
Food and D.J. all day!
Schedule of Events 2011
Schedule of Events 2011
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“OLD FASHION ”
& UFO FESTIVAL
5th. Annual Craft Show (Inside Social Hall) All hand crafted exhibits. See your local crafts.
5th. Annual Bed Race in the Local Area.
Build your own bed and race!
Or use bed provided.
1st Place prize and “Best of Show” prize. $10.00 entry fee for all beds entered.
Parade down Water street
$100 for best of show bed!
Bucket Brigade contest. See it only in Kecksburg, PA. See your local Firemen/EMS try to out do each other. $100 1st place. E$10.00 entry fee.
UFO Dogs
Funnel Cake
Card Game
Hay Bail Toss Contest
For Information call!
Kecksburg VFD At
724-423-9540 or
724-423-2580
www.kecksburgvfd.com
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Saturday, Sept. 17th
Grounds Open 11am
· Parade Line Up 1:00pm
· Parade 2:00 pm
- Bucket Brigade contest following Parade(Sign up staff booth)
Cash pay out $100 to winner.
· Sign up for Bed Race by 4pm. (Sign up at Staff Booth)
Cash pay out $100 to winner.
· Bed Race Down Water Street! (following Bucket Brigade)
· Hay Bail Toss
(Waterstreet)
· Burn Out Contest
Sign up for burn out contest at 6PM. Staff booth.
· Burn out 7 PM.
All drivers must have a wrist ban on to drive in contest!
· Band
8:30 – 11:00pm.
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Sunday, Sept. 18st
· 8am.5k walk/run
· 11:00AM – grounds
open
· 12 Noon to 5pm Car Show
· Music All Day 12 Noon to 5 pm
· UFO Dog Eat Off! 1pm (Fairground by Kitchen)
11:00am sign up at staff booth.
- UFO/Bigfoot Meeting 2-5PM by Stan Gordon IN
(KECKSBURG EMS Building)
· Music by
Katrina Lynn
1pm (Stage)
· Car Show
12 Noon to 5pm
Dash Plaques to first 100 entries
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“OLD FASHION ”
& UFO FESTIVAL
5th. Annual KVFD Car Show (Sunday)
and
Burn-Out Contest(Saturday)
CAR Show
DASH PLAQUES TO FIRST
100 VECHICLES
Burn-Out contest
Starts at 7Pm. Sept. 18th.
Prize money awarded
“5 Classes”
Gas – Diesel –Motorcycle
Big Rig & Miscellaneous
For more information call:
724-423-9540 or
724-423-2580
All Events Will Be Held At The Kecksburg Volunteer Fire Dept. Festival Grounds,
Unless Otherwise Noted. All Events Subject To Change.
Check Out Our Web Site!!!
www.KECKSBURGVFD.COM
OR
E-Mail kecksburgvfd@wpa.net
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September 18,2010
2nd. Anuual
UFO Dog Eat Off Contest!
1pm. (Fariground by Kitchen)
T-shirts Provided
by Excel Sportswear Trafford, Pa.
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2011 Kecksburg Festival to Feature UFO Conference
The sixth annual Kecksburg Old Fashion Days & UFO Festival will be held on September 17th and 18th at the Fire Station in Kecksburg, PA. Festivities begin with a parade on Saturday at 2 pm. Prizes will be awarded for the best alien float and alien costume, as well as prizes for some other events. Additional events on Saturday will include the Bucket Brigade, Bed Race, and the Hay Bale Toss. The famous Burn Out Contest begins at 7 pm. The Two Man Band performs from 8:30-11 pm. The Social Hall houses the Arts and Crafts exhibits and UFO/Bigfoot /Paranormal displays both days.
On Sunday, you can enter or check out the Classic Car and Bike Show from noon until 5pm. Bring your appetite and enter the second annual “Out of This World UFO Hot Dog Eating Contest” at 1 pm and listen to music by Katrina Lynn nearby on the stage. The First Annual Kecksburg UFO Conference will be free and will be held from 2-5pm. New this year is the Kids Pedal Power Tractor Pull for kids ages 3-10 years at 3 pm.
The Mount Pleasant Township community of Kecksburg has become the focus of international interest as a result of a famous UFO incident that occurred near there in December of 1965. The incident involves a fiery object that reportedly fell in a wooded area near this rural community. A number of independent witnesses found a large metallic acorn shaped object with strange hieroglyphic-like symbols that was semi-buried in the ground. Later that evening, the military arrived in the area and apparently recovered the object and hauled it away, never to be seen by the public again. A number of Kecksburg firemen took part in the 1965 UFO event, also.
Commemorating this historical local event includes a large UFO, Bigfoot and other Paranormal display as well as speakers. Pittsburgh area investigators and research organizations will be on hand both days in the Social Hall along with the Arts and Crafts show. Those scheduled to attend include Stan Gordon, Author and UFO-Bigfoot Researcher. Gordon will attend both days and will be signing his two new books for the Kecksburg V.F.D. Gift Shop display. Also attending will be Eric Altman, Director of the (PBS) Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society, John Ventre, Author and PA State Director of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). Dave Dragosin, Assistant Director of the PBS for Western Pennsylvania, Brian and Terrie Seech, Center for Unexplained Events (CUE), Keith Bastianini, UFO Researcher & Graphic Artist, and Jim Brown, Electronics Lab, Independent Research Associates.
On Sunday, Kecksburg will hold their First Annual Kecksburg UFO Conference in their newly constructed EMS building with more seating and a new sound system. The speaker event will be held from 2 to 5pm and will be free to the public. Scheduled to attend are as follows. Stan Gordon will present a synopsis of the December 9, 1965, Kecksburg UFO incident and will give an update on recent UFO and strange creature reports from the area. John Ventre, PA State MUFON Director, will give a presentation entitled “The Case For UFOs”. Eric Altman, the Director of PBS, will discuss his groups work and introduce the 3rd speaker, Dave Dragosin, who will give his presentation “Pennsylvania Bigfoot Sightings As Related Through Artist Sketches”. Questions and answer sessions will be as time permits.
Join us for great food, family fun, and free entertainment. All about forty miles from Pittsburgh at Claypike and Route 982. For information call 724-423-9540 or 724-423-2580. Also check out the Kecksburg V.F.D. website: www.kecksburgvfd.com
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