Editing Kecksburg 1965 — Physical Evidence and Site Analysis (section)

=== Categories of Physical Evidence ===

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! Evidence Type !! Status !! Significance
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| Blue smoke from woods || Observed by multiple witnesses Dec 9; not sampled || Confirmed anomalous color; rapid dissipation
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| Ground disturbance / depression || Documented by witnesses who entered woods || Consistent with soft landing of described object
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| Scorched vegetation at site || Reported by first witnesses; not formally sampled before military secured site || Consistent with heat source at ground level
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| Murphy photographs || Confirmed to exist; confiscated by government agents || Lost; potentially most significant physical documentation
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| Project Blue Book documentation || Partially released via FOIA || Incomplete relative to scale of incident
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| NASA records related to event || Ordered produced by federal court; reported missing || Absence itself is significant
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| Kecksburg fire station replica || Extant; on public display || Created from witness descriptions for Sci-Fi Channel; visual reference only
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| Ivan Sanderson trajectory analysis || Published March 1966 in Pursuit || Technical rebuttal of meteor theory; still unrebutted
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