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

=== The Impact Site: Ravine Characteristics ===
The ravine in the Kecksburg woods where the object came to rest has been visited by Stan Gordon and other researchers multiple times. Key characteristics:
* Located approximately '''800 yards from inhabited structures''' — sufficient remoteness to limit immediate civilian access
* Dense second-growth Pennsylvania hardwood forest providing natural concealment
* The ravine floor is soft forest soil — consistent with the partial embedding described by witnesses
* The shallow angle of the object's final approach, as inferred from its resting position, is '''not consistent with a high-velocity vertical meteorite impact'''