The Kecksburg Object

What is the Main Idea of "The Kecksburg Object"?

• Although the military denies it, some eyewitnesses claim that the object that fell in Kecksburg was a UFO.

• The controversy surrounding the Kecksburg object has never completely died down.

• A large, acorn-shaped object was brought to an air force base shortly after the Kecksburg object fell to earth.

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A flaming object crash-landed in....

• Pennsylvania.

• Virgina.

• Canada.

• United States.

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Shortly after the object fell to Earth, the U.S. Government announced that it was a ...

• UFO.

• Soviet satellite.

• meteor.

• light.

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Military personnel carried the object away on ..

• a flat-bed truck.

• an aiplane.

• a helicopter.

• a bus.

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One firefighter who arrived on the scene claimed that the object was ..

• too small to carry people.

• large enough for a grown man to stand up inside it.

• an ordinary aircraft.

• as big has a house.

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On December 9, 1965, a soviet Kosmos-96 satellite fell to Earth ..

• at about four o'clock in the afternoon.

• 12 hours after the Kecksburg object crashed.

• 12 hours before the Kecksburg object crashed.

• about 4 hours after the Kecksburg object crashed.

Is the following statement a Correct or Faulty inference:

The air force didn't want any nonmilitary personnel at the crash site.

• Correct Inference

• Faulty Inference

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Is the following statement a Correct or Faulty inference:

Most people in Kecksburg believed that the object was a meteor.

• Correct Inference

• Faulty Inference

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Is the following statement a Correct or Faulty inference:

The Kecksburg object was brought to a nearby air force base a few days after it crashed.

• Correct Inference

• Faulty Inference

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Is the following statement a Correct or Faulty inference:

The Soviet satellite that fell to Earth on December 9, 1965, crashed after colliding with the Kecksburg object.

• Correct Inference

• Faulty Inference

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