2023 Kecksburg UFO Festival Conference Lineup of UFO-Bigfoot-Paranormal Speakers
The Kecksburg V.F.D. will be holding their annual Kecksburg UFO Festival July 21-23, 2023, at their fire department location at 5128 Water Street, Mount Pleasant, PA 15668.
The annual Kecksburg UFO Festival Conference will be held on Sunday from 1 PM until 5 PM. In the EMS building across from the social hall.
The speakers this year include Stan Gordon, Kevin Paul, Ron Lanham, and Jimmy and Dee Trick known as “Goosebumps Paranormal Society.”
Stan Gordon
Stan Gordon has been researching UFO sightings, Bigfoot encounters, and other mysterious events in Pennsylvania since 1959. Since then, he has been involved with the investigation of thousands of unusual incidents. For many years, Stan led teams of scientists, engineers, and research specialists to investigate mysterious occurrences across Pennsylvania. He is the primary investigator of the 1965 UFO crash incident that occurred near Kecksburg, PA. Stan has been taking calls on UFO sightings and other strange reports from the public since 1969, and he continues to receive unusual reports on a regular basis. He has given illustrated lectures both locally and nationally on the topics of UFOs, Bigfoot, Cryptids, and strange encounters since the late 1960s.
He is the producer of the award winning UFO video documentary, “Kecksburg The Untold Story.” Stan is the author of four books, Silent Invasion: The Pennsylvania UFO-Bigfoot Casebook, Really Mysterious Pennsylvania, and Astonishing Encounters: Pennsylvania’s Unknown Creatures. Stan’s 4th book, “Creepy Cryptids And Strange UFO Encounters Of Pennsylvania”, was released on March 2, 2022. He has been interviewed for TV and radio programs nationally and internationally. Stan has been seen on the History & Discovery Channel, SyFy Channel, Travel Channel, Fox News Channel, Destination America Channel, and Unsolved Mysteries, as well as numerous other TV programs. He has been a guest on the Coast to Coast radio show several times. For updates on upcoming events and reports visit Stan’s website: www.stangordon.info.
Stan will be discussing the numerous UFO, Bigfoot, and Cryptid reports that have taken place in recent months and years and around Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh area including Westmoreland County. He will discuss the surge of encounters with mini-UFOs that took place during 2022 and continue to be reported this year. These cases involve small generally spherical objects that have been reported very low to the ground, and in some cases observed on the ground. In some recent incidents these small objects have approached within a few feet of witnesses even in daylight.
Nick Markowitz
Nick Markowitz
Nick Markowitz Jr., a professional electrician and broadcast engineer, interweaves his expertise in the industrial sector with an enthralling journey in paranormal research. Ever since a possible encounter with Bigfoot in 1977 at the now-closed BSA Camp Semiconon, Nick has been delving into the mysteries of the unexplained. His professional background in AM/FM broadcast engineering gives him a unique perspective, which he’ll share in his talk on the apparent impact of Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), and radio station transmission patterns on paranormal activities. As an electrical fire investigator and certified Forensic Electrical Inspector, Nick’s technical prowess and investigative insights create a unique blend of the scientific and the enigmatic. He also maintains a popular blog at Darkinvestigations.blogspot.com.
His program will discuss “Do AM Radio waves And EMI Electromagnetic Interference Enhance paranormal activities with Bigfoot and UFOs?”
Ron Lanham
Ron Lanham
Around 2017, along with friend and business partner Joe Perdue, Ron founded Wild & Weird West Virginia. He also hosts and produces the Wild & Weird Radio Podcast and is a founding member for the West Virginia High Strangeness Collective. Ron has been featured in the Small Town Monsters films such as “The Mothman Legacy” and “On the Trail of UFOs, Dark Sky” as well as other titles. He has been asked to speak on a number of podcasts, at schools and conventions regarding UFOs, Bigfoot and other paranormal phenomena.
Ron’s topic is, “The Case For Contact.” Have We Ever Truly Been Alone? Are witnesses encountering beings from outer space, or are they from much closer? Could there be an intelligence that is interacting with us in ways we are just starting to understand? If so, what could it mean for humanity?
Jimmy and Dee Trick
Jimmy and Dee Trick
Jimmy and Dee Trick are a husband-and-wife team of investigators of anything weird, spooky, and bizarre and the founders of Goosebumps Paranormal Society. They have investigated haunted homes, cemeteries, businesses, battlefields, sanitariums, and the like, looking for anything paranormal. Ghosts are not the only thing that is paranormal, it includes anything that cannot be explained scientifically.
They have been on numerous podcasts, radio shows, and on an episode of Finding Bigfoot, where they tried to link possible bigfoot activity to possible ghost activity in the Western Pennsylvania area. Their recently co-written book, Weird..Spooky..Bizarre., includes some of their favorite paranormal cases. It’s written conversationally and takes you along as a virtual member of their team. They enjoy sharing some of their encounters with you and are eager to hear about experiences that other folks have had.
Their presentation is called, “Sights and Sounds of the Paranormal.”
Jimmy and Dee Trick will present some audio and video evidence of their paranormal investigations in The Sights and Sounds of the Paranormal. You’ll see and hear what they consider clear evidence of the paranormal, whether it be spirit or bigfoot related.