The New Roswell: Kecksburg Exposed

This was one of several 2-hour documentaries that the Sci Fi Channel produced and aired which investigated mysteries that were possibly paranormal in nature. This one involved the mysterious crash of something in Kecksburg, PA. and the military involvement in the event.

This is the second documentary that Bryant Gumbel hosted for Sci Fi. I think the documentary was very well-produced and interesting. I believe in the possibility of UFOs being spaceships piloted by aliens, so this type of documentary is right up my alley. Even if you don't believe in those sorts of things, this documentary doesn't necessarily state that the object was of alien origin. They interview believers and skeptics and look for evidence in the forest where the object landed.

While they don't really come up with a definitive answer by the end of the documentary, it is still fun to watch and speculate about. For those few people who were disappointed in it: Maybe the Sci Fi Channel shouldn't have advertised that the doc would give answers quite so much, but that was the fault of Sci Fi's marketing department, not the documentary makers. As some people say, "It's the journey, not the end result." (paraphrasing). Having former news anchor Bryant Gumbel as host helped in making the documentary more credible, especially since he handled it with a straight-faced, serious attitude.

All in all, I enjoyed it and found it compelling (as I did the other two UFO documentaries that Sci Fi produced). I think we need more serious investigative documentaries like this one to be produced by Sy Fy. I think that they are more compelling than most of Sy Fy's fictional shows.