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9 March 1967, 9:15 p.m. EST
The report: NICAP's chronology for 1967 — built from the organization's files and the Blue Book archive — carries a Fort Wayne entry in full: "March 9, 1967; Fort Wayne, IN. 9:15 p.m. EST. A man (minister, ex-prison guard) saw a group of lights in an X formation that hovered, blinked on and off in sequence, turned like a top (rotated), and shot away. (Federspiel letter in NICAP files.)" The witness, named Federspiel in the NICAP citation and called Allen Federspiel, a minister and prison guard, in Dennett's compilation, reported his sighting by letter to the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, the era's principal civilian investigating organization. No Air Force disposition of the report appears in the chronology entry, and the case is not among the Fort Wayne Blue Book files reached; it stands as a documented civilian report, filed with NICAP, of lights in an X formation that hovered, blinked in sequence, rotated and shot away.
Sources:
- The 1967 UFO Chronology, NICAP (created 18 September 2006, updated 11 November 2021) — the 9 March 1967 Fort Wayne entry, citing the Federspiel letter in NICAP files.
- Preston Dennett, "UFOs in Your Hometown," episode four (2024) — the witness's name and occupations as retold.