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August 1961
The report as retold: Between the newspaper cases stand reports that survive only in the UFO literature's compilations, and this section carries them labeled as exactly that. Dennett's 2024 compilation reports that in August 1961 John Freeman and his family, of Fort Wayne, reported an object "like two big bowls, one on top of the other, with a flashing light on top," hovering at treetop level; after a few seconds it rose silently and climbed rapidly out of sight. No contemporary newspaper account, official file or named investigating body is cited for the case in the compilation, and none was found. The description's resemblance to the Federal Building observers' "two soup bowls" of September 1966 is noted here without conclusion: the 1966 file is an official document, the 1961 account is a retelling, and the record keeps them at those different weights.
Sources:
- Preston Dennett, "UFOs in Your Hometown," episode four (20 September 2024), Fort Wayne segment — the sole source reached for this case.