🛸UFO Sighting📝 Reported
Indiana UFO Sightings (Fort Wayne, Indiana) - Oct 9, 1973
Date: October 9, 1973
📍 Location
Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN
Specific Location: Fort Wayne radar operations site, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Coordinates: 41.36280, -85.70030
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41.3628°, -85.7003°
📝 Description
On Oct. 9, 1973, first-responder switchboards were overwhelmed by nearly 700 calls to report UFO sightings across Indiana. Reports included blinking lights near the ground, a UFO spotted on a telescope by astronomy students, and radar operators at a Fort Wayne–based facility.
🔍 Circumstances
Mass reporting of UFO sightings on a single day, prompting a large influx of emergency communications from the public.
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Case Information
- Case ID
- cmiw7xrfd00708fhg7fq9lofr
- Primary Source
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- Article Date
- July 9, 2021
- Added to Map
- December 7, 2025