UFOs in the daily Press:

A pilot and a conductor observe 2 flying saucers in the Nancy sky

Compared to other French cities, Nancy seemed to be the poor relation: it had not yet had its own flying saucer.

Of course, there had been rumors. Several residents of Avenue de Strasbourg claimed to have seen a luminous craft in the sky. A truck driver whispered to those close to him that he had witnessed a similar vision. While on vacation in the Cantal, a man from Nancy had even photographed a flying saucer. But all of this, while intriguing, did not seem particularly serious, at least on the surface.

However, yesterday, new testimonies suddenly reached us. Around 8 p.m., a pilot spotted in the sky a craft about ten centimeters in size, elongated in shape, with a tail surrounded by a luminous ring, trailing a red and green streak behind it. The whole sight was rather dazzling and rapidly ascended over Rue Gilbert.

Even more intriguing is the testimony of a well-known orchestra conductor from Nancy, Mr. Y. F., who was at the time with one of his musicians and his wife in front of No. 8, Clos Hinzelin.

The craft they all saw resembled a very dazzling sphere, from which a whitish incandescent trail escaped. Its diameter was about 20 centimeters. The phenomenon lasted only a few seconds, accompanied by an engine noise reminiscent of a two-stroke vehicle moving in first gear.

It could not have been a shooting star because, apart from its size, the saucer—which was speeding in the direction of Avenue de Strasbourg toward the city center—was moving below the clouds. The weather was slightly misty, and the sky was devoid of stars.

On the witnesses' watches, the hands read exactly 10:53 p.m. And the witness who came to tell us what he saw is not known, in everyday life, to be a dreamer.

"Of course..." the skeptics will say.

But still, the phenomenon is quite unsettling, as if Nancy needed this invasion of saucers...