The article below was published in the daily newspaper L'Alsace, Mulhouse, France, on april 23, 1970.
See the case file here.
Who? A resident of Lutterbach, Mr. Humbert. What? The "flying saucer". Mr Humbert telephoned yesterday morning our office in Wittelsheim to confirm the luminous phenomenon noticed by a resident of our city on the evening of Monday. Mr. Humbert was looking, from his house near the railway line, towards Richwiller and Wittelsheim (drawing a line on a map, we find that it ends in the Berrwiller area) and suddenly saw according to him, "an object the size of a grapefruit and the color of an orange, which rose vertically in the sky, entered a small cloud and did not come out". Mr. Humbert listened attentively, but did not hear an engine noise; which in his opinion excludes the explanation that would be provided by a jet plane.
The phenomenon being thus confirmed, our correspondent from Wittelsheim is now assured that she has not dreamed. And if these lines fall under the eyes of a resident of the Berrwiller area, perhaps he will consent to tell us if he saw in his corner aliens or young people having fun with firecrackers or celebrating a boy's farewell.
