UFOs in the daily Press:

A weather specialist saw a "saucer"
and estimated its speed at 10,000 km/h

Melun. -- Numerous witnesses living in the towns of Braye-sur-Seine, Lagny, Mauret, and Thomery reported seeing an unusual phenomenon at nightfall: an oval-shaped, yellow-orange object more than 20 meters long moving at an altitude of 300 meters.

The object remained motionless for a few moments, then disappeared at dizzying speed.

One of the witnesses, Mr. André L., a weather specialist living in Thomery, estimated the object's speed to be [illegible] 10,000 km/h - quite simply.

Mr. L. stated: "I'm absolutely certain, because I know the subject well: it was neither a plane nor a weather balloon."

In Melun itself, several young women leaving an evening class claimed to have seen a similar object in the sky, which, after hovering for 10 minutes, reportedly rose rapidly into the sky. Meanwhile, a glowing orb is said to have appeared six times to two indus-

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tralists from Melun who were traveling on the Melun-Rubelles national road; the appearance of this luminous source reportedly caused a large flash each time, lighting up the entire region.

Finally, several riders from the La Rochette Equestrian Center claimed to have seen a figure fleeing their grounds: "He was strange, different - it could only have been a Martian!"