The article below was published in the daily newspaper La Bourgogne Républicaine, Dijon, France, page 1, on September 1, 1954.
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Ottawa, 31 (A.C.P.). -- Mr. Baldwin, Deputy Minister of Transport, announced today that his department has abandoned its efforts to prove (or disprove) the existence of flying saucers.
The observation post at Shirley Bay, 16 kilometers northwest of Ottawa, which had been established for this purpose, has just been closed.
"Nothing, so far, in the observations from this post has justified further government spending."
Mr. Wilberts Mith [sic, Wilbert Smith], engineer in charge of the Measurement Section of the Ministry of Transport, admitted that the post had observed nothing since its construction last October.
However, he himself intends to continue the experiment.
BUT IN GERMANY THEY HAVE FINALLY SEEN A REAL (FAKE) FLYING SAUCER
Darmstadt, DM (ACP). -- The Darmstadt police are finally in possession of the first authentic report of a flying saucer. It is a wooden disc, suspended by balloons, and illuminated by light bulbs.
A passing motorist managed to identify the flying saucer for what it really was by shining his headlights on it.
The police assume it is the work of a prankster.