The article below was published in the daily newspaper Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, Strasbourg, France, page 2, on October 19, 1952.
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AUCKLAND. -- A "flying saucer" was seen yesterday morning above Dedenin [sic, Dunedin], a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, by Mr. J.P. Burke, a pilot with eight years of experience. Mr. Burke stated he was awakened by a metallic noise, quite similar to that made by a jet aircraft. Going immediately to the window, he saw at about 1,800 meters an object that resembled a gigantic cymbal, roughly the size of a Dakota, and surrounded by a bluish-grey glow. The "saucer" soon disappeared into a cloud, but not quickly enough to prevent an estimate of its speed. Mr. Burke believes it was traveling at a speed between 400 and 450 kilometers per hour.
GAILLAC. -- According to the testimony of around one hundred residents of Gaillac (Tarn), a formation of sixteen "flying saucers," grouped in pairs, flew over the town on Monday afternoon around 4 p.m., under ideal conditions for precise observation. The "craft," perfectly circular in shape, were spinning on themselves and emitted a bluish glow along their edges. A sort of elongated cylinder—a "flying cigar"—was navigating in the center of the formation, while bright, whitish filaments detached from the group. Many witnesses were able to collect entire clumps of these filaments, but as they quickly disintegrated, it was impossible to send them to a laboratory for analysis. What a shame! Gaillac wasn't the only place where the famous saucers were observed. Similar phenomena were seen in Forbach. (See our report on page 9, col. 5.)
