UFOs in the daily Press:

An industrialist and his sons reportedly saw a flying saucer

(By Guy Baillargeon). -- On the evening of January 27, a 52-year-old industrialist from Beauport and his two sons, aged 15 and 17, saw a flying saucer less than 200 feet from them, in a field, behind their home north of Beauport; at least that is what emerges from the testimony of a close relative to whom the incident was recounted in minute detail.

According to our informant, the object appeared after the family dinner, around 6:15 a.m. The mother of the family, who was going about her usual chores, was attracted by the sight of an object that, at first glance, looked like an airplane. The family looked at this object for a moment, which was about 2,000 feet from their house, then the father and his two sons decided to go to the scene.

Armed with two pairs of snowshoes and a pair of skis, the trio headed towards the craft. As they approached, they could discern the shapes of the object.

They were able to approach to about two hundred feet from the craft. Seen from the front, it could be thirty feet wide and about eighteen feet high. The object was oval in shape and dirty gray aluminum in color.

Four portholes

According to the three men, one could discern four square-shaped portholes from which a light burst forth that, without being dazzling, was incandescent, very strong. To the right of the craft, and what seemed to be at the end of the saucer, a red light.

The father and his sons tried to approach again, but the craft flew away in less time than it takes to say it in the direction of the island of Orleans. At first, the three men felt a vibration that invaded them and a slight hum that reverberated on them. At that same moment, the saucer was wrapped in a net of red light. In just a few seconds, the object was nothing more than a tiny star that was lost in the sky.

It is important to note that at the very place where the saucer had landed, the grass was burnt. Stunned and believing they were going crazy, the trio returned to the family home. The mother later reported that the departure of the three men had lasted exactly 22 minutes.

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Also according to our informant, the father of the family admitted not having slept a wink all night. However, he did not want to tell the press what he had seen for fear of being considered crazy. "Everyone sees flying saucers," he is said to have said. The two sons were very excited about the thing, but preferred to keep quiet, thus proving that they were not looking for publicity.

All three recounted their adventure several times without changing a word of their version. According to them, as the craft left, the red surrounding the object became more and more orange. The snowfall that covered the fields of Beauport at that time was about 50 inches. At the place where the saucer was, burnt grass could be seen.

A similar version was given in 1948 when a citizen of Lac Beauport declared having seen a flying saucer. The grass where the craft had landed had also been burnt...