UFOs in the daily Press:

Goerch's Tale of Flying Disc Revives 'Saucer' Excitement

"Flying saucers," those elusive aerial discs which zoomed into the headlines 10 days ago and then dropped into obscurity with equal speed, were causing concern among Twin City residents again last night.

Carl Goerch of Raleigh, editor of State Magazine, aviation enthusiast and conductor of the "Carolina Chats" radio program, said in a broadcast from the capital last night that he had flown alongside a "saucer" and saw "men from Mars" aboard.

Almost immediately telephones at The Journal and Radio Station WSJS began ringing.

Each caller mentioned the Goerch broadcast. Some added new twists to the report, and all asked for further details.

"Was there anything to that weird tale Carl Goerch told over the radio?" they asked.

"How can people ride in a ‘saucer'?"

One child called and said she had a tea set and wanted to know how to make saucers fly.

Newspapers in other cities received similar calls, and it was reported from Raleigh after the broadcast that Goerch had been "joshing."

Meanwhile, the word from High Point was that a "flying saucer" had been seen there Saturday by Ed Lewis, editor of Southern Wings, and Dick Milsaps, a member of the magazine's staff. They described the missile as a fast-moving red ball with a black band through the center. Smoke spurted from the object as it revolved through space.

When they last saw the "thing," Lewis and Milsaps reported, it was headed in the direction of Winston-Salem.

A number of High Point residents said they, too, had seen the disc, but no Twin Citizens reported having seen it.