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Sunda.y, October 17, 1954
ROME DAILY AMERICAN
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Po Villagers See
'Saucer' Landing
'· ROVIGO, Ital;, Oct. HI (UP)­
/>I:: shallow . 20-foot crater an:i a
sr.orched ·gt'ove of popular trees in
tht! marshl11nds ilf !:,he Po riveT cQ~>
vinced the villagers of nearby
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Di Gnccca to{!ay, thai they really
had seen a "flying saucer.
l Police said several score of the
vma:gen watched the ·'saucer" go
thr(tugh its paces.
They• said the
\ silver disc approached a:t great
speed and then lan::'.ed gently in the
marshes a few miles away, After
a sho1<t pause it rose perpen'dicular­
ly into the air and spoo. away to­
wards the east, thej' sa'id.
Eitcited villages v:ho rushed ti>
the spot where tne disc appeared
to land fo~d the 20-foot crater artd
the scorched' popolar trees.
The "landing" was
tl:te: most
!en£ationaI of a new wave of fly,ing
;Saucer reports which is. mystify~ng
Ita.1l:'- Reports of •·d,iscs'' and "ci­
gats" camll from all over tl:l:e pen­
insula dcespite Air ·Ministry assur­
ances tltat no such objects bave
peen rezistered· on th.e minist:ry.'s
ra'da~ network.