The article below was published in the daily newspaper Var-Matin - République, France, on October 12, 1974.
On Thursday evening, a strange phenomenon was observed in the sky of St Tropez.
It was around 6pm, a few people were seated at the terrace of the Sénéquier enjoying the peaceful and pleasant atmosphere of this end of the day.
On the quays, municipal employees were removing flags jumping on top of the masts. The day was slowly fading, when two customers, a professor and his wife, who were watching the work of the employees witnessed an inexplicable fact. A luminous ball of orange color seemed fixed in the still clear sky, just above the masts. A waitress of the brasserie also noticed this unusual presence which disappeared in a few minutes.
Flying saucers? Unidentified flying object?
Yesterday, this strange manifestation in the Tropezian sky was the subject of many conversations.
