The article below was published in the daily newspaper Var-Matin - République, France, on April 16/17, 1950.
Rome, April 15. -- Three flying saucers heading toward St. Peter's were seen by several people in a western part of the city.
After stopping for a moment in the sky, the three luminous bodies disappeared in a direction opposite to the one they had been following until then.
Among the people who witnessed this apparition was a radio reporter who confirmed to the newspaper "Il Tempo" that the three saucers were flying at great speed.