The article below was published in the daily newspaper Var-Matin - République, France, March 28, 1950.
Milan, March 27. -- A silver-colored "flying saucer" is said to have appeared above Riva, on Lake Carole.
According to the statements of a hundred witnesses, the object remained motionless for more than an hour and a half above the lake at an altitude of 4,000 meters. After circling for a few minutes, the "flying saucer" is said to have disappeared over the horizon, leaving behind a whitish trail.