The article below was published in the daily newspaper Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, Strasbourg, France, page 1, on July 9, 1947.
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ROSSWELL - NEW MEXICO (AP). -- The U.S. Air Force announces that a "flying disc" was found on a farm near Rosswell and is currently in its possession.
This discovery is said to have been made over the past week.
The disc was handed over to the authorities at the Rosswell military base airfield by the local police.
The army did not release any further details about this sensational discovery.