The article below was published in the daily newspaper L'Est Républicain, Nancy, France, page 7, on October 4, 1954.
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Hamburg. -- Flying saucers exist and represent at least ten percent of the objects observed in the sky, stated Professor Hermann Oberth, a German specialist in astronautics.
"It is possible," he added, "that these craft contain crews of beings similar to humans. The term 'Uranides' can refer to these unknown beings, who are probably thousands of years ahead of our time."
To explain why no flying saucer has yet crashed to Earth, Professor Oberth suggests that the pilots may have perfect control over their machines and that, for a reason that human intelligence cannot imagine, they may not desire any contact with earthly creatures.
Considering another possibility, Professor Oberth reminded that the saucers observed could be seen as an advancement of the V-7, a German rocket from the end of the war, several prototypes of which, according to the scientist, may have fallen into Russian hands in 1945.
