The article below was published in the daily newspaper Var-Matin - République, France, on January 10, 1948.
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New York, January 9. -- "Flying saucers" were reported over the Fort Knox airfield. Three planes took to the air to try to intercept them. None of them could get close to the mysterious craft, but one plane exploded and crashed to the ground. The pilot was killed.