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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1955Vol. XXV, No. 7

“See Things”

p. 128 · Read in the full issue

Flying-Saucers?

New Caledonians “See Things”

In The Heavens

From Our Own Correspondent

STRANGE objects—variously

scribed as being like throw nets, illuminated balls £ sausages—have recently been ported in New Caledonian skies.

The first report of a “flyii saucer” came from a caretaker a gypsum mine, on January 15. said the object was yellow, lum ous and shaped like a throwing : used for fishing. After remain: stationary in the sky for 20 minui it made off at terrific speed.

Then two seamen on a coastal s] reported seeing a “circular obje in the sky. This a 1 so remair motionless for some time, then si denly disappeared at speed.

A Noumea woman has reportec huge, yellow illuminated ball in 1 sky, seawards of Noumea. This c continually inflated and deflated 1

fore disappearing.

Finally, from the north-eastf coast, a woman reported a hu sausage-shaped object in the s over the sea. The object remair stationary for half an hour, bef< —like the other visitors—disappe* ing at a great speed.