The article below was published in the daily newspaper Libération, Paris, France, pages 1 and 6, on October 1, 1954.
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Vienna, September 30.
If we are to believe the Austrian newspaper "Bild Telegraf," flying saucers are working for the good cause. The proof? Recently and on several occasions, they have allegedly dropped anti-communist leaflets over Czechoslovakia.
The Viennese paper explains that leaflets written in Czech were found near Efferding, in Upper Austria (Soviet zone), after the passage of two luminous discs whose movements were observed by two gendarmes from nearby towns.
These leaflets, distributed by a group of immigrants belonging to the "Czechoslovak Opposition" movement, urge Czechoslovak farmers to leave collective farms and state cooperatives.
If the "discs" are "Martians," one must conclude that, on the distant planet from which they are sent, world politics are being followed very closely. Especially since they were also seen yesterday above Bonn, capital of the Federal Republic!
Yesterday, it was a Savoyard doctor, and the doctor's account is confirmed by fifteen other people. Also yesterday, near Valence, a woman saw the saucer and its pilot. The latter was wrapped in cellophane, like a common steak. In the Vienne, it was a Mr. David who got a pat on the shoulder from the "Martian" before it returned to the zenith. And
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A man from Grenoble, a Britton, and several others are also ready to contribute their testimony to the file. In fact, this is nothing short of an invasion - unless we should instead see these appearances as reconnaissance patrols ahead of D-Day.
Today, it is the innocent eyes of two young children from the Jura, Raymond and Janine - described as good little students - who are discovering the mysteries of the sky. Judge for yourself:
Drawn by the furious barking of the dog, they went out into the courtyard of their father's farm. There, about ten meters from the building, they saw a two-meter-tall metallic-looking craft, around which shadows were moving. "The craft," they said, "stood on three skids."
Frightened, the two children first ran away, but then curiosity got the better of them and they came back, armed with stones and courage, and threw the stones at the object. The stones bounced off with a dull thud. At that moment, the craft rose into the air and, under the force of the engine's blast, Raymond and Janine were thrown to the ground.
The local gendarmes visited the farmyard. They did indeed find marks that could, at a stretch, be taken for skid marks. Otherwise, they might just as well have been left by rabbits. But that doesn't matter.
