The article below was published in the daily newspaper L'Union, of Reims, France, page 2, on October 18, 1954.
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CHAUNY. -- Mr. Maurice Ruant, a farmer in Sinceny (Aisne), near Chauny, narrowly escaped becoming a victim of the panic that the appearance of saucers and other flying objects is causing in some people.
Yesterday evening, he was busy repairing his car in the meadow near his home when two shotgun blasts were fired in his direction. The pellets struck the bodywork of the vehicle, not far from his head.
Mr. Maurice Ruant filed a complaint, and the investigation immediately opened made it possible to find the author of the two shots, a neighbor of Mr. Ruant, Mr. Faisan.
The latter declared to the press:
"- I thought, when I saw a silhouette moving in the light of two headlights, that I was in the presence of a Martian repairing his flying saucer. I went to fetch my gun and fired."
Despite his good faith, Mr. Faisan will be prosecuted.
