The 1954 French flap:

Saucer with crutches, musical top
and flying can

in Seine-et-Marne, in the Nord
and in England

We did not yet see a flying saucer land on Orly airfield. It is a very sad. But one of them, if we believe two roadmasters, landed in a field not far from the airfield of Quinay-Voisins, near Melun.

- The object, they said, was oval in shape and was about three meters in diameter by 2 m. 50 high. At the top there was a sort of translucent dome. The whole craft shone like aluminum...

It was in broad daylight. The saucer was 200 meters away. The two men, MM. Bernard Goujon and Bernard Pichet, wanted to approach.

- At 150 meters, says Mr. Goujon, I felt tingling as if I had touched an electric current; it was not painful, but I felt like I was paralyzed and my eyesight was blurred slightly. After a moment, the saucer rose slowly and silently to thirty meters from the ground, stopped for a few seconds, then disappeared very quickly.

Traces were found in the field at the location of the saucer; they are about ten centimeters deep and the dimensions of a human foot...

A carpenter from the Cambrésis saw in the sky a "musical spinning top", of coral pink color, two cyclists from Montceau-les-Mines witnessed the take-off of a "dark yellow cigar" and an Englishwoman from Halifax said that she had seen "flying yellow-tailed beer cans..." In Perth, Scotland, two women claim to have seen flying "snails" and, in Jordan, a flying cigar with strong light resembling neon lighting would have crossed the sky. Finally, one of our readers, Mr. Lucien Bordet, assures us that Thursday at 7:30 p.m., a "sphere" descended from the sky to land near him on the Bagatelle sports ground. There came out three gnomes, one of which was "a woman with six breasts". They danced a ballet around him...

According to the "witnesses'" accounts

The average Martian measures between 1 meter and 1.20 meters,
wears a motorcyclist's helmet, and does not speak French

The most recent testimonies regarding the strange passengers of the saucers, cigars, and various craft that have landed in different regions of France agree on one point: the presumed Martians are small in stature, differing from those reportedly seen in Portugal, who measured 2.50 meters.

We summarize the accounts of the witnesses to provide an idea of what the "average Martian" might be like:

M. Marius DEWILDE, 34 years old, a metalworker in Quarouble (Nord), saw two beings measuring one meter in height, broad-shouldered but apparently without arms. They were dressed in suits and equipped with diving helmets. They aimed a beam at the witness, paralyzing him for a few seconds.

M. Pierre LUCAS, a bakery worker in Loctudy (Finistère), saw an "individual" measuring 1.20 meters emerge from a saucer and tap him on the shoulder while uttering unintelligible sounds. The being had an oval, hairy face and eyes "the size of a crow's egg."

M. André NARCY, 48 years old, a road worker in Mertrud (Haute-Marne), saw a being measuring 1.20 meters disembark from a saucer, dressed in a "fur-covered robe."

M. Antoine MAZAUD, from Bugeat (Corrèze), saw a being of "medium height" wearing a motorcyclist's helmet.

M. Lucien BORDET, a storekeeper residing at 9, rue Lapérouse in Paris, saw three "beings" in the Bois de Boulogne, each about one meter tall, dressed in luminous suits and wearing helmets with visors that concealed their eyes. The one who appeared to be the leader had "six round protrusions on his abdomen."

Lucien Bordet, a storekeeper in Paris, even met Martians in the Bois de Boulogne. "There were three of them, no more than a meter tall, they had luminous outfits and portholes helmets, and the one who looked like the leader of the expedition had six rotundities on his belly..."