The article below was published in the daily newspaper Le Journal du Pas-de-Calais et de la Somme, France, pages 1 and 8, on October 21, 1954.
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Vienne, 20. -- A "Stratojet" plane which flies over the Rhône valley every day, at an altitude of about 10.000 meters, has been mistaken by some people for a flying saucer.
The president of the Vienne Flying Club immediately dissuaded these overly imaginative witnesses, but a strange phenomenon occurred after the passage of the powerful jet plane. In fact, in the sky, sorts of parachutes formed, animated by strange movements and having the appearance of light veils, which soon reached the ground.
The witnesses of the phenomenon seized this material very soft to the touch and having a little the consistency of rubber. On reaching the ground, it volatilized, probably under the influence of temperature.
One of the witnesses put some of the substance in a box and had it photographed immediately. A few hours later, what remained in this box, however waterproof, had evaporated.
This phenomenon, due to condensation in the atmosphere
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[Photo caption:] at the interplanetary exhibition held in London, one can see the model of an (anticipation) rocket that will perhaps allow in a few years to go to visit the Martians...
A young boy admires the model of this "saucer."
(Keystone)
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rarefied and cold certain compounds of the fuel of the "Stratojet" can cause white or iridescent formations moving at high speed at great altitude and thus give rise to more or less fanciful interpretations.
This observation, made above the Vienne airfield, is identical to that already reported in its time by a resident of Oloron.
"They persecute me... They come looking for me... I saw them land in a field... saucers, large and small... lights and smokes... The Martians... The Martians..."
It was while shouting these snatches of sentences expressing the disorder of his thoughts that Mr. Bruno Senesi, 34, presented himself to the hospital in Livorno, asking for help.
But when the medic returned with the doctor on duty, Senesi was missing. He was found hidden under the bed, shaking with violent shivers, his expression leaving no doubt about the terror that tormented him and he cried out to the doctor: "Here they are... they are coming...
The nurses offered him their protection against the Martians and Senesi, the first Italian victim of the psychosis of the "flying saucers", was locked up in the mental health asylum of Livorno.
Jakarta, 20. - The Indonesian agency Antara reports that the people of Bondowoso, in East Java, were terrified when they saw a white and green disc that passed at high speed over the town and disappeared in half a minute.
Witnesses described the object as a "large plate" with a rotating movement.
This is the second time that the residents of Bondowoso witnessed such a phenomenon. The first appearance of a "strange object" was said to have taken place on July 23.
