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UFOs in the daily Press:

The 1954 French flying saucers flap, 1954:

The article below was published in the daily newspaper Le Journal de Biarritz et de la Côte Basque, France, page 3, on October 30, 1954.

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A "Flying Gourd" lands in the middle of the Biarritz golf course

Last night around 9 p.m., the duty officer at the Police Commissariat received a phone call from someone claiming to be the caretaker of the Biarritz Golf Course, informing him that an unusual light had been seen in the middle of the course. The caller seemed very agitated and immediately hung up.

The officer on duty, though skeptical, nevertheless sent two policemen to the scene. Upon arrival, they were received by Mrs. Dufour, the caretaker's wife, who declared that her husband was absent and that she knew nothing about it.

As they were leaving the golf course, the officers encountered one of our colleagues, who had also been alerted by the phone call.

The journalist, equipped with his camera, upon arriving at the golf course, confirmed that indeed a light was visible in the middle of the grounds. Was it a "flying saucer"? Approaching cautiously with about twenty local residents, intrigued by the glow, they discovered in the center of the golf course a fine hollowed-out pumpkin, pierced with holes, inside of which a candle was burning.

The "Martian" was none other than a mischievous local from Biarritz...

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