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The 1954 French flap in the Press:

This article was published in the daily newspaper Le Haut-Marnais Républicain, of Chaumont, France, page 1, on October 29, 1954.

FLYING SAUCERS!

Mr. Mayor does not joke around, therefore the "saucers or cigars" landing in Chateauneuf-du-Pape will be held in custody if the rural policeman catches them

Avignon. -- Mr. Lucien Jeune, mayor of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, has just taken the following decree which was approved by the prefect for the Vaucluse and was made executory:

The Mayor of Chateauneuf-du-Pape decrees:

Article 1. -- The overflight, the landing and the takeoff of aircraft known as flying saucers or flying cigars, whatever their nationality is, are prohibited on the territory of the community.

Article 2. -- Any aircraft, known as flying saucer or flying cigar, which should land on the territory of the community will be immediately held in custody.

Article 3. -- The forest officer and the city policeman are in charge, each one in what relates to him, of the execution of this decree.

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