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