The 1954 French flap:

NEAR SAINT-AMBROIX (GARD)

Seven odd and tiny beings reportedly sowed mysterious seeds

before disappearing in a phosphorescent craft
Several hunters of the area claim this

Nîmes (C.P.).
Testimonys of various sources inform us that in the woods of the commune of Saint-Ambroix (the Gard), several hunters reportedly [...] having a vaguely human shape. When the hunters approached, the homunculus's rushed towards a phosphorescent craft which flew away at once and disappeared. Coming back a short time later the hunters noted that in the place where they had seen the "Martians", a certain number of seeds of odd appearance were strewn on the ground.

These seeds were allegedly shown to various seed resellers of Saint-Ambroix, who were unable to identify any known species.

According to various information, they would have been sent to a [...] to control the exactitude of this information, that some deny and others confirm.

A FLYING SAUCER IN A STREET OF NIMES

Nîmes (C.P.).
Mr. Pitot, Nîmes resident, saw yesterday in the night "something abnormal" in a street of the suburb, Edgar Mouton street. This machine which he was unable to identify in an absolute manner, suddenly rose in the airs and disappeared without any noise nor light.

A "FLYING PLATE" ON SAINT CHAMAS

Saint-Chamas (C.P.).
Saturday, October 9, at 08:15 p.m., a mysterious machine, coming from the direction of Cornillon and going to Istres, passed above Saint-Chamas at approximately an altitude of one thousand to fifteen hundred meters.

This craft was disc-shaped of the size approximately of a plate seen at this distance. It was incandescent, letting escape a very thick smoke of fiery color which formed a long luminous trail.

After having crossed Saint-Chamas, it climbed higher and disappeared suddenly above Istres.

A "stack of cigars" with two colors in the sky of the Gard

Nîmes (C.P.).
After the policeman of Nîmes who saw a stack of cigars soon changing into a quadrilateral from where red and orange gleams escaped, an S.N.C.F. [national railway] employee, Mr. Martinet, living in the workers suburbs of the farmhouse Mathieu, road of Avignon, had his glance attracted by a ball of fire which moved in the sky, in direction of the plate of Garons.

Mr. Martinet who was on the point of going fishing in Bellegarde and had waken up for that at 5 o'clock had [...]

SAUCERS (continued)

Above the Vieux-Port, a luminous spherical object leaving a bright trail was seen around 6 p.m. yesterday by several people.

A luminous cigar was seen in Mallemort (Bouches-du-Rhône) by multiple witnesses. A "red ball" also swirled above Arles before disappearing in the direction of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.

Exploding in midair above Graulhet (Tarn), a saucer reportedly disintegrated before the eyes of Mr. Jean Carcenac, 43, who was observing the phenomenon through binoculars. Debris from the object (silver filaments clumped together that break on contact) was collected by the gendarmerie, which opened an investigation.

A disc with 12 portholes was seen in Besse-sur-Braye (Sarthe). In the same department, a garage owner from Coulaires and a driver from Allennes saw a disc spinning in the sky.

Near Trappes, a driver, Mr. Richard Baudens, living in Adaimville (Seine-et-Oise), saw a fixed red light whose brightness gradually increased. The witness, a former pilot (4,000 flight hours), observed the craft as it moved from right to left and up and down for 20 minutes.

A weather balloon intrigued residents of the Hautes-Alpes all afternoon yesterday, who mistook it for a flying saucer. It was actually a stratospheric balloon carrying scientific equipment for the study of cosmic rays, launched from Milan.

A "blinding flame" was seen by Mr. Corre, a professor in Bourg (Ain), and other residents of the region. Additionally, a "cigar" was seen in Nantua, in Bellegarde, and in Romans.

On the railway line, at the location Saint-Pierre-Halte, near Saint-Omer, a shiny yellow object reportedly landed, 2 meters high.

A fiery egg was seen by a traveling salesman driving between Niffer and Kembs (Haut-Rhin).

A farmer from Angles (Vendée) saw a craft that changed shape and color as it moved forward. When the witness tried to approach the object, it emitted beams of light forming a screen behind which it silently vanished.

A small being in a shiny suit was seen in the Mamora Forest by a French engineer from Meknès. The "Martian" moved toward a craft parked by the roadside, which then took off at high speed.

Fifteen workers from the military supply depot in Casablanca saw an elongated, orange-white object that, for a minute, descended over the city like a falling leaf before suddenly changing direction and vanishing quickly on the horizon.

No flying saucer in Vaucluse: the Secretariat of State for the Armed Forces (Air) clarified that, contrary to some reports, the two pilots from the Orange airbase who flew over Fontaine-de-Vaucluse on the afternoon of October 14 at various altitudes observed no unknown object during their investigation. The two pilots are experienced officers and their report is conclusive.