The article below was published in the daily newspaper The Amballa Tribune, Amballa, India, on October 19, 1954.
See the case file.
TOULON, Oct. 17. - Two French motorcyclists swore here to-day that they had talked to the "pilot" of a flying saucer parked in the middle of the Hyeres-Toulon Road.
The two men, Mariro Rapellini and Pierre Ottoviani, told the police they found the flying saucer parked on Thursday night. It was a circular object with two legs resting on the ground. It had a bulge on top and two ear-like openings at the side. As they gingerly approached, they said, a medium-sized man "dressed in grey overalls of some strange material" stepped out. The following conversation took place in French.
M. Rapellini: Are you a Martian?
The stranger: 'No' (in French). Where am I?
They told the pilot where he was. The pilot re-entered his machine through a triangular opening. A stream of vapour issued from the saucer and it rose slowly and vertically into the air as its motor roared up. It then streaked off at a great speed leaving an orange glow in its wake - Reuter.
