The article below was published in the daily newspaper La Croix du Nord, Lille, Pas-de-Calais, France, page 6, November 10, 1954.
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Much more than in terms of clothing, naivety flourishes in terms of astronautics.
In the Charentes, between Ronsenac and Juillaguet, a group of cyclists retire to their homes in the middle of the night. In a hollow path close to the main road, they saw gleams sometimes white, sometimes red, which appeared and disappeared mysteriously.
- Martians, whispered a voice choking with emotion.
The cyclists concerted and then gathering their courage in both hands, they decided to go see... after disconnecting the dynamos so as not to be spotted by the passengers of the saucers. With these stories of paralyzing rays, you have to be careful.
The silent cohort thus joined the strange white and red lights, the front and rear lights of the local gendarmes who were making a round.
Each cyclist went home with a gift from the martial Martian Marshals; a report for lack of lighting.
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