The article below was published in the daily newspaper La Pie de Picardie, France, page 3, on October 22, 1954.
See the case file.
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Our newspaper has ordered all of its editors to go hunting to unravel the mystery of flying saucers. Ten liters of Martini rewarding the most sensational details we are certain that our collaborators will spare no effort and that we will be able to give you extraordinary revelations very soon.
In the meantime, those who took "that" for fun are dumfounded, since a peacekeeper saw a "flying lens" above Amiens.
A peacekeeper is a sworn gentleman whose statements cannot be suspected.
And that's what makes the saucer "official".
Thanks to a brave Amiens police officer who admired the sky (which doesn't mean that he was moondreaming!) no one will doubt the existence of these bizarre aerial vehicles any more.
