The article below was published in the daily newspaper The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, USA, page 32, on November 18, 1954.
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MOMY, France, Nov. 17 (Reuters) -- Villagers armes with shotguns and pitchforks closed in on a "flying saucer" in a field and found a hollowed-out pumpkin with a burnng candle inside - the work of a practical joker.