UFOs in the daily Press:

The people of the Ternoise wonder:

Did a saucer pass through the sky?

On Saturday evening, around 9:30 p.m., a light streaked across the sky in the Ternois region. It seemed to come from the direction of Laon and was moving rapidly toward Frières-Fallouel.

Everyone immediately wondered: "Was it just a simple atmospheric phenomenon or one of those famous flying saucers?"

Credible witnesses confirmed the sighting. Mr. Joseph Thiéry told us he saw a craft shaped like a funnel, leaving behind a bright glow.

Dr. Cerf and Mr. Bouché also observed the phenomenon, along with several others who were on the road to Frières.

DON'T SHOOT the "Martian"!

A neighbor of Mr. Marcel Faisant, living in Sinceny, came to get him the other evening, claiming he had seen strange lights in a field near the Chemin de Soude; the night before, he had already noticed those suspicious lights.

Martians or poachers?

Mr. Faisant wanted to find out for sure; he grabbed his shotgun and the two men went outside. Mr. Faisant saw the lights, whistled, took aim, and fired. A cry answered the gunshots, and the two men ran off.

The next day, they learned from Mr. Maurice Ruaut, a farmer in Sinceny, who had been fixing his car in a field on the Chemin de Soude, that his vehicle had been hit by buckshot, with marks visible on the body. The pellets had struck very close to Mr. Ruaut’s head.

The gendarmes, continuing their investigation, discovered that the lights seen by Mr. Faisant’s neighbor were not imaginary and had actually been caused by a farmer tending to a sick animal in his field.