UFOs in the daily Press:

After the "flying saucers," the panic saucers!

The Martians will now greatly complicate the lives of our fellow citizens, especially if the latter, abandoning down-to-earth topics, get it into their heads to walk around with their noses in the air, hoping to spot the slightest "Cigar," "Stovepipe," or "Flying Diver" randomly lost in the skies over our Burgundy.

Consider this anecdote, guaranteed to be authentic:

Saturday afternoon, a crowd gathered at Place de Beaune, following a discovery made by a bystander who, with much gesturing and explanation, pointed to a white spot in the sky, instantly dubbed a "flying saucer."

There was a moment of awe - at the risk of going cross-eyed - but ultimately, each person went on their way, firmly resolved not to be content with this fleeting vision.

Also entranced by the presence of this mysterious craft drifting through the clouds, a good lady who had been among the curious suddenly changed the subject of conversation upon realizing she no longer had her purse.

Had she lost it while in shortwave contact with the Martians? Or had someone played the flying saucer trick on her with her own money? She had no idea.

To be sure, she went to the police station to tell her tale, hoping to spark a discreet investigation.

Trusting in the inquiry the constabulary would undertake, the good housewife returned home where, to her great surprise, she found not a Martian, as one might expect, but her purse.

The flying saucers had made her lose her head...