The article below was published in the daily newspaper La Liberté du Morbihan, Lorient, France, pages 1 and 10, on October 8, 1954.
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Limoges. -- A farmer from Chaleix [sic] (Dordogne), Mr. Garreau, has sworn that he saw a "flying soup tureen" land on his property. Mr. Garreau stated that two perfectly normal men, dressed in khaki coveralls, descended from it, shook his hand, and spoke to him in an unknown language.
Mr. Garreau, stunned, was unable to utter a single word in response. The two men then climbed back into their craft, which flew away at dizzying speed.
At the indicated location, it was indeed found that the grass had been scorched.
Mrs. Thérèse Fourmeret [sic], 23 years old, living in Fontay-sur-l'Inon [sic] (Côte-
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of d'Or) saw an object land in a field near her home on Monday evening.
She stated that, frightened, she fled without trying to observe the phenomenon any longer and sought refuge, terrified, at a neighbor's house.
The gendarmerie noted very clear traces on the ground at the indicated location; clumps of earth had been torn up and scattered over a radius of four meters.