Evening star., 1954-10-18
InFronce, Rumors Are Flying. !.
Or Maybe They Are Soucers

tluBIldm tuIu6u 0ut 70 DC no
great shakes as a photographer.
His developed film showed only
the blurred but Surprisingly
human-looking back of the re-
treating space traveller. The pic
ture of the saucer has all the
definition of q badly tpoached
egg.
Before the takeoff, Mr.. Alling-
ham was allowed to touch the
saucer which he did, gingerly.
with one finger. 81 was a little
scared" he replied. Afraid of
an electric shock or something.
But the machine was only
strangely warm" A few moments
later. the visitor waved his guest
away and climbed hastily back
inside the saucer, There was q
light whoosh as it rose rapidly
and disappeared.
Flooded by Reports.
Although Mr.. Allingham has
written a book about his ex-
perience and stood the best
chance Of earning Mr.. Pres re-
ward. he has no corner on the
Martian market. Within recent
weeks. European newspapers
have been flooded with scores Of
hardly less intriguing reports:
On the night Of September 10,
near Quarouble in Northern
France, an oblong machine about
10 feet long landed on a railroad
track a few yards from the
house of farmer Marius DewiIde.
Two small man-like creatures
emerged. dressed in costumes
that looked like divers suits. AS
Mr.. Dewilde walked toward the
machine, he was paralyzed by a
green light. BY the time he re-
covered, the machine was high
in the sky. Further investiga-
tions showed symetrical scrapes
on the wooden railroad ties.
suggesting that the object had
rested on a tripod undercarriage.
The same evening farmer
named Antoine Mazaud of the
Plateau of Millevaches in South
ern France turned in a similar
report to the local authorities.
Walking home. Mr.. Mazaud had
found himself suddenly face to
face with a small, mysterious
stranger, wearing something
that looked like a crash heimet.
Farmer Mazaud prudently ex-
tended his pitchfork. The strang-
er, on the contrary, held out his
hand in a gesture of friendship,
walked up, uttered a few sounds
and kissed Mr.. Mazaud on the
cheek. Before the farmer could
recover his poise, the amiable
intruder had climbed the road
side hedge and entered a cigar
shaped contraption which took
of with a faint buzzing Sc und.
On September "a at 10 am. in
the Gardunha Mountains near
the Spanish border. three Portu-
guese peasants were startled by
a fast-f1ying sphere which land
ed in a field 200 yards from
them. This time. two tall crea-
lures emerged in shiny metallic
outfits and started collecting
grass and stones in a brightly
polished box. Spotting the peas
ants, they strolled over. and in
yited the men by gestures to
climb into their. machine, where
moving shadows could he seen
behind the semitransparent CEN
ter section. When the offer was
declined, the. strangers disap-
peared through a hatch. "A few
seconds later. the sphere took off
vertically and rapidly disap-
peared.
Flying Mushroom"
On September 80 at $40 pm.
Bernard Goujon and Armand
Pichet were working on the road
between Maisoncelles and Meaux
when a flying mushroom"
eight feet wide settled grace
fully nearby. Mr.. Pichet, from
a vantage point in the roadside
ditch, urged Mr.. Goujon to
run over and have a look"
According to Mr.. Goujon's re-
port to the gendarmes, the