On Se.X. IO, 1954, Marius Dewilde allegedly saw two creatures tlui.t appeared
to oo crew of a "flying saucer" that had landed on railroad tracks in an area
near Valenciennes, France. Details of subsequent investigation are given.
----- Flying saucers over Europe: French flying saucer. Fate, v. 10, Dec.
1957: 33-38.
A flying saucer allegedly landed in a field in Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye, France,
(near Dijon), was seen by several people, and left an excavated hole in the
ground. Occurrence was on Oct. 4, 1954.
----- The mystery at Marignane. Fate, v. 9, Dec. 1958! 22-30.
French customs officer Gabriel Gachignard reported that a weird, football-
shaped object landed at Marigoane airport (France) on Oct. 26-27, 1952.
Reprinted from author's book, The Truth Abo•1t Flying Saucers (New York,
Criterion Books, 195~.
----- Valt.nsole. Phenomenes sill.tiaux, Mar. 1966: 21-26.
Auihor's ir:_yestigation of claim by Maurice Masse that on July 1, 1965, he saw
a hnded football-shaped flying machine and i~ pilot in his lavender field
pr.:xluces new facts. Among them: (I) during the week preceding the alleged
inddent, Masse and his father noticed that young lavender plants were damaged
as though someone were taking cutting~ from them; (2) when the UFO flew away,
it accele1-ated rapidly and then vanished completely twenty yards away; (3) Masse's
"IXU"alysis" may have been due to post-hy11.1otic suggestion since "real" ~a-
lysis would have stopped the heart muscles; and (4) Masse may not be revealing
all the details of his encounter with the UFO ''pilot. " Reprinted from Flying
Saucer Review.
----- The Valensole affair. Flying saucer review, v. ll, Nov. -Dec. 1965: 7-9.
Comment by author on July l, 1965, sighting at Valensole, France, of UFO
and its humanoid crew based in his own investigation.
Michel, Aime and Charles Bowen. A visit to Valensole. Flying saucer review,
v. 14, Jan. -Feb. 1968: 6-12.
Aime Michel and Charles Bowen interview Maurice Masse (in August 1967)
at Valensole, France, about his alleged experience with the humanoid
occuill.nts of a flying saucer that landed on his property July 1, 1965,
Mention is also made of UFO sighting on Sept. 17-18, 1965, from St. Michel
Observatory, France, by three astronomers.
More about Marliens. Flying saucer review, v. 13, Sept, -Oct. 1967: 14-15.
Report quoting extensively from the Lausanne (Switzerland) news!-llper,
Feuille d' Avis, on marks discovered May 9, 1967, in a clover field in
Marliens, Frruice, that seem to indicate a flying saucer landing.
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