Only the Portholes
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[?]Caledonian
[?]Lying Saucer
Only the Portholes Were Round
LTOUMEA’S local paper reports that a colonist (unnamed), from the small agricultural entre of Sarremea, 100 miles from loumea, saw on the night of Jan , at 22 hrs., what can only be lescribed as a flying-saucer.
He was awakened by the per istent barking of his dogs and on nvestigating he saw on the road \ few yards from his house, a trange oblong form which gleamed i/ith a blinding light. The “form” pas fitted with round port-holes.
The colonist barricaded himself n the house the moment the nachine advanced towards him.
Jext morning he examined the place ‘/here he had seen the appartition md found distinct traces which ould have been made by the nysterious machine. The marks are >eculiar and cannot be associated Pith any automobile known in the leighbourhood. The pattern is three wheels in front and two at the jack.
To clinch it all the colonist de :lares that pumpkin plants in a neighbouring field have their leaves )erforated, and show traces of burri ng- The colonist is declared to be a sober man of integrity. (This is the first time PIM has
heard of oblong saucers, flying or otherwise Perhaps this particular New Caledonian visitor from Space should be called a Flying-Shoebox). t Norfolk Island bean-seed produc tion (which is the Island’s main industry) is larger than average this year and the seed is of ex cellent quality. All seed exported is hand-sorted, and most of it goes to Australia, where high prices are ex pected.