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Pierre Giffard published La Guerre Infernale, a serialized magazine in France at the turn of the 20th Century.
It was a sensation, enhanced by Albert Robida's drawings.
You will find more Albert Robida at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Robida
And more about the magazine and both men at:
http://www.merveilleuxscientifique.fr/auteurs/robida-alfred-la-guerre-infernale/
Copies of the magazine are signified at http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Collection/vudl:292001
Here are Monseur Robida's flying saucer drawings from 1908:
Some UFO devotees see the drawings and accounts in La Guerre Infernale as the inspiration for Nazi Germany's foray into flying saucer design.
(The Infernal War was a war between France (Europe) and Germany in the fictional stories.)
RR http://ufocon.blogspot.com – The UFO Iconoclast(s)