The article below was published in the daily newspaper France Soir, Paris, France, page 7, on September 10, 1954.
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AMIENS, September 9 (A.F.P.). -- A mason, Mr. Emile Renard, 27 years old, and his worker, Mr. Yves de Gillabez, 23 years old, claim to have seen yesterday in a field, about 200 meters from the road near Acheux-en-Amiénois, a craft resembling a truncated haystack on which a kind of large upside-down plate appeared to be placed.
The two men, who were riding bicycles, said they jumped off their bikes and ran toward the craft, which they described as gray in color and approximately ten meters in diameter. It was slightly oscillating, and a kind of closed door could be seen on its side. The craft made no sound.
Still according to the account of Mr. Renard and Mr. Gillabez, the craft took off as they had already covered about fifty meters. Smoke was coming out of a kind of pipe located on its underside. After a slanted flight of about fifteen meters, the craft rose vertically.