The article below was published in the daily newspaper Le Télégramme de Brest et de l'Ouest, Brest, France, page 2, on September 15, 1954.
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LIMOGES, 14. -- A RESIDENT OF LIMOGES, MR. GEORGES FRUGIER, 30 YEARS OLD, CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN, ON SEPTEMBER 10, SHORTLY AFTER 8:30 P.M., A RED DISC CROSSING THE SKY FROM EAST TO WEST, LEAVING BEHIND A BLUISH TRAIL.
NOW, THE DAY AND TIME OF THIS SIGHTING COINCIDE WITH THE STRANGE ENCOUNTER OF THE FARMER FROM BUGEAT (CORRÈZE), MR. ANTOINE MAZAUD, WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE PASSENGER OF A FLYING CIGAR.
MR. FRUGIER TOLD HIS FAMILY ABOUT THE SPECTACLE HE HAD WITNESSED, BUT HE WAS MET WITH OUTRIGHT SKEPTICISM.
HOWEVER, THE PUBLICATION IN THE PRESS THIS MORNING OF THE ADVENTURE THAT HAPPENED TO MR. MAZAUD PROMPTED A CONNECTION: LIMOGES IS LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST OF BUGEAT, THE DIRECTION TAKEN BY THE MYSTERIOUS CRAFT, ACCORDING TO THE FARMER'S STATEMENTS.