The article below was published in the daily newspaper L'Union, of Reims, France, page 2, on October 27, 1954.
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CHAUMONT. -- On Sunday, around 1 p.m., a hunter from St-Thiébault found in an alfalfa field, at the edge of the Illond woods, a white Venetian lantern attached to a fragment of beige rubber balloon, of a quality far superior to that used for children's balloons. The device, which contained a burned-out candle, was not wet, indicating a recent landing.
Whatever the purpose intended by its maker, a device of this kind involves real fire hazards for crops, haystacks, and forests.
