The 1954 French flap:

"FLYING SAUCERS" IN THE REGION

IN SAINT-LUPERCE
during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday
THREE PEOPLE OBSERVED
FOR A LONG TIME TWO LUMINOUS OBJECTS
that swayed above the horizon

The sky of our old land, so calm for centuries, has recently taken on an unusual activity.

At a time when scientists are examining the problem of "flying saucers," fireworks set off by a mysterious hand are lighting up even the smallest villages in our countryside.

The other night, it was in Vitray-en-Beauce. This time it is in Saint-Luperce where well-known and respected people in the region, whose testimony cannot be doubted, observed a curious phenomenon during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday.

It was about 2:30 a.m. The countryside was asleep. Mr. Marcel Rousseau, a night worker in the service of Mr. Mesnil, a miller, was going about his duties when he noticed toward the east, in the direction of Chartres, two luminous objects of oval shape swaying silently above the horizon.

One was reddish in color; the other, located at a distance that was obviously impossible to estimate, had a light bluish tint.

Recovering from his surprise, Mr. Marcel Rousseau went to wake his employer to inform him of his discovery. Mr. Mesnil, soon followed by his wife, was in turn able, with the help of binoculars, to observe the presence of two luminous objects in the sky.

"I first thought they were two stars," he said. "But I quickly had to admit my mistake. Several times, the two ‘discs' disappeared, only to reappear some time later. Their brightness was uneven. I went back to bed, but my night worker was able to observe them until about 6:15 a.m."

This troubling apparition confirms the many observations made throughout the world, and more particularly in Western Europe.

The hypothesis of a prank or self-suggestion must in any case be ruled out.

Martians or not, there is a mystery, and even the most skeptical have come to believe that "there really is something."

A "FLYING SAUCER" SLOWLY FLEW
AT LOW ALTITUDE
OVER THE JANVILLE REGION

The reddish glow changed as a car approached

Everyone is talking about flying saucers. The canton of Janville had been spared until now. The story was told to us by reliable witnesses. This sighting took place in the region on Tuesday evening around 7:30 p.m. The saucer "looked like a ball of fire." The three witnesses to the scene are:

Mr. Lucien Vappeareau and Mr. Bernard Marcou, a mechanic working for Mr. Lepage in Janville, and Mr. Crépu, a worker at the Toury sugar factory. All three were returning home to Le Puiset when, at the exit of Janville, Mr. Bernard Marcou's attention was drawn to a ball of fire which was located (according to the witness) in the direction of Outrouville, moving toward Merville, where it seemed to descend gradually without decreasing in size; then the glow disappeared.

The fireball moved very slowly, as the cyclists had time to travel from Janville to Le Puiset (1 kilometer) and observe, at the entrance to the latter locality, the effects of this phenomenon, which quickly emitted a sort of flame.

The fireball was reddish in color and at a very low altitude. On the Chartres–Orléans road, about 5 kilometers from the observers' location, a car with its headlights on flashed its lights, and at that moment the fireball turned bluish-green.

Those who have seen flying saucers in the Dreux region

To our knowledge, the following people have stated that they saw "flying saucers":

- Mrs. Bourgogne, in Crotin (Eure)

- Mr. and Mrs. Fernand François, in Brezolles

- Mr. André Boué, in Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets

- Mrs. Boucher, in Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets