The article below was published in the daily newspaper Abbeville Libre, Abbeville, France, page 4, on October 15, 1954.
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- On Wednesday, around 6 p.m., Mrs Barotte, who was hanging out some linen in her yard, saw in the sky an object in the shape of a cigar, reflecting various colors (red, orange, silver, etc.). Mrs. Barotte immediately called the neighbor Mrs. Crouy, manager of La Ruche, and both saw the machine moving at low speed it seemed to them, which coming from the East was heading towards the sea. They were thus able to follow it with their eyes until a cloud concealed the object.