The article below was published in the daily newspaper Le Berry Républicain, Bourges, France, pages 1 and 8, on October 12, 1954.
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IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF MUNSTER
Four "men" with broad chests and large heads got back into the craft, which quickly took off
Paris, October 11. -- Several people, on the bridge of Saint-Laurent-les-Mâcon, saw a disc above the Saône, which disappeared after a short time. A new detail: this disc was not bright but dark.
A worker, Mr. Magnier, and some truck drivers, saw in Montluçon, a luminous ball crossing the sky at great speed.
In Tourriers, 17 kilometers from Angoulême, around thirty people saw during the night of the 8th to the 9th a "sort of cigar" that remained stationary about forty meters above National Road No. 10 for about twenty minutes. The craft, which had two small wings, then decided to leave at a speed of around 250 to 300 km/h.
Mrs. Lebert, caretaker of the Château de Pont-Chapelle in La Ferté-Macé (Orne), observed, in broad daylight, a mysterious craft in the sky. This craft, which looked like a rocket, rose silently vertically, leaving behind a faint white trail. It was visible for several seconds, then quickly disappeared. A woman and children living in the outskirts of the town also witnessed the phenomenon.
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Mr. Christian Couette, from Tessé-la-Madeleine, was riding his bicycle toward Ranes when, near the pond of Lande-Forêt in the commune of Beauvain, he was overtaken by a strange luminous craft that, at high speed, skimmed the treetops. The craft, about 4 meters in diameter, had the shape of a fireball bulging at the top. It could be observed for about ten seconds.
Munster, October 11. -- A cinema operator from Munster, Mr. Willy Hoge, stated that, while returning home in the outskirts of Munster on Saturday afternoon, he saw in a field about fifty meters from the road, a rather bright blue glow. Believing at first it was a crashed airplane, he approached within a few meters and then saw a craft shaped like a cigar, hovering in the air about 1.5 meters above the ground. Beneath the craft, surrounded by a bluish glow, the operator distinguished four "men" about 1.20 meters tall. These beings, according to him, had broad chests, disproportionately large heads for their bodies, and thin legs. Mr. Hoge noted that they wore a kind of suit made from a fabric resembling rubber.
Not daring to approach any closer, the witness limited himself to observing the occupants' movements. After about ten minutes, the crew climbed back aboard using a sort of ladder, and the craft rapidly rose almost vertically, taking the shape of a shiny disc after a few seconds of ascent.
Bonn, October 11. -- A flying saucer was observed for about two minutes by 13 members of a glider flight school over the Ockstadt airfield, near Frankfurt.
The 13 pilots and student pilots were watching the maneuvers of an instructor when they saw, appearing above the glider in flight, at an altitude of about 3,000 meters, a "slightly domed silver disc" that moved without the slightest noise.
Yaoundé, October 11. -- Several people claim to have witnessed one of those phenomena known as a "flying saucer."
The witnesses include Colonel Gauvin, director of the health and prophylaxis services of Cameroon; Dr. Menu, chief physician of the Yaoundé hospital; Mr. Dumont, director of security services of Cameroon; Mr. Poilleux, councilor of the territorial assembly of Cameroon; Mr. Moreau, administrator and deputy mayor of Yaoundé; and their spouses.
All these individuals, gathered at the hospital chief's home and preparing to go to the cinema, were intrigued by the behavior of the household dog, which suddenly began growling and bristling. Dr. Menu stepped outside and saw a shining object in the sky. He called his guests, who all later declared they had seen, almost vertically above the plateau where the hospital is located, a huge, brightly lit, motionless disc at an altitude of about 500 meters.
This "apparition" lasted fifteen seconds. The craft had precisely the shape of a mushroom—that is, a very brightly lit disc, beneath which swayed gently a cylinder of the same length as the diameter of the cap, also very brightly lit.
Suddenly, the "saucer" headed east, and its size appeared to shrink visibly. Then it remained motionless for a few seconds before quickly gaining altitude and disappearing.
