The article below was published in the daily newspaper Le Berry Républicain, Bourges, France, page 8, on October 8, 1954.
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Chaumont, October 7. --Mr. André Narcy, 48 years old, a roadman in Mertrud (Haute-Marne), was riding his motorcycle to work yesterday morning when, near Voillecomte at 7:15 a.m., he noticed an orange-colored object in a field at a place called "La Vieille Tuilerie." As he approached, he saw that he was in the presence of a craft unknown to him. Mr. Narcy stopped his vehicle and approached on foot to within about a hundred meters of the object. It was then that he saw, nearby, a small being approximately 1.20 meters tall, dressed in a fur-covered cloak.
Mr. Narcy became very frightened and lay down on the ground, then called out to the individual. The latter, after turning toward him, rushed into his craft, which took off vertically and disappeared into the clouds.
According to Mr. Narcy, the craft was spherical in shape, about ten meters in diameter. Beneath the sphere was a kind of spindle. The porthole through which the being entered the craft was located right between the spindle and the body of the object. At the moment of departure, a kind of flame came out of the spindle while a great vaporous turbulence formed beneath the craft.
Mr. Narcy went on to his workplace where he recounted his experience to his colleagues. With two of them, Messrs. Riel and Herny, he returned to the site and noted that the dew had disappeared from a certain area. The grass had a slightly milky hue and was flattened in a square of about three meters on each side. Additionally, twelve parallel traces resembling round footprints were spread over a certain distance, suggesting that the craft had landed with slight bounces.
