The article below was published in the daily newspaper Dernières Nouvelles du Haut-Rhin, for October 5, 1954.
Rombach le Franc. -- In the night from Friday to Saturday, around 2 a.m., construction master Mr. C. V. (aged 42), saw a flying saucer above the Hochkoenigsbourg. It took the form of a luminous disc where blue, green and red rays came from. Mr. V. woke up his wife and two sons and the whole family was able to contemplate this rare spectacle. The disk would repeatedly change color. Then, after about 6 minutes, it reportedly disappeared going up vertically, leaving a luminous trail.
