The article below was published in the daily newspaper La Croix du Nord, Lille, Pas-de-Calais, France, page 1, August 25, 1954.
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Mysterious craft were seen by several people in the sky of Vernon (Eure).
The son of a city merchant says he saw distinctly, around one o'clock in the morning, above the Seine, an elongated object, red in color, resembling a large cigar. According to him, this object stood motionless at a fairly low height. From this curious machine, detached a flying saucer that the witness describes with precision:
"It was shaped like an oval disc, dark in color, surmounted by a red dome with a very bright halo surrounded by flames."
These observations were confirmed by several people.