The article below was published in the daily newspaper La Gazette Provençale, of Avignon, France, page 3, on December 15, 1954.
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This morning, around 10 a.m. in the rue Joseph-Vernet, onlookers gathered to observe a tiny white machine, visible in the sky. Of course, everyone was to exclaim,
- It's a flying saucer!
It was simply a weather balloon!