The article below was published in the daily newspaper La Gazette Provençale, Avignon, France, France, page 2, February 1, 1954.
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DIJON. -- The "flying saucers" are more than ever on the agenda. Several people have witnessed the passage of a celestial body of great luminous intensity, in eastern France.
The phenomenon happened last week. It was barely 5 o'clock. The sky was quite overcast. A meteor suddenly emerged from the southeast, rushing northeast, radiating an intense purple light.
The first to report it were two policemen from Dijon. But the information soon poured in and for the first time in the already long history of the "flying saucers" five witnesses were afraid.
In Heuilles-sur-Saône, a lady schoolteacher made the following statement.
- It was almost as fast as a lightning bolt. I did not dare to look at the craft for more than a second, so much that impressed me."
Two other very characteristic statements were made by witnesses one residing in Til Châtel the other in Liffol le Grand who declared that they had the impression that the sky was split in two. They also felt a burn in their eyes and ears.
