The article below was published in the daily newspaper L'Aurore, Paris, France, page 8, on October 15, 1954.
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AVIGNON. — Yesterday, at the beginning of the afternoon, at 1:30 p.m., the population of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse was in turmoil.
Indeed, a "white disc" was slowly hovering above the small town and could be clearly distinguished with good binoculars.
This white disc was topped by a spherical dome of the same color. The lower circular edge intermittently bore two powerful lights, shifting from white to violet, passing through red.
The Caritat Air Base (Vaucluse), having been alerted, immediately dispatched two jet planes which soon appeared, and after circling twice over Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, gained altitude and dove toward the disc.
The radio installed on board the planes, in communication with the base, announced that the object was in sight, that they were pursuing it, but that it was escaping at a speed greater than theirs.
From the village, one could clearly see the disc darting away, pursued by the two jet planes.
Meanwhile, in Toulouse, Mr. Olivier, factory owner and local notable, declared that the other day he had seen a luminous sphere resting on the ground, beside which stood a small "Martian" about 1.20 m tall, dressed in a kind of diving suit. When he tried to approach the mysterious figure, followed by two witnesses he had alerted, Mr. Olivier was reportedly stopped about twenty meters away by a paralyzing force. Then the interplanetary gnome, probably irritated by human curiosity, entered his sphere. It then rose at a dizzying speed, leaving behind it a trail of sparks and oily traces on the ground. An investigation is underway.
Following the discovery in a field near Leguevin (Haute-Garonne) of an unidentified document close to the spot where a flying saucer is said to have landed, an investigation was opened by air security. After examination, it appeared that the two sheets came from a brochure in the Vietnamese language.
