The article below was published in the daily newspaper La Voix du Nord, local issue of Avesnes, France, page 4, on October 24, 1954.
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Our head postman, Mr. Arthur Bury, living rue de la Providence, reportedly saw, Wednesday, around 9:15 p.m., an illuminated mass moving in a northeastern direction at breakneck speed.
The apparition lasted only a few seconds.