The article below was published in the daily newspaper La Voix du Nord, local issue of Avesnes, France, page 4, on October 30, 1954.
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Tuesday 26, around 5:30 in the morning, going to his work which consists of on-call service on behalf of the Société des Forges de la Providence, Hautmont factory (Nord), our compatriot Mr. Louis Blanquart, residing in Pont-sur-Sambre, rue de Pentegnies, located at a place called Pont Moricaud, on the borders of the municipalities of Pont-sur-Sambre, Bachant and Saint-Rémi-du-Nord, saw in the sky a craft having the shape of a small ball of fire, moving at an incredible speed from west to east, leaving behind a shower of sparks. The apparition lasted about two seconds. The craft was at a great distance.
Our compatriot is of very good faith, he is a former member of the gendarmerie. Yet at first he feared not to be believed and this is what motivates his late revelation. He did not say a word about it to anyone at first, but yesterday, a fellow factory guard, Mr. René Bauve, rue de Maubeuge, in Haumont, recounted seeing the same apparition at the same time and in the same place.
Also, our compatriot learned that a worker from Neuf-Mesnil reportedly saw the same thing, always at the date and time cited above.
It was then that Mr. Blanquart decided to tell us his story.
