The article below was published in the daily newspaper Nord-Eclair, Roubaix, France, page 10, on July 2, 1954.
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London. -- A B.O.A.C. pilot, Captain James Howard, a veteran of the Atlantic crossing - which he has made 265 times - declared on Wednesday upon arriving from New York that for eighteen minutes he had been accompanied during his flight by strange flying machines. The event occurred while his Stratocruiser was about 270 kilometers from the Goose Bay stopover, in Newfoundland, at an altitude of approximately 5,700 meters (roughly 18,500 feet). The bizarre procession, which was several kilometers away, was flying at the same speed as the Stratocruiser and consisted of one large craft that seemed to continuously change shape, and six smaller objects.
The 11 crew members and 51 passengers of the aircraft also witnessed the event. Experts have taken up the case.
