The article below was published in the daily newspaper Nord-Matin, Avesnes issue, Nord - Pas-de-Calais, France, page 3, on October 20, 1954.
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Monday evening, many people from Ferrière-la-Grande witnessed the passage through the sky of a weird ball of fire that some claim to be a flying saucer.
Indeed, around 8:30 p.m., Mr. Maxime Liénard, guardsman of the town hall, went to the center of the village with MM. Decrucq, father and son. They saw passing in the sky a luminous ball at a dizzying pace. At the same time other people in the place called "La Digue" also saw this phenomenon. It is Mr. R. Maufroid, who was accompanied by his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Pierre Sauvage, Gisèle and Solange Sauvage, etc...
Contrary to the rumors circulating, none of the witnesses saw this ball land.
But it is still useful to clarify this: we experienced, from Saturday to Monday, an exceptional temperature. However, Monday evening, the weather changed strongly, a violent wind blew, and in our humble opinion, it is an atmospheric phenomenon due to a "cold" thunderstorm. But whatever the case, a flying saucer or an "atmospheric phenomenon", the mystery remains.
