The article below was published in the daily newspaper Le Républicain Lorrain, France, page 6, on September 19, 1954.
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Valenciennes. -- A resident of Carouble [sic], near Valenciennes, Mr. Marius Dewilve [sic, Dewilde], 34 years old, worker at the workshops of the North of France, in Blanc-Misseron, declared that on Friday evening, around 10 p.m., his attention was aroused by the barking of his dog.
He went out immediately, armed with his electric flashlight, and saw on the railway line alongside his house, in a particularly deserted place, a dark mass, oval in shape, which could have been 6 m. long and 3 m. in height.
Showing his lamp in another direction, Mr. Dewilve saw two strange, stocky men no taller than a meter heading quickly toward the craft. These men had short heads on which the rays of his flashlight were reflected as if they were glass globes.
A few moments later, a square of intense light appeared on the sides of the craft. The witness then closed his eyes and when he opened them again the light and the strange beings had disappeared.
The craft, rocking slightly, rose vertically, giving off smoke. When it reached about ten meters from the ground, the lower part of the craft turned red and it quickly disappeared.
Mr. Dewilve reported this strange apparition to the Onnaing police. The air police went to the scene but no traces were found.
