The article below was published in the daily newspaper Le Républicain Lorrain, Metz, France, page 9, on October 3, 1954.
|
Melun. -- Several road workers from the Department of Bridges and Highways who were working in the rain along the Coulommiers–Meaux road, not far from the Quincy-Voisins airfield, reported having seen a flying saucer.
One of them, Mr. Bernard Goujon, 30 years old, stated he saw in a field to the left of the road, about 200 meters away, at the foot of a small grove of poplars, a strange oval-shaped craft measuring about three meters in diameter and 2.5 meters high. He said it was resting on the ground using three fairly tall struts. Its upper section featured a small translucent dome that appeared to be made of plastic material. The entire craft was made of a shiny metal like aluminum.
Mr. Goujon said that he tried to approach the craft, but when he was about 150 meters away, he felt tingling sensations, as if an invisible electric ray was being directed at him.
"I felt," he said, "paralyzed, and my vision became slightly blurred. I then saw the saucer rise very slowly, silently, like a 'falling leaf', up to 25 meters above the ground. It hovered for a moment, then, still without any sound and without any luminous trail, disappeared at high speed."
Deep marks about 10 centimeters deep were found on the ground.
Quillan. -- Mr. Saboureau, a café owner in Bélesta (Ariège), saw a bright sphere in the sky.
"The craft, which moved fairly slowly and without noise, was followed," he said, "by a trail of gray smoke."
Montceau-les-Mines. -- Two construction workers, Mr. Romain Sebastiani and Mr. Burrato, both competitive cyclists with the Union Vélocipédique de Roanne, stated they saw a craft taking off with a piercing whistle along the road from Blanzy to Montceau.
"The craft," they said, "was shaped like a cigar, very dark yellow in color, about 3 meters long and with a diameter of approximately 60 to 80 centimeters."
Caudry. -- Three workers from Saint-Hilaire-lès-Cambrai claimed they saw, at 6 a.m., a strange luminous craft trailing a white glow similar to that of a blowtorch.
