The article below was published in the daily newspaper La Liberté du Morbihan, Lorient, France, pages 1 and 10, on October 1, 1954.
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Lyon. -- In the departments of Rhône, Isère, Drôme, and Savoie, numerous people claim to have seen in recent days, with varying degrees of clarity, craft in the shape of either cigars or discs.
In the Arbresle region, one of these witnesses, a director [sic] of a Paris music hall, even filmed one of these mysterious devices, which he estimated to be flying at an altitude of about 700 meters. It will thus be known, after the film is developed, whether it was an optical illusion or not.
Near Feyzin (Isère), a young man reportedly saw in the countryside, close to the ground, a craft shaped like a dome emitting a very bright light. The witness compared it to the kind produced by burning magnesium. The craft suddenly rose vertically, leaving behind a trail of sparks, and disappeared.
In the Drôme, a resident of Valence, Mrs. L..., who was walking near Chabeuil, claims to have encountered on the path she was taking a small being dressed so strangely that she initially thought it was a scarecrow made of cellophane. The dog accompanying the walker barked furiously, seized with terror. As for Mrs. L..., terrified
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as well, and hid behind a hedge.
It was then that she saw a disk rise from the cornfield bordering the path, emitting a whistling sound. Shortly afterward, the witness and some local farmers went to the field where, according to them, a clearly visible circular mark about 3 meters in diameter could be seen, with corn stalks flattened and branches broken along the edges.
Finally, in Savoie, near Lake Bourget, above Mont Revard, several motorists - about fifteen people in total - simultaneously saw a craft in the shape of a disk, maneuvering for about 4 minutes before suddenly disappearing.
One of the witnesses, a doctor from Chambéry and a former artillery observer, carefully noted his observations and drew a diagram showing the trajectory of the mysterious craft.
A truck driver collecting milk yesterday morning near Quimper Stanley in the Pyrénées-Orientales reported seeing a shiny globe with a bluish hue in front of his vehicle, flying at an altitude of about 150 meters and emitting a very soft buzzing sound. After stopping his truck, the driver observed the object's movements for nearly fifteen minutes, before it suddenly rose into the sky and disappeared toward the sea.
A flying saucer was reportedly seen in Auge in the Deux-Sèvres. Additionally, Mr. Picot, manager of a brewery in Saint-Pozenne, stated that he saw for several minutes while driving on the road a strange, dazzling yellow disc.
Several residents of the commune of Redais [sic] reported seeing a strange, very shiny craft moving at dusk in the sky over Redais. The witnesses said the craft moved very slowly at first, then increased speed and headed toward Coulommiers before disappearing.
Additionally, yesterday morning, riot police also spotted a luminous disc in the sky over Vaudoy.
Reliable witnesses reported seeing last night in the sky above a town about 130 km from Casablanca a circular red craft flying at a high altitude and very fast speed, seemingly emitting bluish-green flames.
Many residents of the town of Strib (Fienie) claim to have seen last night a reddish-yellow craft shaped like a cigar, flying at a fairly high altitude and leaving behind tongues of fire.
Other luminous craft were seen in recent days in Fienie and Sweden.
