The article below was published in the daily newspaper Le Républicain Lorrain, Metz, France, page 6, on October 2, 1954.
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ST-DIZIER. -- Wednesday evening, the mayor of St-Dizier and two railway workers saw a luminous cigar-shaped object cross the sky and disappear at the zenith.
Mr. Raoul Laurent, mayor of St-Dizier, had left the town hall around 8 p.m. when he noticed the strange apparition.
Meanwhile, Mr. Gilbert Daunay, an employee of the S.N.C.F. in St-Dizier, living in Ancerville, was with his father-in-law Mr. Deschamps in front of his home when he saw a glow coming from the east, about the size of the moon, violet in color, followed by a red trail. It was moving much faster than a plane.
Finally, Mr. Pierre Leclerc, also an S.N.C.F. employee in St-Dizier, was walking alone in the center of Villecomte when he too witnessed the phenomenon.
