The 1954 French flap:

Appearance of saucers
in the Touquet sky

Testimonies absolutely trustworthy allow us to guarantee the appearance of a phenomenon in the sky of Le Touquet, Thursday 21, at 7:15 p.m.

This phenomenon had a round shape and was very luminous (much more than the stars). Its color was yellow-red. Its size, given the altitude, appeared like a plate. This "object" was followed by a trail, also very bright, whose length was about two and a half times its diameter.

Coming from the sea, it was moving, at a dizzying speed, towards the East and it disappeared very quickly in front of the observers.

Let us note that at the beginning of October a young resident of Le Touquet found, on the Canche, a sounding balloon covered with a cap with antennas, provided with a whole apparatus and lamps, and hung on a parachute. This balloon had an approximate diameter of one meter. The young man wrote to the War Office, in London, who answered him immediately by thanking him and by specifying to him that they had followed the course and the landing of this sounding balloon which did not interest them any more now.

Note that if this balloon was mistaken, certainly, at random in its wanderings, for a flying saucer, here and there, and even perhaps photographed as such the phenomenon of Thursday evening - which we refuse to qualify for now - however, has nothing in common with a similar object.

LE TOUQUET-PARIS-PLAGE

STILL THE SAUCERS!

Absolutely reliable testimonials allow us to guarantee the appearance of a phenomenon in the sky of Le Touquet, Thursday 21, at 7:15 p.m..

This phenomenon had a round shape and was very bright (much brighter than the stars). Its color was reddish yellow. Its dimension, given the altitude, appeared like a plate. This object was followed by a trail, also very luminous, the length of which was about two and a half times its diameter.

Coming from the sea, it was moving at breakneck speed towards the east and it very quickly disappeared from the gaze of observers.

Note that in the beginning of October, a young Touquettois found on the Canche, a weather balloon covered with a cap with antenna, equipped with a whole apparatus and lamps, and hooked to a parachute. This balloon had an approximate diameter of 1 meter. The young man wrote to the War Office in London, which replied immediately by thanking him and telling him that they had followed the path and the landing of this weather balloon which was no longer of interest to them now.

Note that whereas this balloon was taken, certainly, at random during its wanderings, for a flying saucer, here and there, and even perhaps photographed as such, the phenomenon of Thursday evening has however nothing in common with a similar object.

PAS-DE-CALAIS

Unexplained phenomena
were observed Thursday evening

Several people declare having observed in Le Touquet, Thursday 21, at 7:15 p.m., an unidentified object of round shape and very bright (much more than the stars). Its color was yellow-red. Its size, given the altitude, appeared like a plate. This "object" was followed by a trail, also very bright, whose length was about 2 1/2 times its diameter.

Coming from the sea, it was moving at a dizzying speed, towards the east and disappeared very quickly in the eyes of the observers.

Note that in early October, a young resident of Le Touquet found, on the Canche, a sounding balloon covered with a cap with antennas, fitted with all sorts of gear and lamps and hung on a parachute. This balloon had an approximate diameter of 1 meter. The young man wrote to the War Office in London, who answered him immediately, thanking him and telling him that they had followed the route and the landing of this sounding balloon; which was no longer of interest now for them.

Note that if this balloon was taken, certainly, at random if its wanderings, for a flying saucer, here and there, and perhaps even photographed as such, the phenomenon of Thursday evening has nothing in common, however with a similar object.

In addition, in Montreuil-sur-Mer, a few young people who were playing Thursday at night, a nocturnal basketball game, on the grounds of avenue Général-Leclerc, clearly saw, twice, a luminous body crossing the sky at a very high speed, first east to west, then in the opposite direction.

Their testimony describes the craft as resembling a fluorescent light tube; which appeared to them to be twice the length of the diameter of the moon, as it appears to us.