The article below was published in the daily newspaper L'Ardennais, France, page 4, on October 20, 1954.
See the case file.
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A new testimony regarding the luminous disc seen on Saturday evening in the sky over Sedan reached us yesterday. Two young people from Floing witnessed the phenomenon while they were at the corner of the Botanical Garden, on Avenue Philippoteaux, at the entrance to Rue des Fausses Braies:
"I saw a red disc, which quickly crossed the sky, with yellow around it. It was sparking and looked like it had soap bubbles trailing behind," one of the young people told us verbatim. "My friend shouted to me: look!" I barely had time to see a luminous trail," added his companion.
- "Did you think it could have been a meteor?" we asked the boy who first saw the luminous disc.
"Oh no, it wasn't that!" he replied. "Don't you think it could have been a jet plane?"
"No, and it was moving much faster."
"What time was it? 9:30 p.m., I checked my watch."
This testimony matches that of the officers and other witnesses. However, the sensational photo we published yesterday was taken around 10:30 PM.
We do not draw conclusions and simply add this account to the file on celestial appearances.
