This article was published in the daily newspaper La Montagne, Clermont-Ferrand, France, page 6, on July 20, 1967.
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BRIVE. -- Two young people on holiday in Castelnaud-Fayrac, in the Dordogne, saw, Monday evening, very exactly at 1:16, a strange object resembling a comet which crossed the sky at approximately 400 meters of altitude while following the course of the valley of the Dordogne.
Philippe d'Eaubonne, 18-year-old, and his comrade Philippe Deschamps, 19-year-old, had fun sprinkling themselves using a water jet on the high terrace of their country house when they saw this strange luminous disc which was followed of a yellow trail dark pass by. Philippe Deschamps had the excellent reflex to grab his camera and had the time to take two shots. A few moments later the ball of fire disappeared behind the hills.
Several other villagers reportedly also saw this phenomenon.
Note: the passing of a meteor would not have been described differently.
