This article was published in the daily newspaper Le Provençal, France, page 5, on February 18, 1975.
MARTIGUES (from our agency). -- Yesterday evening, from 7 p.m. on, a luminous object could be seen in the sky in the South-west of Martigues. In fact, it was about two luminous points, one more brilliant than the other. Around 8 p.m., the same phenomenon was observed from Carreau, the object was at the level of Ponteau. It had slightly moved.
Was it a weather balloon. One spoke about it in other places. The Services of the Observatory will undoubtedly not fail to elucidate the problem.
Note: probably astronomical.