The article below was published in the daily newspaper La Liberté du Morbihan, Lorient, France, page 1, on September 10, 1954.
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Amiens. -- A mason, Mr. Emile Renard, 27 years old, and his worker, Mr. Yves de Gillebez, 23 years old, claim to have seen a craft in a field about 200 meters from the road near Acheux-en-Amienois. It resembled a truncated haystack with a sort of large overturned plate placed on top.
The two men, who were riding bicycles, stated that they immediately jumped off their bikes and ran toward the craft, which, they said, was gray in color and approximately ten meters in diameter. It swayed slightly, and on its surface, a closed door-like shape was visible.
The craft emitted no sound. According to Mr. Renard and Mr. de Gillebez, the craft took off as they had already covered about fifty meters. Smoke escaped from a kind of pipe located at its lower part. After an oblique ascent of about fifteen meters, the craft moved vertically and disappeared.
The two men were questioned at the Acheux-en-Amienois gendarmerie and then taken to the location where they claimed to have seen the craft. No traces were found on the ground.