The article below was published in the daily newspaper The Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio, USA, on page 2, on October 19, 1954.
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PERPIGNAN, France (INS) -- A retired French customs agent reported Saturday he saw a flying saucer land and a tall man dressed in "a diver's suit" step out.
Agence France Presse said Damien Sigueres, 56, described the "saucer" as a large red sphere. He added that the occupant jumped back into his craft and took off rapidly, but noiselessly, when he saw Sigueres's two dogs.