The article below was published in the daily newspaper L'Ardennais, France, pages 1 and 5, on September 27, 1954.
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This time they have been seen, and clearly seen, in all regions of France. "Cigars" and "saucers" have crisscrossed the skies of Auvergne. In Bayonne, the saucers were flying in formation and several residents observed three stationary objects, arranged in a triangle, slightly oval in shape. They were about the size of a rugby ball and seemed to be at a considerable height.
In the Meurthe-et-Moselle, the "cigars" numbered six. They were seen Saturday morning between 4:30 and 5:30 a.m. by several dozen workers from "Sidelor" living in the Lantéfontaine-les-Baroches area.
In Tulle, Mr. Besse, a draftsman at EDF, distinctly spotted a flying saucer above the town on Friday around 11 p.m. Using powerful binoculars, he was able to follow the object's movements for a few moments; it changed color three times in a short span, he said.
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As for Mr. Mallet, owner of the Hôtel des Cévennes in Le Puy, he spotted, to the east of the town, an object changing color and moving slowly without noise, apparently exhibiting a slight oscillation.
Near La Rochelle, three fishermen and a customs officer observed, during one of the past nights, a formation of flying saucers moving at very low altitude and flying over the shoreline before disappearing.
