The article below was published in the daily newspaper Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, Strasbourg, France, page 2, on June 10, 1952.
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DIJON. -- A mysterious object was seen on Sunday evening by Mr. Louis Marie, an industrialist from Dijon and former pilot from the 1914–1918 war. Mr. Marie was in the garden of his country house with friends, in Pouilly-sur-Vingeanne (Côte d'Or), and all were witnesses to the phenomenon. At exactly 6:07 p.m., a cigar-shaped object, noticeably smaller than an airplane, was moving through the sky at an estimated altitude of 2,500 m, heading south to north. The witnesses were able to watch it for 3 to 4 minutes. It intermittently emitted sparks from both sides of its rear and left behind a white smoke trail about 200 meters long. Its speed was roughly that of a jet plane, and it made a sound that was neither that of an aircraft engine nor a jet, but rather a low humming noise. Was it a flying saucer? This time, according to the very precise observations of Mr. Marie, a trustworthy witness, the saucer had all the characteristics of a rocket.
