The article below was published in the daily newspaper Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, France, on November 3, 1954.
Marckolsheim. -- A[]. H[]., employee of the Simler butcher, returned to Schwobsheim on Saturday evening around 09:30 p.m. when he saw an extraordinary apparition, like a bright silvery fireball, followed by a luminous trail. The thing was visible for about twenty seconds and was moving rapidly from the Northeast to the Southwest. According to the gendarmerie of Marckolsheim, the observation was confirmed by several witnesses in Schwobsheim and Heidolsheim.
