The article below was published in the daily newspaper L'Ardennais, France, page 4, on November 6, 1954.
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After the two "Martians," it was only natural that Vrigne would have his saucer. Everyone was out in the streets last night around 6:30 p.m. to gaze at a red light low in the sky, which remained there for a good half hour, before a crowd half-laughing, half-intrigued.
"It's above "La Roche," said one; it must be much further away, said another. It looks like it's moved, estimated a third; that's not true, proclaimed a fourth, a scientist, who had landmarked it against a pole."
A few kids had gone on reconnaissance and climbed the wooded slope called "La Roche," which overlooks Vrigne. They captured the "saucer" high in a tree and brought it triumphantly back to the police station on a three-meter stick.
Hanging from it was an old clock case, the dial of which had been replaced with red paper. Inside burned a candle. The pranksters hadn't even forgotten the jet engine that would allow the craft to disappear in a shower of sparks, like any "saucer" worthy of its reputation.
It consisted of a candle and two large firecrackers tied to a large cap. The explosives didn't have time to detonate.
One of the astronauts lost his muffler, a Scottish muffler, at the foot of the tree. He can, if he happens to, go and claim it from the chief of the police station.
