The article below was published in the daily newspaper La Voix du Nord, local issue of Roubaix and Tourcoing, France, page 5, on October 3, 1954.
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In Comines, Thursday, around 10:30 p.m., a mysterious craft flew over part of the city.
Officer Cocquel and Constable Segers - both from the Comines brigade, heard at length in the morning of Saturday, the witness of this apparition, in this case Mr. Anicet Corneillie, mason worker, living in Comines, rue des Trois-Ballots.
Returning home, Thursday evening around 10:30 p.m., Mr. Corneillie was suddenly surprised by the purple reflections on the jacket with which he was adorned. Looking up, he saw about forty meters high a cigar-shaped craft that emitted a rather bright glow. According to the witness, the craft could measure 8 to 10 meters long and 2 to 3 meters wide. At the same time, a motorist from Tourcoing also observed the phenomenon.
This was happening at the intersection of rue de l'Apothicaire and rue des Processions, the mysterious craft appearing to be heading towards the hamlet of Vieil Dieu.
Seized with fright, M. Corneillie quickly returned home and it was the next day that he confided the matter to his comrades at work. Long questioned yesterday at the Comines gendarmerie by MM. Coquelles and Seghers, the witness - still overcome by emotion - told the facts that we have just reported.
