The article below was published in the daily newspaper Les Tablettes de Péronne, Péronne, Somme, France, page 1, on October 23, 1954.
See the case file.
In the evening of Monday, the residents of a central district were brought out of their sleep by snapping sounds accompanied by strange lights.
A flying saucer... may have landed nearby, they thought, rushing out, very little reassured, to their window.
Information taken, it was simply an electric cable that burned in front of the Corto pharmacy.
Mr. Asini, with zeal that should be emphasized, was quick to repair the damage, although this incident happened around midnight.