The article below was published in the daily newspaper L'Humanité, Paris, France, page 6, on October 23, 1954.
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In the vicinity of Melun, many witnesses, residents of the communes in the regions of Bray-sur-Seine, Lagny, Moret, Thomery, stated that they saw, at nightfall, a strange phenomenon: an oval-shaped craft, yellow-orange in color, measuring more than 20 meters, at an altitude of 300 to 400 meters.
The craft remained motionless for some time and then disappeared at a dizzying speed.
One of the witnesses, Mr. André L..., a meteorology specialist living in Thomery, estimates that the speed of the craft was on the order of 10,000 kilometers per hour, quite simply. Mr. L... specified:
I am absolutely certain, because I know this subject well, that it was neither an airplane nor a weather balloon.
In Melun itself, several young women leaving an evening class claim to have seen in the sky a craft somewhat similar which, after remaining stationary for about ten minutes, rose very rapidly into the sky.
Meanwhile, a luminous sphere resembling a car headlight reportedly appeared six times to two industrialists from Melun who were traveling on the Melun-Rubelles national road.
The appearance of this light source reportedly caused, each time, a very broad flash illuminating the region.
Finally, several riders from an equestrian center in La Rochette claim to have seen a figure fleeing from their park.
"He was strange," they say, "it could only have been a Martian."
