The article below was published in the daily newspaper Paris-Presse, Paris, France, page 1, le 9 janvier 1954.
THE EMOTION raised by the appearance in the sky of Dieppe during two following nights of "balls of fire" is not yet quiet down. The phenomenon was not only observed by the dockers of Dieppe, but also by S.N.C.F. employees in Serqueux, by postmen in Rouen, by all the semaphore operators of Dieppe to Fécamp, and by the market gardeners of Forges-les-Eaux, Neuchâtel-en-Bray and of La Mailleraye. At about the same hour the ball of fire was also seen by a witness in Arras.
While popular opinion is convinced that these are "flying saucers", observers from the Paris Astrophysical Institute think of a fireball.