The article below was published in the daily newspaper Le Télégramme de Brest et de l'Ouest, Brest, France, page 2, on November 4, 1954.
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St-Austell (England), 3 (U.P.) -- If we are to believe an employee of the St-Austell bank, a flying saucer crossed the English Channel: "It looked like a ball of fire and remained motionless for about 5 minutes, then it flattened and moved off toward the west, while a tail rose perpendicularly from the craft, which eventually disappeared."
Such is the description given by Geoffrey Ennor, whose statements were corroborated by several people.
However, Lee Rosevear saw the craft as an upside-down ice cream cone that remained stationary for 5 minutes before flattening into a cigar shape and moving away with an incandescent glow.
As for Ralph Goodenough, his attention was first drawn by a glowing cigar-shaped object in a vertical position. The craft then moved to a horizontal position before departing and disappearing.
Note: "the craft" may very well have been a meteor seen over a long trajectory by the first two witnesses and for a shorter time by the third; which would explain the differences and the shift from vertical to horizontal. The five-minute duration might be a relative exaggeration.
