The article below was published in the daily newspaper Var-Matin - République, France, on September 1, 1974.
New testimonies are to be added to the already well-filled file of "flying saucers" designated by specialists as unidentified flying objects (UFOs).
As she was preparing to go to bed, Miss Raymonde Machu, 20 years old, living in Cambrai, noticed with terror, around 10:15 p.m., that her bedroom window had caught fire: approaching the panes, she then saw an incandescent ball spinning like a top and "playing elevator by drawing a spiral".
Witnessing the same phenomenon, residents of Niergnies (North) noted with stupor, the next day, Friday, that at the place where the mysterious craft had grazed the ground, over an area of about ten square meters, the leaves of a field of beets had become flaccid and soft, as if cooked by the effect of a heat stroke.
