The 1954 French flap:

If one wants to believe a resident of Chaumontoise who has good faith, perfectly lucid, wife of the well known tailor, a flying cigar appeared in the sky of Chaumont, Wednesday evening December 1st at about 09:17 p.m.

"At this time I left my property on Maréchal street, and gained my garden to collect my linen there. I had hardly taken some steps, that as I was looking up I saw a strong pink gleam which attracted my glance like a magnet in the darkness. It appeared distant of 2 kilometers, just at the height of the next house.

The appearance had the shape of a cigar, with a very large belly which seemed the most important part of the object. I first of all took it for a shooting star but, in my opinion, there is no relation between the cigar and the star. It was like a big fish moving in silence. It disappeared behind the roof, then reappeared again and I did not see it anymore, the machine having taken the Northwestern direction. A pink color was the dominant color.

Returning to the house, I entrusted what I had just seen to my young daughter Corrine, 11 1/2 years old. She acknowledged to me to have seen, from her room, a luminous disc surrounded by sorts of wool nets, little time ago. She did not dare to tell it to me, the thing being odd at the very least.

Until now I had heard talks of saucers and I had never been interested in this, without wanting to ridicule those who had seen one of these cigars and I tried to understand what it was".

Let's wait for a follow up, it is very possible that other people saw the same appearance.