Case description
Railway worker Michel Fekete reported seeing a powerful light and four humanlike silhouettes while cycling through Beaucourt-sur-Ancre on May 10, 1957, around 10:45 p.m. Fearing an ambush, he left his bicycle, sheltered behind an electrical transformer, and reached the nearby Lepot home by a longer route.
René Lepot and others then watched from the kitchen window and doorway. Their account in Ouranos describes a light changing between brilliant white and dull red, with three short figures visible beside it. The figures appeared to wear gray-beige clothing; facial features were not resolved. After a passing car, the light reportedly climbed silently toward the northeast, later appearing above the church before fading. Gendarmes from Albert subsequently accompanied the witnesses to the road.
Black, soft patches were reported there and sampled by Ouranos investigators. Preliminary descriptions compared the material with asphalt, not demonstrated volcanic lava. A competing explanation involving a farmer's lantern and cattle was discussed and rejected by those investigators, whose report is advocacy as well as testimony. The plate follows the original light-and-silhouette account, keeping the object's body unresolved rather than inventing a detailed saucer. No human removal is described.
