The article below was published in the daily newspaper Le Journal de Biarritz et de la Côte Basque, Biarritz, France, page 1, on October 5, 1954.
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Mysterious craft continue to be observed in various places: in the Sarladais, in the Indre, in the Somme, in the Lot-et-Garonne, in the Gironde, and also in the Landes.
Thus, on the night from Saturday to Sunday, around 9 p.m., Mr. Hontarrède, a carpenter in Benesse-Maremne, along with several other people, saw in the sky, for several minutes, a mass of fire moving westward above the sea. This mass was descending rapidly.