The article below was published in the daily newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré, France, on April 1, 1978.
A ball of blue-green color in its center and orange around its circumference having a diameter greater than three to four times that of the North Star was seen for nearly two hours Thursday evening, above the sea, facing at Tréport, by many people including several police officers. The UFO, hovering above the horizon, suddenly disappeared shortly after 10 p.m.
