The article below was published in the daily newspaper Sud Ouest, France, on November 15, 1984.
Mr. Paul Bertaud, a former pilot, a retired hospital guest and several witnesses reported the appearance of a Ufo on Sunday night in the sky of Niort. They agree on everything: the hour, the colors, the shape, except for the speed. Mr. Bertaud, who had already seen a Ufo in 1951 in Morocco, is formal. He said the object was moving very quickly (two or three times the speed of sound). He saw the Ufo on top of a building, going towards Saint-Jean d'Angely.