The article below was published in the daily newspaper Le Berry Républicain, Bourges, France, page 8, on September 29, 1954.
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Châtellerault, September 28. -- Mr. Yves David, 28 years old, a farmer in Les Brouloux, commune of Vouneuil-sur-Vienne (Vienne), stated that on September 19 at 10:00 p.m., he saw a sort of "diver" approaching him on the road from Cenon to Vouneuil.
According to him, the figure came up to him, stroked his arm, emitted unintelligible sounds, and retreated toward a craft (which Mr. David could not describe). A green beam of light was projected in his direction, paralyzing him on the spot, and the craft then vanished vertically into the sky without making any noise.
Mr. David said he initially did not want to talk about the bizarre encounter, fearing ridicule. However, he confided in a friend, asking whether others had seen the "diver" as well. That's how the whole village found out...
Perpignan, September 28. -- A baker from Canet-Plage, Mr. Etienne Err, stated that while returning from a delivery round with his van, he saw a bright disk above the locality, which after making wide circles, moved off toward the sea.
Additionally, seven workers at a factory on the outskirts of Perpignan claimed to have seen an object of indeterminate color, moving at high speed and apparently crossing the Pyrenees toward Spain.
Toulouse, September 28. -- Three residents of Lanta, near Villefranche-de-Lauragais - Mr. and Mrs. Brunet and Mr. Gadra, a schoolteacher - claim to have seen around 8:00 p.m. a luminous orange disk over the village.
The object was at a great height and moved in a north-south direction. After being visible for 30 to 40 seconds, the luminous disk disappeared on the horizon.
Lisbon, September 28. -- The "travelers from another world," whose visit to Portugal was reported yesterday evening by a Lisbon newspaper, were not the product of an imagination overstimulated by countless flying saucer sightings. They were merely the creation of hoaxers, as the same newspaper revealed today.
