◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
The Twisted Roof Tiles
Before dawn on 4 September 1989 a sleepless man at Bertre in the Tarn saw a glowing, faceted object hanging over his own roof for about thirty seconds. Next day the tiles beneath it were browned and shifted, and the roofer who repaired them said they had been twisted clockwise. France's official UAP investigators could not explain it. This is the record of what was reported and found, not a verdict on what hung over the house.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- The Twisted Roof Tiles is a reported UAP case in Bertre, Tarn, France, 4 September 1989.
- A man who could not sleep reported a faceted object shaped like a spinning top hanging motionless over his own roof, throwing a ten-metre square of light onto the field below.
- After about thirty seconds it vanished all at once, with no sound and no smell.
- Next day the roof tiles beneath it were browned and shifted, and the builder who repaired them said they had been twisted clockwise along three to five metres and the ridge had sagged.
- SEPRA, GEIPAN's predecessor, took samples of the tiles and ruled out a helicopter, the Moon and a balloon, leaving deliberate invention or an unexplained phenomenon; the case is filed as unexplained.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source and 1 corroborating primary document.
- The archive grades it L0 · SINGLE ACCOUNT — the archive holds one account of it, from a single source.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-03; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
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EVENT DATE
4 September 1989
LOCATION
Bertre, Tarn · France
COORDS
43.60°N 1.94°E
INDEPENDENCE
L0 · SINGLE ACCOUNT
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
0
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
