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UFO's and Defense What Should we Prepare For

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This file, held under a National Aeronautics and Space Administration title, contains an English translation of the 1999 COMETA report "UFOs and Defense: What Should We Prepare For?", produced by a French association of former IHEDN auditors and first published in a special issue of VSD. It opens with a 2001 letter from Carol Rosin arranging a meeting. The report covers pilot testimonies, close encounters in France, GEPAN/SEPRA research and defense implications. Attached material includes a Leslie Kean article, a NARCAP description and a news item about a UFO at Barnaul airport.

From the source:Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: N/A. Released with redactions. NARA Record Group 255, catalogue id 413270. This file contains an independent report on UFOs written by the French association COMETA (previously published in the French magazine VDS in 1999), which details the results of a study by the Institute of Higher Studies for National Defence. The file also includes a letter from Carol Rosin in which she notes that she was spokesperson for von Braun during the last years of his life.

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I over the low wall of the enclosure. The boy, who was 13 years old at the time, got up to
make the cow come back, when he spotted four children whom he did not recognize on
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the other side of the road.
Surprised by what he saw, he called his sister, when he noticed an extremely bright sphere
back behind the unknown children. They then realized that these were not children but
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small black beings whose height did not exceed 1.20 m. Two of them were standing next
to the sphere, another was kneeling before it, and the fourth, who was standing, held in its
hand a sort of mirror that blinded the children. The boy tried to call out to them, but the
small beings then hurriedly returned to the sphere. The children saw them rise from the
ground and penetrate the ball from the top, diving in head first. The sphere took off with
I a hissing sound, then rose into the sky describing a continuous spiral movement at high
speed. The dog barked, the cows started to moo, and a very strong odor of sulfur filled
the air. The second inquiry began in 1978 with a team of investigators from GEP AN and
I qualified outside advisors, one of whom was a former examining magistrate.
The highlights of this second inquiry did not have to do with the facts or the account, but
with new elements such as secondary witnesses found at the site who provided
I supplemental information and strengthened the credibility of the case. In particular, a
gendarme who arrived on the scene immediately following the incident found tracks on the
ground at the place indicated by the children and noted the very strong odor ofsulfur.
I Likewise, another witness also came forward who admitted being in a granary close to the
site and clearly remembered a hissing sound very different from that of a helicopter ofthe
time.
I The reconstruction at the site in the presence of the two main witnesses confirmed both
the descriptive accounts and the circumstances that followed the sighting. At the time the
children gave offa strong odor of sulfur, but, above all, they suffered from physiological
I disorders, and their eyes ran for several days. These facts were certified by the family
doctor and confirmed by their father, who was mayor of the village at the time. In the
conclusion of this_, second inquirythe judge gave his opinion on the witnesses and their
I testimony: "There is no flaw or inconsistency in these various elements that permit us to
doubt the sincerity ofthe witnesses or to reasonably suspect an invention, hoax, or
hallucination. Under these circumstances, despite the young age ofthe principal
I witnesses, and as extraordinary as the facts that they have related seem to be, I think
that they actually observed them. "
I 4.3 Trans-en-Provence, Var [Department] (January 8, 1981)
I GEPANISEPRA investigation
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In Trans-en-Provence on January 8, 198 1, at around 5:00 p. m., a man who was
building a small shed for a water pump in his garden reportedly was witness to what is
perhaps one of the most unusual cases ever observed and studied in France. A reflection
of the sun on something moving in the sky supposedly attracted his attention, allowing him
to observe the descent, then the abrupt landing on a platform ofearth located below his
I house, ofa silent metal object. The object, which was ovoid in shape, did not exhibit any
apparent projections, wings, control surfaces, or engine that would permit one to liken it
to some type ofaircraft. The object rested on the platform ofearth for a few short
I seconds, still without emitting any noise, then it took offand disappeared at high speed in
the azure blue sky. The account could stop at this simple visual sighting if there hadn't
been visible mechanical tracks and imprints in the shape ofa crown, which pushed the case
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