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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 I resources currently available in terms of personnel and budget allocations do not permit a response with the efficacy desired. I 6.3 Participation of the Air Force I Just after World War II, the first reports of French aeronautic UFO sightings were collected and archived by the Air Force Chiefof Staff's Office of Planning and Studies (EMAAIBPE). I When GEP AN was created, a memorandum of understanding defined the respective roles of the two agencies for the processing of information relating to cases of military aeronautic sightings. In principle, all UFO sightings must be reported to the military air I [traffic] control center in question, which forwards the information to the Air Operations Center (CCOA) in Tavemy. The latter is responsible, in collaboration with the Air Force Chief of Staff's Space Office, for forwarding it to GEPAN/SEPRA. At the same time, all I radar information is recorded in the radar control centers and kept for a minimum of one month and longer on request. This information is made available to investigators if I needed. A protocol established with the Anny defines the conditions for the forwarding of information collected in flight by pilots of the Army Air Corps (ALAT). I 6.4 Participation of the Civil Aviation Authority The same type of organization and procedures is used by the civil aviatiori authority to collect and process the information relating to UFO sightings made by civilian pilots. A I protocol signed between the Civil Aviation Directorate (DGAC) and CNES permits GEPA.N/SEPRA to have access to UFO sighting reports drafted by national and foreign I airlines crews. To this end, a sighting report form prepared jointly by DGAC and GEPAN/SEPRA is made available to crews at the air [traffic] control centers of the civil I aviation authority and airlines. In addition, the radio conversations between the crew and the air [traffic] control [center] are routinely recorded and attached to the detailed sighting report. I There is also a regulation concerning flight incidents that could involve safety. In this case, the flight captain must follow the "Airrniss" procedure, which routinely triggers an investigation by the DGAC. I 6.5 Additional Research Resources I Numerous civilian (public or private) and military bodies contribute to the expert appraisals performed in investigations and work by GEPAN/SEPRA. This involvement takes place at two levels, either in the collection of data in the field and the utilization of sighting reports or in the I analysis of data after the expert's appraisal and the theoretical and experimental research that are deemed necessary. I Cooperation agreements have been established, particularly with various bodies that can benefit in return from the results of investigations of interest to their own area of study, I I
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