UFO's and Defense What Should we Prepare For

Ilabeled CE3s (close encounters of the third kind) according to the classification proposed
by Professor A. Hynek, an astronomer and consultant to the USAF, within the context of Ithe Blue Book Project (cf. Chapter 9. 1).
7.3 Typology of UAP Ds IThe detailed statistical analysis of UAP Ds enables a precise determination of the
distribution of their physical characteristics: speed, acceleration, silence, shape, effects on
the environment. It is interesting to note that statistical studies in the USSR yielded Idistributions comparable to those determined by Claude Poher, the first head of GEPAN,
from some 200 French cases, or 1,000 cases worldwide. It would be desirable to be able
to develop UAP D statistical studies in France. I
7.4 Investigations of Remarkable Cases I
Around one hundred investigations have been conducted by GEP AN/SEPRA. Some of
them have highlighted rare physical atmospheric phenomena associated, for example, with Ilightning~others have revealed unusual psychological behavior of witnesses caused, for
example, by taking hallucinogenic drugs. Several very in-depth investigations based on
analyses of evidence have demonstrated, in the end, the physical presence ofa Iphenomenon the nature and origin of which remain unknown. Two cases related in
Chapter 4 stand out in our minds, the Trans-en-Provence case of January 8, 1981, and the
"Amaranth" case of October 2 1, I982. The investigations lead us to believe that double Isaucer-shaped objects were close to the ground for some time, then departed toward the
sky leaving traces on the vegetation and, in the Trans-en-Provence case, on the ground
itself. They are detailed in GEP AN technical memoranda no. 16 and no. 17 (see the Ireference list in Chapter 6).
I7.5 Aeronautical Cases
7.5.l Data on French Aeronautical Cases I
- Twelve French aeronautical cases have been brought to the attention of
GEPAN/SEPRA~only three or four of these can be considered to fall into category D . I- The first UAP D case identified dates back to 1951 . It involved Vampire military
I.aircraft in the Orange area. In two other very extraordinary sightings, which are presented
in Chapter 1, military pilots reported the presence ofobjects with aeronautical
performances inconsistent with the maneuvers ofclassic aircraft over the region ofTours
in 1976 and ofLuxeuil in 1977. However, not until January 28, 1994, was the crew ofa
regularly scheduled Air France commercial airplane able to collect the first case of a visual Isighting correlated with a radar detection over 50 seconds long (see Chapter 1.3).
7.5.2 Aeronautical UAP D Cases Worldwide IThe aeronautical UAP D cases known since 1942 were initially enumerated in a
document entitled Rencontres dans le cie/ {Encounters in the Sky], by Dominique
IWeinstein, the French portion of which SEPRA contributed to. The list of sightings
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