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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.

IHe must be prepared to note and supplement the sightings transmitted with the clear
headedness that the distance of his position gives him. In regard to radar detection, only Ithe military controller has adequate equipment to detect a flyi ng object that does not
follow general air traffic rules. In fact, military air defense radars permit a visual display of
the primary detection, as well as a synthetic display used by civilian [air traffic] controllers, Ito appear on the military controller's radar scope (see Appendix I). In addition, they are
the only ones who are able to obtain an image ofcraft moving at the supposed speeds of
UFOs. Finally, the means to record and reconstruct radar situations on site at the Control Iand Detection Centers (CDC) enable supplemental investigations to be conducted, if
necessary.
I11.2.3 Meteorologists
Unusual phenomena are often explained by meteorological phenomena. Questions can
Ieasily be explained if the specialized departments are informed of the importance of their
observations. AJI military and civilian personnel specializing in meteorology must
therefore be able to meet this expectation.
..11.2.4 CNES Engineers
CNES engineers are the French space specialists. They cannot remain indifferent to IUFO phenomena. Knowledge ofour u niverse, observation of the sky, and surveillance of
anything that is deployed into the sky naturally makes them just the right people to head
up the study ofextraterrestrial phenomena. We have described their work above. I
11.2.5 Engineers in the Aeronautics Sector
IEngineers in the aeronautic sector are naturally involved. Their work is presel)ted in
the next chapter on scientific and technical implications.
I11.3 How Do We Involve Aeronautics [Personnel] ?
In order for aeronautics personnel, along with their resources, to be involved, we need Ito know how to interest them and, in order to do this, how to inform them of the
phenomenon, to specify what is expected of them, and to define what their reflex
responses should be and what course of action they should take. I
11.3.1 Informing Personnel
IInforming amounts, first and foremost, to getting someone to accept the possibility of
the presence ofextraterrestrial craft in our sky. It is necessary to overcome the fear of
ridicule and to admit that, fa iling certainty, there are strong presumptions based on a list of Iexamples selected fl-om among the testimonies fl-om the aeronautics world.
Moreover, it is necessary to reach all generations. Informational conferences can be
easily scheduled at aeronautics schools for the young generations (Ecole de I' Air, Ecole INationale de )' Aviation Civile [National Civil Aviation School] (ENAC, Sup' Aero, etc.),
and for the not-so-young, in continuing education courses and, obviously, at the College
Interarmees de Defense [Interarmy Defense College] (CID) and IHEDN. SEPRA is Ialready holding conferences at ENAC within the framework of civilian [air traffic]
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