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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 controller training.
This practice just needs to be extended to all flight crew training schools, regardless of
the specialty being taught. For the generations already on the job, these conferences can
I easily be offered at the Control and Detection Centers and flight units for military
personnel, and, at least for civilian [air traffic] controllers, at the Regional Air Navigation
Centers (CRNA). As for commercial flight crews, the airline companies - Air France, in
particular - have set up a systematic information sheet for crews that is periodically
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This information must furthermore be updated on a regular basis in the knowledge that
the intended objective is to permit a future witness, whether he plays an active role or is
merely an observer, to be fully aware of what course ofaction to take in the face of the
phenomenon sighted. Ifwe want personnel to get involved, it is necessary that they know
how to react in real time and what to communicate and to whom, how to take the
measures corresponding to the present situation, etc. For this reason, it is advisable to
define with them what their reflex responses should be and what course ofaction they
should take.
I 11.3.2 Reflex Responses
I Indeed, it is necessary to instill in_personnel who may face the phenomenon what their
reflex responses should be, in the knowledge that they may merely be simple observers or,
in some cases, have to take concrete measures (for example, at San Carlos de Bariloche,
I the surprise of the landing strip lights going out in the middle of the UFO incident). It is
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quite certain that it would be better to be prepared in order to be fully aware of what
course ofaction to take in the face of such an unforeseen and poorly understood event.
These reflex responses differ in type depending on whether it is a matter of sighting,
recording a testimony, transmitting information collected, or reacting in real time in order
to take ad.hoc measures in response to the phenomenon.
I 11.3.3 Course of Action to Take
The course ofaction to take seems to us to be summarized as follows: observe, note
I the maximum amount ofdetails, take photographs if possible, _report, allowing the visitors
the initiative of possibly making contact, and avoid premature publicity in the media.
I 11.3.3.1 Objective Observation
In the face of an unknown situation, one must be on guard against any instinctive self
I defense reaction that could be easily interpreted as a provocation. One must just observe
and avoid any initiative aimed at seeking contact.
I 11.3.3.2 Reporting
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Once a phenomenon has been sighted, it is advisable to report it in order to alert the
other crews, on the one hand, which is what is currently done, and the authorities, on the
other hand, through the air [traffic] control chain of command in civilian cases and the air
defense chain of command in military cases.
I 11.3.3.3 Remaining Discrete Vis-a-Vis the Public
As a witness to a phenomenon of this type, one must know how to adopt a certain level
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