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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.

  • p. 10 …director of the lnstitut des Hautes Etudes de Defense Nation ale (Institute for Advanced National Defense…
  • p. 27 …Did the red ball come from space? Advancing with I caution, monitoring their nuclear radiation detectors…
  • p. 36 …advanced Icybernetics. The other French cases ofclose encounters described in Chapter 4 also strongly suggest the…
  • p. 37 …The most advanced uses I magnetohydrodynamics, abbreviated MHD, but many others can also be considered. We…
  • p. 38 …advanced - should not be ruled out a priori. In fact,. the space phase of the travel…
  • p. 41 …us, but then the probability is that this advance figures in the thousands of years or…
  • p. 42 …number of major advances. Ofcourse, on analysis, a good proportion of the sightings have proven completely…
  • p. 43 …advanced civilization. It is therefore necessary to look farther, to the stars, I but the closest…
  • p. 44 …advanced, it supposedly disappeared from earth (nuclear war, radioactivity, pollution; etc.) but resettled in the solar…
  • p. 51 …In the case in question, we can onJy advance hypotheses formulated on the basis of the…
  • p. 52 …IThe advances that have been made in the conquest of space and in the development of…
  • p. 55 …to constantly monitor the sky and he now has more and more advanced weapons systems capable…
  • p. 58 …All of these subjects are, on the whole, more advanced than Ithe technical problems presently under…
  • p. 59 …I In carrying out the study, he examined the photos taken in 1983 by the IRAS…
  • p. 60 …The state of advancement of the local populations will likely dictate the manner of obtaining, as…
  • p. 63 …send remote-controlled androids in advance in order to assess the reactions that such an intrusion…
  • p. 64 …With the ground prepared in advance, contacts could, for example, be established discretely with selected Iindividuals…
  • p. 65 …and even far more advanced. Nothing allows us to rule out the possibility that, why not…
  • p. 67 …It is the hypothesis of extraterrestrial visitors. Advanced as I of 1947 by certain U.S…
  • p. 70 …Biologists, for their part, are making rapid advances in understanding the chemical mechanisms that give rise…
  • p. 71 …the contact was already made via telecommunications, or else that the most advanced civilizations made the…
  • p. 78 …One can understand that advancing knowledge of the UFO phenomenon, at the risk of Isucceeding, would…
  • p. 79 …I 7.2.2.3.1 Under these circumstances, if we advance the hypothesis that political…
  • p. 81 I I Within this context, it is impossible for them to divulge the sources of th…
  • p. 82 …the very serious-minded Institut des Hautes Etudes de Defense Nationale French Institute for Advanced National…
  • p. 86 …the very serious-minded Institut des Hautes Etudes de Defense Nationale French Institute Ifor Advanced National…
  • p. 90 …intelligence, deliberate flight control, and advanced energy management." In the 1950s, pilots and crews reported seeing…
  • p. 92 …November of 2000, and is dedicated to the advancement of aviation safety issues as they apply…
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I The nature of these influences will vary according to the type of civilization, its
technological development, and its psychological acclimatization or lack thereof to the
existence ofextraterrestrial civilizations. It would be advisable beforehand to accustom
I the mind of these populations to the idea of the probable existence ofextraterrestrial
civilizations (science-fiction novels, films, cartoon strips, video games, advertisements, a
favorable psychological climate, [and] why not suitable sects?, etc.).
I New and essential technological knowledge could be provided via different avenues or
by means ofchance or provoked accidents with one ofour spacecraft. The contemporary
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Roswell case thus comes to mind. In order for_this case to be retained in full (or disposed
of), it would still be necessary for the U.S. government to accept to show, communicate
and let analyze, without beating around he bush, all of the elements that it actually
recovered on that occasion.
I 13.4 Phase Four: Direct Contacts
A fourth phase would be that of establishing direct contact with the locals or with entire
I populations, whether or not a vanguard of bionic robots were used. Once again, the goals
sought must be precisely determined. The benefit and true utility ofestablishing such
contacts must be weighed with care in order to calculate the risks and consequences. A
I stringent program could plan for these. However, a serious technical accident affecting
I one ofour spacecraft could be the start ofan unofficial contact, a necessary settlement, or
a colonization, or even, if necessary, an information-disinformation campaign. It is also
advisable to envision the sedition of some ofour crews whom it might be necessary to
disembark or who might decide on their own authority to live on one of the worlds
I discovered and, eventually , mix with the indigenous populations, going against orders
received, whatever happens not to intervene or interfere in local affairs. These contacts
presuppose that the worlds discovered are populated with human beings or hominids
I whose complexion is identical or close to ours. But under the hypothesis of contacts and
planned long-term settlements of members of our crews, should mixes be prohibited, as
prophylaxis, by imposing a major ban on them ( 12) or, on the contrary, should they be
I tolerated and even encouraged? Bearing in mind that direct or prolonged contacts would
inevitably lead the indigenous populations to believe, in fine, that we are not so different
I from them. It would be prudent, however, to send remote-controlled androids in advance
in order to assess the reactions that such an intrusion would arouse, or to acclimate the
populations to the idea through furtive, episodic appearances.
I 13.4.1 Direct Contacts with Preindustrial-Age Civilizations
I It is certain that such contacts would immediately cause the local populations to
imagine that they are in the presence ofgods. Historical parallels naturally come to mind:
the arrival of the Spaniards in Central America in armor and on horseback, or, more
generally, the arrival of the Europeans at the time of the discovery and exploration of the
globe. The impact on populations that had never seen horses, armor that shone brightly in
I the sun, or white men, particularly with blond or red hair, must have been felt strongly.
I However, the shock of these apparitions would be quickly lessened with the multiplication
of relations, and even more so ifour crews were to take an eminent place in the local
political and military orders. This, of course, relates back to the different epics of the
discovery of the world, European colonization, and also the end of the western empires.
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