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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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CNES [French] National Center for Space Studies NORAD North American Air Defense CNRS [French) Natio nal Center for Scientific Research (National Space Agency) NSC National Security Council CODA [French) Air Defense Operations Center ONERA [French] National Aerospace Study and Research Office CONDON Physicist at the University of Colorado who signed the UFO report ordered by the U.S. Air Force IRAF [British] Royal Air Force CRNA [French] Regional Air Navigation Center SEPRA [French] Atmospheric Reentry Phenomena Assessment Department ICUFOS Center for UFO Research [sic] SET Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence DGA [French] General Delegation for Annaments • ISIRPA [French] Anned Forces Information and Public Relations Department DGAC [French] Civil Aviation Directorate SPOC [French] Sky Observation Probe System I..· DIA Defense Intelligence Agency STRIDA [French] Air Defense Information Processing Center DICOD (French] Defense Communications Directorate IUAP Unidentified Aerospace Phenomenon DoD Department of Defense UAP D Category D Unidentified Aerospace Phenomenon IDoE Department ofEnergy UFO Unidentified Flying Object EBE Extraterrestrial Biological Entity IVLT Very Large Telescope UFO, Unidentified Flying Object ... ISince 194 7, the subject has disturbed, fascinated, called out. Oh how debated, the question has been studied with extreme meticulousness and from Imany points of view (scientific, technical, aeronautical, strategic, political, religious, media) by a French committee composed offormer auditors of the very serious-minded Institut des Hautes Etudes de Defense Nationale [French Institute for Advanced National IDefense Studies] and qualified experts from every background, COMETA [Committee for In-Depth Studies]. IFor the first time, men, some of whom occupy very high positions, have agreed to write a report devoted entirely to the UFO problem in the belief that based on the knowledge that has been acquired to date, sufficient questions of national interest are raised for the IChief of State and the Prime Minister to be provided with this information. In this report, COMETA studies several unexplained French and foreign UFO cases. I Very well documented, these sightings are often supported by traces on the ground or tracks confirmed by radar. Are these secret terrestrial craft? In some cases, perhaps. Are Iwe in the presence of craft of nonterrestrial origin? This hypothesis cannot be ruled out. If it were to prove correct, it would be loaded with consequences for Defense. I I
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