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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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NEW FRONTIERS UFOs. many will quickly dismiss the generals' ET hypothesis. But i t is less easy 10 do so once the authors' credentials are considered. The study·s origi nators are four-star General Bernard Norlain. former commander of the French Tact ical Air Force and military counselor 10 the prime minister: General Denis Leuy. an air force fighter pilot: and Andre Lebeau. former head of the National Center for Space Studies (the French equivalent of NASA in the United States.) They formed a 12-member "Commi11ee for In-depth Studies," abbreviated as COMETA, which au thored the report. Three-star Admiral M arc M erlo. national chief of police Denis Blancher and Jean-Jacques Velasco. head of a government agency studying U FOs, as well as scientists and weapons engineers. were also contributors. Not only does the group stand by its findings. it is urging international acti on. The writers recommend that France establish "sectorial cooperation agreements with i nterested European and foreign countries" on the mailer o f UFOs. They suggest that the European Union undertake diplomatic action wi th the United States "exerting useful pressure to clarify this crucial issue which must fall within the scope of
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