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UFO's and Defense What Should we Prepare For

National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 94 pages · text from the file's own layer

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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