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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.
I Chronology Page 80 Appendix 7 Reflections on Various Psychological, Sociological, I and Political Aspects of the UFO Phenomenon Page 82 I REFERENCES Page 87 GLOSSARY Page 90 I The photo section from pages 43 to 50, as well as pages 2 and 91, were not part of the initial report. I Publication of: [G.S. Presse Communication logo] 79-83, rue Baudin, 92309 Levallois-Perret Cedex.01 55 21 00 50, fax: 01 55 21 00 55. Societe anonyme with FF 250,000 in capital, in business I for 99 years. Sole Chief Executive Officer: Daniel Denis. Publication Director: Daniel I Denis. Art Director: Richard Y otis. Editorial Assistant: Jacques Peron. Illustrations and Technical Consulting: Bernard Thouanel. Editorial Dept. 0 1 55 21 00 50. E-mail: vsd_hs@worldnet.fr. Public Relations Agent: Image7/Isabelle de Segonzac 01 44 15 93 94. Sales and restocking: MEP, 01 42 56 12 26, I UFOs AND DEFENSE What should we prepare for? COtviETA, an association governed by the Law ofJuly 1, 190 1. I All reproduction, in whole or in part, translation, and adaptation rights reserved for all countries. Copyright 1999. I terminal ELL. Photoengraving: Key Graphic. Printing: Berger Levrault, 34, avenue du Roule, 92220 Neuily-sur-Seine. Joint Appeals Board No.: 59521. ISSN 1278-916 X. I Copyright deposit: July 1999. © G.S. Presse Communication. The editorial department is not responsible for the loss of or damage to texts or photos that are sent to it for consideration. Reproduction in whole or in part ofany material published in the magazine is prohibited. I Cover: I Photo taken on September 4, 1971, directly over the Tilaran range in Central America by an airplane from the National Geographic Institute ofCosta Rica (Bernard Thouanel collection). I , , I I I I
Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 94 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.