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document a reflection on the hypothesis of extraterrestrial intelligence and of the importance that it could have if studies came together to confirm it. This report is useful in that it contributes toward stripping the phenomenon of UFOs of its irrational layer. When all is said and done, the question of determining whether or not those who created this report believe in the existence of extraterrestrial visitors, concealed in a variety of phenomena that are surprising in appearance but commonplace with respect to their cause, is of no real importance. What a scientist believes is important in the conducting of his research because this is what motivates and drives him. But his belief is not important to the results of his research nor does it have any effect on those results if he iS rigorous. Table of Contents PREFACE Page 5 FOREWORD Page 6 INTRODUCTION Page 7 PART 1 FACTS AND TESTIMONIES Chapter 1 Testimonies of French Pilots Page 9 Chapter2 Aeronautical Cases Throughout the World Page 12 Chapter3 Sightings from the Ground Page 17 Chapter 4 Close Encounters in France Page 20 Chapter5 Counterexamples of Phenomena That Have Been Explained Page 24 PART 2 THE EXTENT OF OUR KNOWLEDGE Chapter6 Organization of the Research in France Page 27 Chapter 7 Methods and Results of GEPAN/SEPRA Page 31 Chapter 8 UFOs: Hypotheses, Modeling Attempts Page 35 Chapter9 Organization of the Research Abroad Page 42 PART 3 UFOs AND DEFENSE Chapter 10 Strategic Planning Page 55 Chapter 11 Aeronautical Implications Page 59 Chapter 12 Scientific and Technical Implications Page 62 Chapter 13 Political and Religious Implications Page 64 Chapter 14 Media Implications Page 69 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS Page 71 APPENDICES Appendix 1 Radar Detection in France Page 74 Appendix 2. Astronomers’ Sightings Page 74 Appendix 3 Life in the Universe Page 75 Appendix 4 Colonization of Space Page 75 Appendix 5 The Roswell Affair - Disinformation Page 77 Appendix 6 The Long History of the UFO Phenomenon - Elements of a