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Within this context, it is impossible for them to divulge the sources of this research and the goals pursued, because that could immediately point any possible rivals down the most beneficial avenues. Cover-ups and disinformation (both active as well as passive) would still remain, under this hypothesis, an absolute necessity. Thus it would appear natural that in the minds of U.S. military leaders, secrecy must be maintained as long as possible. Only increasing pressure from public opinion, possibly supported by the results of independent researchers, by more or less calculated disclosures, or by a sudden rise in UFO manifestations, might perhaps induce U.S. leaders and persons of authority to change their stance. It does not seem that we have arrived at that point yet. Glossary AFB Air Force Base EMAA [French] Air Force Chief of Staff AFOSI Air Force Office of Special Investigation ENAC [French] National Civil Aviation School AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics ESO European Southern Observatory Airmiss Name of the investigation procedure covering the risks of air collisions ETCA [French] Central Technical Armaments Institution ALAT [French] Army Air Corps FOIA Freedom of Information Act Blue Book Name of the U:S. Air Force study of UFOs FUFOR Fund for UFO Research CCD Charge-coupled device cameras GAO General Accounting Office CCOA [French] Air Operations Center GEPA [French] Aerospace Phenomena Study Group CDC [French] Control and Detection Center GEPAN [French] Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena Study Group CEA [French] Atomic Energy Commission IHEDN [French] Institute for Advanced National Defense Studies CEAT Toulouse Aeronautic Test Center INRA [French] National Institute for Agronomic Research CFR Council for Foreign Relations JANAP Joint Army Navy Air Force Publication CHEAR [French] Center for Advanced Armament Studies MEGASETI see SETI, which MEGASETI is an expansion of CHEM [French] Center for Advanced Military Studies MHD MagnetoHydroDynamics CIA Central Intelligence Agency MOD [British] Ministry of Defence CID [French] Interarmy Defense College MUFON Mutual UFO Network CIRVIS Communications Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings NASA _ National Aeronautic and Space Administration