Case file · Government program
The COMETA report (France)
A 1999 report on UAP by a private association of retired French generals, admirals and scientists, presented to President Chirac and Prime Minister Jospin.
1999 CE · 48.86, 2.35 · status: disputed
The account
'Les OVNI et la défense' reviewed military and civil cases, concluded that the extraterrestrial hypothesis was the most likely explanation for a small set of unexplained cases, and urged France to prepare. Its authors' rank lent it weight, although it was not a government report.
The sceptical view
It was unofficial and was published commercially through the magazine VSD. Critics called its reasoning advocacy rather than analysis.
Connections in the atlas
- Air France flight 3532
- France puts its UFO archives online
- GEPAN → SEPRA → GEIPAN (France)
- GEPAN founded