Description
Overview
Comité d'Études Approfondies (COMETA) was an informal association of retired French military and defense experts that published Europe's most influential semi-official UFO report in 1999: 'UFOs and Defense: What Should We Prepare For?'
Authors and Weight
Chaired by retired Air Force General Denis Letty. Contributors: Jean-Jacques Velasco (former SEPRA/CNES), General Bernard Norlain, Professor André Lebeau (former CNES president). The participation of high-ranking military and scientists lent the report extraordinary authority.
Central Conclusion
'Near-certain physical reality' of unexplained flying objects. The extraterrestrial hypothesis was the 'most probable' explanation for approx. 5% of well-documented cases — but marked as unproven. Presented to Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, no official government response.
Significance
Publicly archived via GEIPAN since 2007. To this day the most-cited semi-governmental European UAP report. Influenced the founding of the Sol Foundation and the UAP disclosure debate in the European Parliament.