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NASAMay 8, 2026PURSUE Release 01 (May 2026)

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Summary

This report, produced by the Department of War and NASA, includes an independent study on UFOs by the French association COMETA, originally published in 1999. It details findings from the Institute of Higher Studies for National Defence and contains a letter from Carol Rosin, who served as a spokesperson for Wernher von Braun.

Key highlights

  • The report emphasizes the need to consider all hypotheses regarding UFOs, especially the extraterrestrial one.p.10

    “Consider all of the hypotheses”
  • The COMETA report includes testimonies from credible witnesses, including military pilots and radar operators.p.11

    “The accumulation of well-documented sightings made by credible witnesses”
  • One incident involved a Mirage IV pilot who encountered a bright glow during a flight in 1977.p.13

    “the pilot (P), Hervé Giraud, observed a very bright glow”

Outliers

  • The report discusses the psychological effects on witnesses, including loss of night vision due to brightness of UFOs.p.20

    “physiological effects were reported by three separate aircraft”

Source

Department of War — PURSUE / NASA
Public domain (US Government work)
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