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Would skeptics care to comment:

COMETA Report.
The name COMETA in English stands for "Committee for in-depth studies". This report was carried out over a several year period at the Institute of Advanced Studies for National Defense, or IHEDN, a high-level French military think-tank.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDjjIQbSYgk

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true Art and Science. - Albert Einstein

I read a book by a female author on this she also helped with the show "I know what I saw" which was inspired by this release...

Hi Mr Green,

I found the following sources (everything in French sorry) :

• The 90-page official COMETA Report @ the Cnes/Geipan website
• A skeptical point of view (Les OVNI du CNES, trente ans d’études officielles (1977-2007) by Eric DEGUILLAUME, 1 May 2007)

Let me try to summarize this second document conclusions in a very few lines:
The skeptical community agrees that UFOs do exist.
And they mean here that real Flying Objects that have been seen are still Unidentified.
They also agree that the testimonies in the report were gathered objectively and adequately.
However, they do not agree with the main conclusions of the report based on the principle that the lack of scientific explanations does not necessary lead to the unique and unanimous conclusion that we are not alone.
They remind their famous skeptical principle that extraordinary claims would require extraordinary evidence [in their favor before they could be accepted as having validity].

Don't get me wrong, I want to believe, but unfortunately I do not

Cheers

I'd like to comment, though I'm not 'categorised' as a sceptic... even ufologists have to be sceptical
I've been involved in ufology since my encounter with two 'nuts 'n' bolts' saucers in 1977
Was involved in an important investigation of a 'hot spot' (think Mt. Washington) in 2005/6
That investigation (and 50 hours of footage) was quashed because of the usual reasons of national security

Hopefully the COMETA Report will get some press, but I wouldn't hold my breath
Considering the 'deafening wall of silence' after the Disclosure Conference in 2001, I don't expect much to change
It takes many years to even begin to grok what's happening with ufo's and associated phenomena
As it enters the realm of 'high weirdness' it gets less likely for governments to disclose what's happening
They have to be able to explain what it is, rather than admit to knowing a small part of what it is
Why should the governments be able to understand this much more than the dedicated ufologists?
Sure, they may have retrieved craft and an alien or two, but it's much bigger than that
Anyway, it'll all come out in the wash, it's just a waiting game
I find it more interesting studying the disinformation agents these days, collecting more footage
and pics is really just butterfly collecting for me, as it will never convince die-hard sceptics
This stuff can take over your life if you have an enquiring mind, and I'd rather be playing music!

Thanks for the input, friends.

Overlords of the UFO--Full Length documentary from 1976--BANNED and SUPRESSED.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUhoeZi9nek

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true Art and Science. - Albert Einstein

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god, what a cheap bubble machine!!!

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true Art and Science. - Albert Einstein

Good catch Mr.GG...