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••bas agreed to talk and this is in fact·_ the first time that a Minister for
~~e Armed Forces bas spoken on this problem of UFOs~ We shall broadcast the
whole of this interview this evening at 2030 hours in the. programme
"No Panic". But in this 1300 hours ne ...rs, we wnted to give you a very short
~xtract from this interview and you will see now, if M Galley speaks, it is
not to "knock down" the problem of UFOs.
M Robert Galley:
"!t is true that there are things which are not understood and which are at
present relatively unexplained, and I would even say that it is irrefutable
that there are things today which are unexplained or poorly explained. In 1954
a section for considering and collecting evidence on these appeara~ces of
UFOs was set up in the Armed. Forces Ministry. I have run through a certain
number of statements there and these statements developed up to 1970. There
are about 50. 11
Jean•Clat.de Bourret
"Minister, aircraft pilots, military radar operators have seen UFOs, but it
~ay be imas~ned that these are non-substantial air phenomena. Well, there
are witnesses who state that they have seen UFOs land, who state that they have
seen little creatures near these UFOs, little humanoid creatures. And your
gendarmes, Minister, who have made inquiries, conclude in favour of the
sincerity of the wi. tnesses. What do you think of that?"
M Robart Galley
"Well, if you like, in this matter, I would be a great deal more cautious
but I must say that if the listeners could see the collection.of reports from
the gendarmeriej air gendarmerie, mobile gendarmerie, gendarmerie responsible
for territorial inquiries, which have been handed over to the CNES by us, all
the documents that we had. It is actually rather disturbing. I think t~.t the