Direct 8
May 19, 2009
My viewers will have a show about UFOs in which I participated.
Broadcast on May 22 at 10:30 PM
EIt follows a long series of media appearances, which have been uniformly disastrous over almost thirty years. The most recent one was the show on Bern, " l'Arène de France ", on March 21, 2007, always in the eternal " magazine style ".
Previously there was the failure with the Guillaume Durand show, early 2009 ( resulting in one of the worst ones ).
Qhen Damien Hamouchi called me on the phone, my first reaction was to refuse to participate in another TV show. But he insisted. I made some requests regarding the composition of the panel, and he agreed. Such openness is rare among journalists. We recorded on April 29, 2009.
Jhad recommended to Hamouchi to take two " heavy " witnesses: Jack Krine ( and his nice mustache ) who still made a remarkable observation with his wingman during a night flight in a Mirage III. I also spoke to Hamouchi about Daniel Michau, with whom I fly in a helicopter in Belgium.
Jhad mentioned Michau's testimony in the book " OVNIS et Science : les Aventuriers de la recherche ", which we decided not to reissue, because it described research projects that we were no longer able to carry out. It is absolutely extraordinary ( " stunning " would be the right word ) and, if you don't know its content, you can discover it during the show.
Nwe recorded 2 hours of show. Obviously, there will be cuts during editing and Hamouchi will have done his best to keep the essence of each participant's performance. In any case, I had the idea to suggest that my friend Jean-Stéphane Beetschen, an infographics designer, with some of his colleagues, reconstitute this fantastic observation in a computer-generated image. It was done. Don't miss this sequence, made with Michau's help, which validates it 100%. More shocking, you can't get.
En a few words: In the 1970s, Daniel Michau, a young lieutenant, and his co-pilot, in an Alouette as big as a mosquito, flying in good weather at 300 meters above the ground, were overtaken by a craft " the size of a zeppelin ", moving at 8000 km/h. How do we know the speed? Because the radar operators at the Caen Carpiquet base, toward which they were heading, also saw this monstrous object cross their scope. In this case, one could speak of " a radar-confirmed visual observation ".
CThese two files allow us to discuss the behavior ( perfectly understandable ) of pilots who have seen UFOs ( civilian or military ). The reactions of the time ( 1970s ): not to talk about it, not to file a report. Indeed, when you see the observation made by Michau and his colleague, telling about it and submitting such a report through your hierarchy is equivalent to being considered a madman ( madmen, since there were four witnesses: two in the helicopter and two in front of the radar scope ). Michau and the base commander decided together to keep this matter quiet. Same for Krine, at the time.
Krine, off-microphone: " We talked about it among pilots, but that's all. There were actually quite a few who had similar things to tell ".
Jdon't know if Hamouchi will be able to keep these elements in the editing. There will certainly be things that are cut, because the material was ... too rich.
Present on the panel as well: Christel Seval, advantageously replacing the eternal sociologist Pierre Lagrange. Seval is the author of several books, including " Contact et Impact " published by JMG.
Hamouchi also invited Julien Geffray, secretary of UFO-science, who discussed the scientific information collection work that could be done, in particular using network hats. For this, Julien had prepared a short video dossier on the themes " field collections " and " spectroscopic hats ".
At my request, also present, Gilles Pinon, retired rear admiral, author and co-signer of a letter addressed in 2008 to the Presidency of the Republic.
Patrice de Mazery, author-director of the excellent documentary broadcast in 2008: " OVNI, l'armée enquête " which Hamouchi will produce excerpts.
Additionally, some files prepared by the director himself.
Exiting the recording of this show, all participants concluded: this time there are the elements to compose a quality show, on different levels. Of course, Hamouchi will have to cut 40% of what was recorded. It was expected and inevitable. But we can hope that the result will be of good quality. I have watched other shows he has hosted and designed, in particular one where Stéphane Allix was present and I found his work to be good.
Absence of representatives from the Cnes ( Patenet has been retired since December 2008 and his successor, Yves Blanc, is presumably taking up his functions at the Cnes ).
Refus, to our great regret, of representatives from the Cometa group to participate in the show.
At this point, I take this announcement, which will probably be read by the majority of my correspondents, to say that I am going down to Pertuis today ( May 19, 2009 ), to help negotiate the outstanding shipments of my book. As planned, there have been a few hundred orders, coming from the " unconditional fans of JPP ", then it has dwindled to a few orders per day, as with the UFO-science book. So it went as planned. There remains to process these first shipments, a task handled by a friend who is on site, whom I am going to help right away.
Let those who ordered the book be a bit patient: I will do my best to resolve everything as quickly as possible.
Me same for correspondence, Savoir sans Frontières, reactions to the files on my website.
There will be a good week of fluctuation.
I am leaving with a mobile phone with which I will try to manage it. But anyway, this summer it will be the definitive return to France.
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