GEIPAN: France's Official UAP Office
France's space agency CNES created GEPAN in 1977, later renamed SEPRA and then GEIPAN. It investigates reports and posts case files online with a classification: identified, probably identified, insufficient data, or unidentified after investigation.
The ledger
What the record shows, what people say, and the best explanation available so far.
What's documented
- Thousands of case files are searchable online.
What's claimed
Nothing on this side of the ledger.
Best explanation so far
A model of open, scientific case-handling. Only a small percentage of its cases stay unidentified after investigation.
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