GEIPAN — France’s official UAP office
🏛️ CNES (French space agency)
France has studied unidentified aerospace phenomena inside its national space agency since 1977, first as GEPAN, then SEPRA, and since 2005 as GEIPAN. It publishes its case files online.
Key points
- Cases are graded from A (fully identified) to D (still unidentified after investigation).
- Most cases end up identified; a small share stay unexplained.
- Witnesses can report directly, and investigators publish their reasoning for each case.
Why it matters
It is the longest-running official UAP office in the world and a model for open, case-by-case publication.
Read it yourself
The summary above is ours, written in plain English. Always check the original: the official files on this page go straight to the source, and each one has a backup copy saved by the Internet Archive in case the government page moves.
CNES (French space agency). (1977). GEIPAN — France’s official UAP office. https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/Related records
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