Mystery AtlasGEIPAN
France's permanent official UFO/UAP investigation unit within the space agency CNES, founded in 1977 as GEPAN, renamed SEPRA in 1988, and reconstituted as GEIPAN in 2005; it collects, investigates, and classifies aerospace phenomena reports.
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Related Mysteries
- Trans-en-Provence Case8 January 1981
GEIPAN investigated Trans-en-Provence Case — GEPAN (GEIPAN's earlier form) opened a two-year investigation, visiting the site on 17 February 1981 and publishing Technical Note 16 in 1983.
People
GEIPAN had as a member Jean-Jacques Velasco — Velasco directed GEPAN and its successor SEPRA from 1983 to 2004.
Organisations & Programmes
GEIPAN is frequently compared to Project Blue Book — Contrasted as France's standing statutory UFO office against the US Air Force's time-limited Cold War-era screening programme.
Documents & Sources
GEIPAN published GEPAN Technical Note 16 (Analyse d'une trace).