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CNES replaces GEPAN with SEPRA

Name: CNES replaces GEPAN with SEPRA
Start: 1988
Location: Toulouse, France

When: 1988
Where: Toulouse, France
Sources: 3 public sources

France's space agency CNES dissolved its UFO study group GEPAN and its scientific council, after years of shrinking resources, and replaced it with SEPRA, a service focused on atmospheric reentries. CNES later said SEPRA was left with a single staff member and no editorial authority.

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OfficialPourquoi la mise en ligne par le CNES de ses archives PAN ? (opens in a new tab)CNES / 2007-03
OfficialFrom the GEPAN to the GEIPAN (Its history) (opens in a new tab)GEIPAN (CNES)
OfficialGEIPAN (opens in a new tab)CNES

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