Former SEPRA head Jean-Jacques Velasco publishes a book arguing UFOs are real

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Jean-Jacques Velasco, who had led the French space agency's UFO office SEPRA since 1987, published a book arguing that UFOs exist and probably have an extraterrestrial origin. CNES said the view was his alone, as SEPRA disappeared from its organization chart.

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  1. PressUFO (Sud-Ouest, May 28, 2004) (copy hosted by ufologie.patrickgross.org) (opens in a new tab)Sud-Ouest / 2004-05-28
  2. PressSEPRA out of CNES organogram (La Depeche du Midi, June 8, 2004) (copy hosted by ufologie.patrickgross.org) (opens in a new tab)La Depeche du Midi / 2004-06-08

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