Government2007

France's GEIPAN puts its UFO case archive online

When: Mar 2007
Where: Toulouse, France
Sources: 2 public sources

Emblem of GEIPAN, the CNES unit that put its UFO case archive online in 2007 GEIPAN / Wizly-08, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

France's space agency CNES opened its UFO study unit's case files to the public online, starting with about 400 of roughly 1,600 cases and promising the rest later. Press reports called France the first country to publish its official UFO archive this way.

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OfficialIts history (From the GEPAN to the GEIPAN) (opens in a new tab)GEIPAN / CNES
PressFrance opens files on UFOs to public (The Independent) (opens in a new tab)New Zealand Herald / 2007-03-24

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