GEIPAN: France’s Scientific Investigation of Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena and Public Data Access

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GEIPAN is a French government agency under CNES, created in 1977 to scientifically study unidentified aerospace phenomena in French airspace, maintain a public database of investigations (including the Trans-en-Provence case), and share findings on its website while inviting public participation and external reporting, led by figures such as Claude Poher, Alain Esterlé, Jean-Jacques Velasco, Yvan Blanc, Vincent Costes, and Michel Bounias.