Space Criminology in Europe: Five Decades of CENAP’s UFO Investigations
To the point
Hansjürgen Köhler runs CENAP, a Europe-wide, decades-long effort to investigate suspected UFO sightings by blending forensic criminology with astronomy, showing most reports are misidentifications of rockets, satellites, or planets and offering callers explanations and reassurance, while remaining skeptical about extraterrestrial visits and noting rising official attention to unidentified phenomena.