A history of UAP research at CNES From Gepan to Geipan In 1977, the CNES Director General set up the Gepan* research group to pursue studies initiated by a CNES engineer as a personal project. Its mandate was simple: conduct research into UFOs (as they are commonly called). The group's work was overseen by a scientific advisory board. Gepan continued its research until 1988, when it was superseded by Sepra**. As well as UAPs, the new unit also monitored artificial atmospheric re-entries, i.e. debris from space missions falling back to Earth. In 2000, Sepra refocused on the original mission of UAP research, albeit with limited resources. In 2001, the Director General requested an audit to help decide on the future of this CNES department. via A history of UAP research at CNES - CNES. CNES (Photo credit: f2g2) However in 2005 there was a:NEW UNIT, BROADER MANDATE(CNES.FR) On the basis of the audit recommendations, UAP activities resumed with anew CNES unit called Geipan, set up in 2005. This unit reports tosenior management at the Toulouse Space Centre and is overseen by anindependent external steering committee, which guides and monitors itswork. Information is made available to the public here (in french). Their news can be found here. Richard Lelancette started translating reports into English on his blog.Related Articles * New CNES President Promises to Keep French Space Agency as an "Undisputed Leader" (parabolicarc.com)Filed under: "Flying Saucer", are we alone?, cnes-geipan, GEIPAN, IFO, ufo, UFO Documents/archives, ufo in france, ufo Organisations, ufo research, UFO SITES, ufo's, ufos in france Tagged: CNES, Geipan, ifo, ufo, ufo organisation, ufo sightings in france, ufo's
