Back Groupe d’études et d’informations sur les phénomènes aérospatiaux non identifiés German Groupe d'études et d'informations sur les phénomènes aérospatiaux non identifiés French GEIPAN Italian GEIPAN Vietnamese 太空不明現象研究小組 Chinese
Study and Information Group on Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena | |
| Groupe d'Études et d'Informations sur les Phénomènes Aérospatiaux Non-identifiés | |
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| Abbreviation | GEIPAN |
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| Formation | 1977 |
| Founder | Claude Poher |
| Type | Nonprofit |
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| Leader | Frederic Courtade |
Key people | Yves Sillard |
Parent organization | French Space Agency |
| Website | geipan |
Formerly called | GEPAN, SEPRA |
GEIPAN (an acronym in French for Groupe d'Études et d'Informations sur les Phénomènes Aérospatiaux Non-identifiés, or Unidentified Aerospace Phenomenon Research and Information Group) (/ɡaɪˈpɑːn/) is a unit of the French space agency CNES based in Toulouse, whose brief is to investigate unidentified aerospace phenomena (UAP)[1] and make its findings available to the public.
- ^ GEIPAN is clearly focused on UFO study, but UAP (PAN in french) is meant to cover a much broader area than UFO (OVNI in french) as UFO may imply the presence of a physical object despite any actual evidence of it.