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government-funded ufo study in france

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by charles lear many countries around

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the world have

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active state-funded long-term ufo

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studies

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if the united states congress follows up

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on the recommendation in the recently

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released

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unidentified aerial phenomena task force

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report

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that additional funding for research and

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development could further the future

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study of the topics laid out in this

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report

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the u.s may soon have won as well the

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u.s

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has had two acknowledged publicly funded

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ufo investigations in the past

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one was run by the air force under the

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name of project blue book for most of

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its existence from 1948 until 1969

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and the other by the pentagon from 2007

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until 2012

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as the advanced aerospace threat

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identification program

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while the 21-year run for the air force

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investigation may seem substantial

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the investigation funded by the french

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government has lasted more than twice as

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long

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the group studying ufos in france is now

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operating as

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group de tud informacion des phenomen

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er especial non-attentive or gaipan

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the group was first called group de tu

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de phenomen

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er especial nona dentifier or gepan

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when it was started in 1977 and then

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service expertise de phenomena durante

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atmeric

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or sepura from 1988 to 2004.

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kaipan operates as part of the french

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space agency

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santa nacina de tud spacial or

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cnes france has had a long ufo history

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and received international attention in

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1954 with a flap that involved reports

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of ufos

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called sucoups valance in france at the

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time along with occupants

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french ufologist amae michel published

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glimmering lights on flying saucers

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luers surley sucoups valance

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that year and became the go-to french

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ufo expert

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a young jacques filet the model for the

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scientists claude lacombe

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in close encounters of the third kind

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who'd had a signing himself

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wrote to michelle the two became friends

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and valet developed a lifelong interest

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in ufos

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that he still pursues today as the most

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famous french-born ufologist

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francis space agency is the largest in

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europe as a result of charles de

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gaulle's determination

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to develop a space program independent

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of the united states

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gaipan works out of cnes technical

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headquarters in toulouse

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when the program was first established

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in 1977

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it was headed by dr claude poor who when

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he was director of the scientific

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systems and project division of cnes

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campaigned for its creation along with

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cnes president

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uber client poer was introduced to the

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ufo mystery

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by project blue book scientific

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consultant j allen heineck during a trip

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to the u.s in 1969.

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he kept an association with heineck as a

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member of a group of scientists with an

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interest in ufos

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known as the invisible college and in

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he presented a statistical analysis of

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worldwide ufo reports

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to the american institute of aeronautics

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and astronautics

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once kippon was established the staff

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initially consisted of power and a

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secretary

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but it quickly grew to around 10

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scientists and engineers

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geppin also worked with outside

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volunteers and consultants

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and gaipan does so today as well gepan

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established four classifications for

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cases that remains in effect today

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probably identified phenomenon

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c unidentified phenomenon lack of

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evidence

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d unidentified phenomenon after

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investigation

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in 1978 poe announced its conclusion to

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geppen's scientific council

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that category d sightings were of

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physical machines of unknown origin

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soon after that cnes offered him the

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opportunity to take a sabbatical which

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he did

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and on his return he was no longer

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involved with gephan

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though he retained a personal interest

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in ufos

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gippon established a relationship with

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many public agencies

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and received reports from the air force

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navy jean-damili

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nacional weather agencies and local

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police departments

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it was found that the reports from the

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jean d'amore best suited gephan's

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purposes

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and that relationship has been

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maintained when sepra replaced geppon in

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it was headed by jean-jacques velasco

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who had been with the program from its

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time as geppen

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and he stayed in that position until

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sepa was dissolved in january two

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thousand four

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that year a book velasco co-authored

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with nicholas motigiani

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avnis levidance was published in which

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velasco stated his belief

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that some ufos were of extraterrestrial

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origin

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though sepra no longer existed velasco

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still in charge of mission according to

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cnes spokesman

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arnold benedetti during an interview

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with gregory gutierrez on may 28

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2004 gutierrez concluded from the

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interview

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that cnes wasn't concerned with

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velasco's publicly stated views on ufos

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in october 2005 it was announced that

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the program would be resumed with the

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new director

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yves salad who had recently been the

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assistant secretary

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general for environmental and scientific

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it was named gaipan and is operated

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under the directorship of jacques

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patenae gaipan announced that they were

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posting their files online for public

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and they continued to do so to this day

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prepared for the announcement by placing

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a barrier of security guards in front of

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the building to screen out

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uninvited ufologists according to a cns

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official quoted in an article on

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news24.com

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according to patente the guy pound

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website crashed within two hours of the

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announcement

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one case investigated by kaipan was

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deemed worthy of its own wikipedia

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page and it provides an example of how

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the cnes ufo investigation

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operates it's known as the tronson

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provence case

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and it involved a sighting of a disc

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that landed on the ground about 50

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meters

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160 feet away from a farmer on january 8

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1981 the farmer renato nikolai

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said that it took off almost immediately

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and that it left behind burn marks

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nikolai reported his sighting to the

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local jean-domini the next day

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they interviewed nikolai took soil and

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plant samples from the site

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and took pictures of the burn marks they

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notified geppon and that group carried

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out their own investigation

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gapon's analysis found traces of

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phosphate and zinc in the samples

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that the ground had been compressed by a

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weight of between four and five

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tons and that the ground had been heated

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to between 300 and 600 degrees celsius

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572 1112 degrees fahrenheit

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gapon fell no prosaic explanation for

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the case

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for more cases the reader is urged to

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visit the gypon website

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it can be viewed in french or english

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and it's easily navigated

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hopefully if congress agrees to fund a

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program in the u.s

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france's open investigation will serve