GEIPAN
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GEIPAN (an acronym in French for , or Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena Research and Information Group) () is a unit of the French space agency CNES based in Toulouse, whose mission is to investigate unidentified aerospace phenomena (UAP) and make its findings available to the public.
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- Instance of
- organization
- Country
- France
- Headquarters
- Toulouse
- Parent organization
- CNES
- Official website
- www.geipan.fr
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- inception
- 1977-00-00
- short name
- GEIPAN
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- GEIPAN period
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GEIPAN (an acronym in French for , or Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena Research and Information Group) () is a unit of the French space agency CNES based in Toulouse, whose mission is to investigate unidentified aerospace phenomena (UAP) and make its findings available to the public.
== History and developments == GEIPAN was founded in 1977 as GEPAN (, Study Group for Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena). Claude Poher was the inaugural director, of then director general of CNES Yves Sillard.
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