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Chile's civil-aviation UAP office — the only one of its kind.

SEFAA (Sección de Estudios de Fenómenos Aéreos Anómalos) — formerly CEFAA — is the world's only UAP unit embedded inside a civil aviation authority. Sitting within DGAC, it investigates anomalies reported by pilots, air traffic controllers, and the public, and publishes monthly resolved-case dispatches. Records reusable under Ley nº 20.285 (Acceso a la Información Pública).

§ Headlines · SEFAA, distilled

Founded

1997

As CEFAA. Restructured into SEFAA in 2020.

Status

Section of DGAC — Chilean civil aviation authority.

Cadence

Monthly resolved-case dispatches since 2020.

Speciality

Pilot & ATC reports; radar/IR/photographic cross-correlation.

Methodology

Scientific framework backed by Chilean universities.

Authority

Ley nº 20.285 sobre Acceso a la Información Pública.

§ Records · DGAC publication + live catalog

The 2019 publication + every live SEFAA portal.

The DGAC's 2019 publication on CEFAA's investigative model is the one substantive PDF; the rest are deep-links into the live SEFAA dispatches and DGAC's press archive.