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France's civilian UAP office, since 1977.

GEIPAN — the Groupe d'Études et d'Informations sur les Phénomènes Aérospatiaux Non identifiés — is a department of CNES (France's space agency) and the longest-running official civilian UAP investigation programme in the world. Every classified case is published to the public database with its full investigative file. 3,351 cases classified to date (April 2026). Source: cnes-geipan.fr.

§ Headlines · GEIPAN, distilled

Established

1977

As GEPAN; renamed SEPRA (1988), then GEIPAN (2005).

Total cases

3 351

Classified and published since 1977 (Apr 2026).

PAN A

27.81% — phenomenon perfectly identified.

PAN B

38.76% — phenomenon probably identified.

PAN C

30.26% — unidentified (insufficient data).

PAN D

2.18% — unidentified after full investigation.

§ Records · FAQs, methodology, case videos

Official documentation, sample case videos, and live catalog deep-links.

Curated essentials: GEIPAN's mission, history, and methodology in French and English; two sample case videos from the public database; the live GEIPAN statistics dashboard; and the full case search covering all 3,351 records.