GEIPAN
Study and Information Group on Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena | |
| Groupe d'Études et d'Informations sur les Phénomènes Aérospatiaux Non-identifiés | |
| 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) and make its findings available to the public.