France Opens Web-Site To Disclose UFO Information

France Opens Web-Site To Disclose UFO Information

space.newscientist.com

France became the first country to open its files on UFOs on Thursday when the national space agency unveiled a website documenting more than 1600 sightings spanning five decades.

The online archives, which will be updated as new cases are reported, catalogues in minute detail cases ranging from the easily dismissed to a handful that continue to perplex even hard-nosed scientists.

"It is a world first," says Jacques Patenet, the aeronautical engineer who heads the office for the study of "non-identified aerospatial phenomena."

Known as OVNIs in French, UFOs have always generated intense interest along with countless conspiracy theories about secretive government cover-ups of findings deemed too sensitive or alarming for public consumption.

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www.cnes.fr

I can't wait for all this information to be sifted through.
The site is getting heavy traffic, so you may not be able to get in right away.

But try the link.
www.cnes.fr...

space.newscientist.com
(visit the link for the full news article)

It got slashdotted. Can't wait to see whats in those archive.

Lot's of stories showing up on news sites.

Of the 1,600 cases registered since 1954, nearly 25 percent are classified as "type D," meaning that "despite good or very good data and credible witnesses, we are confronted with something we can't explain," Patenet said.

Patenet's answer to questions about evidence of life beyond Earth was sure to inflame the suspicions of those convinced the government is holding back: "We do not have the least proof that extra-terrestrials are behind the unexplained phenomena."

But then he added: "Nor do we have the least proof that they aren't.
news.xinhuanet.com...

That's from China, and Google has a bunch more.
Everyone seems to be picking this up.
www.zeenews.com...
www.cbc.ca...
news.google.ca...




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