France Releases its UFO documentation

[Guest guest]

What a cool group - I am adding my conribution from todays press

releases on UFO and Frances release of confidential files-

 

PARIS (AFP) - France became the first country to open its files on

UFOs Thursday when the national space agency unveiled a website

documenting more than 1,600 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, " said 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.

 

" Cases such as the lady who reported seeing an object that looked

like a flying roll of toilet paper " are clearly not worth

investigating, said Patenet.

 

But many others involving multiple sightings -- in at least one case

involving thousands of people across France -- and evidence such as

burn marks and radar trackings showing flight patterns or

accelerations that defy the laws of physics are taken very seriously.

 

A phalanx of beefy security guards formed a barrier in front of the

space agency (CNES) headquarters where the announcement was

made, " to screen out uninvited UFOlogists, " an official explained.

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.

 

On January 8, 1981 outside the town of Trans-en-Provence in southern

France, for example, a man working in a field reported hearing a

strange whistling sound and seeing a saucer-like object about 2.5

meters (eight feet) in diameter land in his field about 50 meters

(yards) away.

 

A dull-zinc grey, the saucer took off, he told police, almost

immediately, leaving burn marks. Investigators took photos, and then

collected and analyzed samples, and to this day no satisfactory

explanation has been made.

 

The nearly 1,000 witness who said they saw flashing lights in the

sky on November 5, 1990, by contrast, had simply seen a rocket

fragment falling back into earth's atmosphere.

 

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. "

The CNES fields between 50 and 100 UFO reports ever year, usually

written up by police. Of these, 10 percent are the object of on-site

investigations, Patenet said.

 

Other countries collect data more or less systematically about

unidentified flying objects, notably in Britain and in the United

States, where information can be requested on a case-by-case basis

under the Freedom of Information Act.

 

" But we decided to do it the other way around and made everything

available to the public, " Patenet said.

 

The aim was to make it easier for scientists and other UFO buffs to

access the data for research.

 

The website itself -- which crashed host servers hours after it was

unveiled due to heavy traffic -- is extremely well organized and

complete, even including scanned copies of police reports.

 

To visit the website: www.cnes-geipan.fr.

 

The_Akashic_Records/ (I also added

the link as I see this what many others are doing)

[Guest guest]

Isn't this cool? I am interested in visiting the site. UFOs were a big hobby

of mine as a child. In fact, when I graduated the 7th grade I was voted Little

Miss X Files. Ha ha ha.

 

konsonti <konsonti wrote: What a cool group - I am adding my

conribution from todays press

releases on UFO and Frances release of confidential files-

 

PARIS (AFP) - France became the first country to open its files on

UFOs Thursday when the national space agency unveiled a website

documenting more than 1,600 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, " said 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.

 

" Cases such as the lady who reported seeing an object that looked

like a flying roll of toilet paper " are clearly not worth

investigating, said Patenet.

 

But many others involving multiple sightings -- in at least one case

involving thousands of people across France -- and evidence such as

burn marks and radar trackings showing flight patterns or

accelerations that defy the laws of physics are taken very seriously.

 

A phalanx of beefy security guards formed a barrier in front of the

space agency (CNES) headquarters where the announcement was

made, " to screen out uninvited UFOlogists, " an official explained.

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.

 

On January 8, 1981 outside the town of Trans-en-Provence in southern

France, for example, a man working in a field reported hearing a

strange whistling sound and seeing a saucer-like object about 2.5

meters (eight feet) in diameter land in his field about 50 meters

(yards) away.

 

A dull-zinc grey, the saucer took off, he told police, almost

immediately, leaving burn marks. Investigators took photos, and then

collected and analyzed samples, and to this day no satisfactory

explanation has been made.

 

The nearly 1,000 witness who said they saw flashing lights in the

sky on November 5, 1990, by contrast, had simply seen a rocket

fragment falling back into earth's atmosphere.

 

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. "

The CNES fields between 50 and 100 UFO reports ever year, usually

written up by police. Of these, 10 percent are the object of on-site

investigations, Patenet said.

 

Other countries collect data more or less systematically about

unidentified flying objects, notably in Britain and in the United

States, where information can be requested on a case-by-case basis

under the Freedom of Information Act.

 

" But we decided to do it the other way around and made everything

available to the public, " Patenet said.

 

The aim was to make it easier for scientists and other UFO buffs to

access the data for research.

 

The website itself -- which crashed host servers hours after it was

unveiled due to heavy traffic -- is extremely well organized and

complete, even including scanned copies of police reports.

 

To visit the website: www.cnes-geipan.fr.

 

The_Akashic_Records/ (I also added

the link as I see this what many others are doing)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Yes, I find this cool also. In Spanish, UFOs are also known as OVNIS. I

wonder if other countries are on the same path of releasing their info on

UFOs.

 

Rosie

 

 

, " konsonti " <konsonti

wrote:

>

> What a cool group - I am adding my conribution from todays press

> releases on UFO and Frances release of confidential files-

>

> PARIS (AFP) - France became the first country to open its files on

> UFOs Thursday when the national space agency unveiled a website

> documenting more than 1,600 sightings spanning five decades.

>

[Guest guest]

links given in your message leads to nowhere .And this site address

not active.plz send it again after correction.

 

Alok

 

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[Guest guest]

Here is the link to view a video of the report:

http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/tech/2007/03/22/tuchman.u\

fo.phoenix.lights.ktvk

 

 

While this is not likely considered in the context of this group, this

could be the beginning of some very interesting

Alternative Answers.

 

In the light,

Susan

NM

rtanza <mega1 wrote:

Yes, I find this cool also. In Spanish, UFOs are also known as OVNIS.

I

wonder if other countries are on the same path of releasing their info on

UFOs.

 

Rosie

 

, " konsonti " <konsonti

wrote:

>

> What a cool group - I am adding my conribution from todays press

> releases on UFO and Frances release of confidential files-

>

> PARIS (AFP) - France became the first country to open its files on

> UFOs Thursday when the national space agency unveiled a website

> documenting more than 1,600 sightings spanning five decades.

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Try this link. I do not speak or read French so it is of no use to me.

Peace, Thyme

 

 

 

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