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French aerospace engineer. Director-General of CNES (1976-82). the agency under which GEPAN was founded. Later, in retirement, headed CNES's UAP steering committee that produced the 2007 reorganisation into GEIPAN and the public release of its case database.
Background
French aerospace engineer. Director-General of CNES (1976-82). the agency under which GEPAN was founded. Later, in retirement, headed CNES's UAP steering committee that produced the 2007 reorganisation into GEIPAN and the public release of its case database. Their main public affiliations include CNES (former Director-General). They are most often discussed in connection with research, case documentation, technical claims, or historical analysis.
Affiliations
CNES (former Director-General)
Key quotes
“France established GEIPAN because serious scientific questions require institutional support. The data we have collected confirms that a small but irreducible fraction of reported aerial phenomena cannot be conventionally explained.” — GEIPAN inaugural address, CNES, 2005