France opens secret UFO files covering 50 years

VulcanRider · 03-23-2007, 09:55 AM

News story here

Link to French UFO website

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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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...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.
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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.
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"But we decided to do it the other way around and made everything available to the public," said Jacques Patenet, the aeronautical engineer who heads the office for the study of "non-identified aerospatial phenomena."
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The aim was to make it easier for scientists and other UFO buffs to access the data for research.
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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.

Larry_OHF · 03-23-2007, 10:27 AM

What timing! Just yesterday I was reading about the former governer of Arizona admitting publically for the first time that he himself saw and belives in the Arizona Lights that were seen by thousands in 1997. In fact, my wife was one of those people that saw them. This is the first time a man as high up as a former governer has openly admitted what he saw and believes to be otherworldly.

Mack_Attack · 03-23-2007, 12:06 PM

Getting us ready for war of the worlds great.

Ladyzekke · 03-23-2007, 02:36 PM

I just hope they don't look like big black stink bugs...

wellard · 03-23-2007, 04:45 PM

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Originally posted by ladyzekke:
I just hope they don't look like big black stink bugs...

Ugh, but if the Aliens turn out to be giant cockroaches like in the film MIB then I'm going back to my own planet. I hate big cockroaches [img]graemlins/1puke.gif[/img]

03-23-2007, 10:27 AM	#2
Larry_OHF Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Midlands, South Carolina Age: 49 Posts: 14,759	What timing! Just yesterday I was reading about the former governer of Arizona admitting publically for the first time that he himself saw and belives in the Arizona Lights that were seen by thousands in 1997. In fact, my wife was one of those people that saw them. This is the first time a man as high up as a former governer has openly admitted what he saw and believes to be otherworldly. __________________

03-23-2007, 12:06 PM	#3
Mack_Attack Osiris - Egyptian God of the Underworld Join Date: May 22, 2001 Location: Sherwoodpark,Alberta,Canada Age: 52 Posts: 2,929	Getting us ready for war of the worlds great. __________________

03-23-2007, 02:36 PM	#4
Ladyzekke Ironworks Atomic Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Virginia, U.S.A. Age: 58 Posts: 9,005	I just hope they don't look like big black stink bugs... __________________ Reality Show Recaps

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