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GEIPAN (sept. 2005-), formerly known as GEPAN (1977-1988) and SEPRA (1988-2004), is a unit of the French Space Agency CNES whose brief is to investigate unidentified aerospace phenomena (UAP) and make its findings available to the public. The French Gendarmerie was instructed to channel data from reports of UFO sightings to SEPRA, which therefore was in a position to draw on a large database of such events. In cases where physical traces appeared to be present, SEPRA could call on the technical resources of CNES to perform a thorough scientific investigation. A famous example of such an investigation was in the Trans-en-Provence Case. In March 2007, GEIPAN started to make its archives available online to everyone.
On August 6, 1981 around 1 am a person takes photographs of the night sky from the parking lot of the "Col de Joux". The weather was clear, cloudless but some distant heat lightnings sometimes arise.
The camera is on a tripod and each picture is taken with an exposure time of one minute thirty.
When the photos were developed, the witness noticed the presence of a luminous phenomenon that was not seen during the shooting. This object is located in a halo to the left of the Arcturus star. A sky map of that day clearly shows Acturus, actually in the Bootes constellation. But there's no other information to help to identify the photographed phenomenon.
A witness bring to the gendarmes on September 29, 2005, pictures of sunsets taken on 23 June 2005 on a beach on the island of Noirmoutier.
On one of them, there is a luminous phenomenon. The photographs were taken on a NW-W axis. No description was given by the witness. No other evidence was not collected on this phenomenon for which we lack information.
Two witnesses, taking photographs at the "Col de Vence" observed stains on their images without visual observations
On April 20, 2008 a passenger in a car takes a picture of the clouds through the windshield. While viewing the photographs she noticed a spot she had not seen during the shooting.
It is always difficult to analyze photos with unexplained spots that appears without visual observation to confirm them. A default on the windshield or an insect could also explain the "UFO": we lack in this case more detailed information.
May 12, 2008 at 6PM a person takes two shots of the "Fort Lalatte" .
By viewing his photographs later, a black spot appears on one of the two pictures. No visual observation has taken place during the shooting. Many hypotheses may explain a dark spot on a photograph without direct observation and that are unverifiable.
A witness sends us a photograph in which he sees a spot. This photograph is unworkable and we lack information about the observation itself.
April 23, 2009 a mayor of a small town received a cd and a letter. The CD contains two photographs taken on 27 July 2008 by a traveler passing through the region.
It is noted the presence in the landscape of a black spot on one of the photos. The author of the photographs came at the police station on the Aug. 11, 2009 to describe its sighting, made during his vacation July 27, 2008 at 10:45 am and the discovery of a sphere and a disk on photographs taken on that date. The witness said he did not notice anything special about taking photos that day. Without direct eye witness during shooting and without any other evidence of observation and information, any investigation of this phenomenon is difficult or impossible
December 19, 2008 GEIPAN receives an email regarding a photograph: one week before Christmas, a witness observed and photographed a luminous phenomenon moving fast in a zigzag way. The date of the photograph, taken from the exif data, indicates that it was taken December 19, 2008 at 9:24PM. Cases of thai lanterns observation have been reported in GEIPAN 14 and December 16, 2008 . No further details was given by the witness. No other witness of this evening phenomenon was reported.
January 11, 2009 at 8.55PM, a photograph with a droid phone was taken from a balcony. According to the witness, the moon is visible on the top and also a streetlight on the lower left of the photograph. An unknown orange object appears to the right. No further compliance information was collected.
Originally posted by dashdespatch
but if thats the best they have got
Originally posted by heineken
worst collection ever presented
Originally posted by dashdespatch
thanks for that never heard of that organisation before.....but if thats the best they have got
Originally posted by lost_shaman
When it comes to UFO's/UAP photographic evidence has always been lackluster. It's frustrating. Before my own 'close encounter' with a UFO in 2002 I didn't believe there was anything to the phenomena. Wish I'd had my 30mm camera!
Originally posted by Blue Shift
I've read of people standing there with camera in hand, spellbound by a good UFO, unable to take a photo. It's a nice thought, however. I get the feeling that wasn't the case in the photos above.
Originally posted by lost_shaman
Originally posted by Blue Shift
I've read of people standing there with camera in hand, spellbound by a good UFO, unable to take a photo. It's a nice thought, however. I get the feeling that wasn't the case in the photos above.
I'm sure that's true. Even with photo's the cases above were deemed to lack sufficient evidence.
Originally posted by TeslaandLyne
reply to post by elevenaugust
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Looks like there is water there. A black pond.
Perhaps water drawn up from the ground due to the action of the Teslaship above.
Which would also be overhead unnoticed and causing the blackness by reflection
or other electric filed aberration such as light travel and index of refraction changes
under high voltage transmission. Dark clouds are often seen in photos and in real life
with William Rich who, on film since confiscated, eliminated a dark cloud with a saucer
inside that fell into a nearby pond.