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GEIPAN opens its case archives

France's official UFO office announced it was putting 30 years of files online: about 1,600 cases, 6,000 witness statements and 100,000 pages. Its website now publishes every investigated case with a grade from A (fully explained) to D (unexplained after investigation), and offers CSV downloads.

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Why it matters

The model many countries copy: a civilian scientific body that publishes every case and its verdict. Only about 3% end up as D.

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