UFO sighting archive goes online

[reyfer]

France became the first country to open its files on UFO’s 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.

[Jay]

I swear that most UFO sightings are fake.

[reyfer]

I swear that most UFO sightings are fake.

From the article

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.

[meowchi]

What's the URL for this archive?

[Happosai]

I swear that most UFO sightings are fake.

Thank you professor, for your valuable input on the subject...

What's the URL for this archive?

Actually, there are so many hits on the actual web-site that it's unreachable most of the time...

Here: http://www.cnes-geipan.fr/geipan/

[fullyinsane]

hm...some ppl said they saw UFOs flying in my country and recorded, but probably most of them are just fake.....

[beetlebreakfast]

i am PROUD to be a UFO believer^^  of course there are a lot of crackpots out there so u have 2b selective as 2 wat u decide 2 blieve^^

is any1 here an active bliever/ interested in the whole "we are descended from Mars" theory?  richard hoagland?  aka: 'the FACE on mars' and all that?

i am fascinatd w/ this subject^^

[reyfer]

i am PROUD to be a UFO believer^^  of course there are a lot of crackpots out there so u have 2b selective as 2 wat u decide 2 blieve^^

is any1 here an active bliever/ interested in the whole "we are descended from Mars" theory?  richard hoagland?  aka: 'the FACE on mars' and all that?

i am fascinatd w/ this subject^^

I believe in UFOs, and I also believe that visitors from other planets came to earth in the past. As a matter of fact I am a member of the A.A.S.R.A. (Archaeology, Astronautics & SETI Research Association).

By the way, when the article cited at the beginning says

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

it is a little misleading, since the percentage of "unexplained" cases is higher, taking into account this chart from the site

As you can see, it says:
A: Perfectly Identified Phenomena 9%
B: Probably Identified Phenomena 33%
C: Phenomena that are unidentifiable because of missing data 30%
D: Unidentified Phenomena 28%
So excluding the cases where there's not enough data (group C, 30% ) that leaves us with only 9% of the cases that have been perfectly identified, and 61% of cases that are either dubious or plain unidentifiable.

[beetlebreakfast]

I believe in UFOs, and I also believe that visitors from other planets came to earth in the past. As a matter of fact I am a member of the A.A.S.R.A. (Archaeology, Astronautics & SETI Research Association).

By the way, when the article cited at the beginning says  it is a little misleading, since the percentage of "unexplained" cases is higher, taking into account this chart from the site

As you can see, it says:
A: Perfectly Identified Phenomena 9%
B: Probably Identified Phenomena 33%
C: Phenomena that are unidentifiable because of missing data 30%
D: Unidentified Phenomena 28%
So excluding the cases where there's not enough data (group C, 30% ) that leaves us with only 9% of the cases that have been perfectly identified, and 61% of cases that are either dubious or plain unidentifiable.

oOo have u evr read the books by Zachariah Sitchen????? ^^

[reyfer]

oOo have u evr read the books by Zachariah Sitchen????? ^^

Yes, and also met personally Erich von Däniken

[beetlebreakfast]

Yes, and also met personally Erich von Däniken

oOo do u subscribe to his theoris???

i used to but since i read Zaks books, im more apt 2 blieve those...  2 me, erich is a sensationalist whereas zak has more information...

do u listen 2 coast2coast AM???

[reyfer]

I started believeing in von Däniken's theories, but now I am critic of both him and Sitchin. Däniken was not wrong in his basic theory, just that his research methods are biased. I believe there's proof out there, and some people like Graham Hancock are making better research.

[fbi86]

love to watch ufos documentary when i was younger, probbbaly still do, but crop circles are the stupidest thought up ufo doins ever!