Case file · Official inquiry
Minister Robert Galley's UFO interview
On 21 February 1974, France's armed forces minister Robert Galley told France Inter that the Gendarmerie had collected many unexplained reports and that the phenomenon deserved study.
1974 CE · 48.85, 2.28 · status: official
The account
Interviewed by Jean-Claude Bourret, Galley said the gendarmerie files had been passed to the CNES. The interview was a turning point: three years later the CNES created GEPAN.