French Government Release UFO Files

Today is a day that Ufologists have waited for their entire lives. The French government announced on Thursday that they were officially releasing all of their files on UFO investigation.

CNES is the French version of the US's SETI Project. They have been investigating UFO occurrences in France and other countries for over fifty years.

CNES was one of the first organized UFO research groups in the world. The goal of the group was to be the first to release definite proof of the existence of alien life. The French government has never cut funding for this project.

In an unprecedented move, the French government ordered CNES back in October to have all of their files ready for release by April of this year. CNES reported earlier this week that they were ready now. The government told them to release all of the files, with no exception immediately.

The French government has been more open to releasing information to the public then any other major country in the world. The government of France has also opened an open challenge to all other nations to release their information also.

Even though the United States has the Freedom of Information Act, the government has still kept many documents as classified information. It will be interesting to see if pressure is put on the US government by UFO researchers across the US.

The documents contain over 1000 files on UFO cases that have been researched by the French government. The files include pictures of possible UFOs, eyewitness accounts, field journals, and inter-governmental documents on those sightings. Unlike many governmental documents that have been released online, the documents are not filled with black marks to cover what they don't want you to see.

To peruse the documents, you can go to www.cnes.fr. Over the next few days, there will be a lot of traffic on the site, so it might behoove an inquisitive mind to wait a few days until the traffic winds down.

Once you are on the site, you will notice that the site is in French. You will see an icon for English. This will take you to the English translation of the site.