UFO VIDEO — SOURCES & METHOD

Sources &
Methodology

VIDEO UFO is a documentary media. Each file is based exclusively on verifiable institutional sources — government organizations, space agencies, official archives, international media. No speculation without a source. No facts without documents.

3 categories of institutional sources
7 verification criteria
Since 1977 GEPAN · SEPRA · GEIPAN
FOIA Declassified archives United States
5 languages FR · EN · ES · AR · PT-BR
🇫🇷 French sources

France — Official sources

France is the only country in the world to have had a government agency dedicated to unidentified aerospace phenomena since 1977. VIDEO OVNI is based on all the official publications of these organizations.

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Space agencies & research

  • CNES
    CNES — National Center for Space Studies
    French space agency, supervision of GEIPAN. Official reports and studies on aerospace phenomena since 1977.
  • GEI
    GEIPAN — Group for Studies and Information on Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena
    Official CNES organization since 2005. Publishes all of its files for public access on geipan.fr.
  • GEP
    GEPAN — Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Study Group
    Predecessor of GEIPAN (1977–1988). The world's first government agency dedicated to UFOs. Historical archives.
  • MS
    SEPRA — Atmospheric Reentry Phenomena Expertise Service
    Successor to GEPAN (1988–2004). Atmospheric studies and unexplained phenomena. Public archives.
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French public institutions

  • SEN
    French Senate
    Official reports, commissions of inquiry, parliamentary questions relating to aerial phenomena. Legislative texts.
  • AN
    National Assembly
    Parliamentary debates, mission reports, archives accessible on assemblee-nationale.fr.
  • DGA
    DGAC — Directorate General of Civil Aviation
    In-flight incident reports, air traffic data, event reports. Primary source for civil aerial observations.
  • AFP
    Agence France-Presse (AFP)
    French press agency of international reference. Dispatches and fact-checking investigations.
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Archives & public documents

  • ARC
    French national archives
    Declassified official documents, historical funds accessible via archives.culture.fr and virtual inventory room.
  • SPF
    Federal Public Service — Official publications
    Belgian parliamentary report on the 1989-1990 wave, SOBEPS report, primary sources on the Belgian wave.
  • INR
    INRAP & academic research
    French scientific publications on documented physical cases (Trans-en-Provence, CNES analyses).
🇺🇸 American sources

United States — Official sources

From the Pentagon to the US Congress, the United States has produced the most comprehensive declassified documents on unidentified aerial phenomena. VIDEO UFO relies exclusively on these verifiable primary sources.

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UAP Government Agencies

  • AAR
    AARO — All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office
    Official DoD office established in 2022. Annual reports to Congress, Historical Record Reports, public database aaro.mil.
  • DoD
    Department of Defense (DoD) — Pentagon
    Official releases, confirmations of authenticity of UAP videos (Tic Tac, Gimbal, GoFast, USS Omaha), UAPTF reports.
  • UAP
    UAPTF — UAP Task Force
    DoD/DNI Interdepartmental Group (2020–2022). Preliminary report June 2021, 144 cases listed. Primary source.
  • SCR
    SCIF — Briefings to the US Congress
    Classified and declassified Senate and House sessions on UAPs (2022–2026). Public reports.
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NASA & civil aviation

  • NASA
    NASA
    Report of the Independent Study Team on UAP (2023), mission data, human flight archives. Public scientific references.
  • FAA
    FAA—Federal Aviation Administration
    In-flight incident reports, radar data, ATC communications recordings. O'Hare Case 2006, JAL 1628 (1986).
  • NRO
    NRO & NSA — Declassified documents
    Archives declassified via FOIA relating to Project Blue Book, SIGN, GRUDGE. Accessible through NARA and NSA Reading Room.
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Archives & Congresses

  • NARA
    NARA—National Archives and Records Administration
    American National Archives. Project Blue Book funds (12,618 cases, 1952–1969). Public access via archives.gov.
  • FOIA
    FOIA — Freedom of Information Act
    Law on access to government documents. Thousands of declassified FBI, CIA, NSA documents available on The Black Vault.
  • CRS
    Congressional Research Service (CRS)
    US Congressional Analysis Reports on PSUs. Nonpartisan institutional source, accessible via congress.gov.
  • CIA
    CIA Reading Room
    Declassified CIA archives including historical UFO reports. Available online at cia.gov. Primary source for cases 1950-1970.
🌐 International sources

International — Media & press agencies

When facts are covered by several independent editorial teams, VIDEO OVNI identifies the primary sources and verifies editorial convergence. An event is only documented if at least one institutional source or two independent reference media confirm it.

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Global news agencies

  • REU
    Reuters
    International news agency. Fact-checking and institutional coverage. Reference standard for verification.
  • AP
    Associated Press (AP)
    American News Agency. Coverage of congressional hearings, DoD/NASA/AARO releases. Primary source US media.
  • AFP
    AFP Factual
    AFP fact-checking service. Independent verifications on viral UFO images and videos.
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Audiovisual editorial staff

  • BBC
    BBC News
    British Public Service Editor. Coverage of Congressional hearings, Rendlesham case, British UFO files (Project Condign).
  • PBS
    PBS Frontline & NewsHour
    PBS documentaries and in-depth investigations. “The UFO File” program and cover of the AARO 2024 report.
  • CBS
    CBS News — 60 Minutes
    60 Minutes report (May 2021) with Navy pilots — first mainstream media to broadcast official testimonies.
  • NHK
    NHK World
    Japanese public service. Coverage of file JAL 1628 (1986, Anchorage) and phenomena observed in Pacific airspace.
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Scientific organizations

  • APS
    American Physical Society / Scientific American
    Scientific publications on documented physical phenomena. Spectral analyses, sensor data.
  • SCU
    SCU — Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies
    Organization of scientific researchers. Technical analysis of the Aguadilla 2013 case (162-page report).
  • GAO
    GAO—Government Accountability Office
    Independent audit of the US government. 2023 Report on UAP Data Undisclosed by Federal Agencies.
  • MOD
    UK Ministry of Defense — Project Condign
    Declassified UK Aerial Phenomena Report 2006. Primary source for the Rendlesham and UK cases.
✓ Documentary method

How VIDEO UFO verifies information

Before any publication, each fact, each video, each testimony is subject to 7 criteria. If one is missing, the information is either not published or explicitly flagged as unverified.

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Identifiable source

The source is a public body, a recognized institution, a referenced media or a publicly identifiable witness. No anonymous source not cross-checked.

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Verifiable date

The date of the event and that of the publication are known and cross-checked. Any chronological discrepancy is noted in the file.

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Identifiable author

The journalist, researcher or official behind the information is identified and their affiliation verified. No content without a known author.

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Original document found

The official report, press release, original video or primary archive is located and cited as a direct source in the record.

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Independent corroboration

The information is confirmed by at least two independent sources — two separate media, or an official source + a reference media.

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Facts separated from statements and assumptions

What is documented, what is affirmed by a witness and what remains a hypothesis are clearly distinguished in each file. Never mixed together.

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Explicit flagging of unverified

Any unconfirmed information, any document whose authenticity has not been established, is reported with the badge Cautious analysis ou Unresolved.

✗ Editorial limits

What VIDEO UFO does not do

Our editorial line is based as much on what we refuse as on what we publish. These limits are non-negotiable.

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No extraterrestrial conclusion. No proof of extraterrestrial origin is presented as established, even if an official mentions it. The facts are documented, the identification remains open.

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No unauthenticated video. A video is only presented as authentic if an official source (DoD, GEIPAN, FAA) has confirmed its authenticity. The others are reported.

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No testimony without context. An isolated testimony is not a fact. It is presented as a statement from an identified witness, never as evidence.

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No single source without overlap. A single blog post, tweet, or YouTube post is not a sufficient source, no matter how popular it may be.

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No sensationalism. The editorial treatment avoids dramatization. The documented facts are remarkable enough to require no exaggeration.

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No speculation without marking. When VIDEO UFO makes a hypothesis or interpretation, it is clearly reported as such — never presented as established fact.

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No misinformation relayed. Information refuted by official agencies, known fabrications and documented hoaxes are not taken up, even to “neutralize” them.

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No silent updates. If published information is contradicted by a later source, the file is updated with explicit mention of the correction.

📅 Institutional timeline

France & UFOs — 47 years of official investigation

France is the only country in the world to have maintained uninterrupted institutional continuity on the study of unidentified aerial phenomena since 1977. This chronology is a direct source for numerous UFO VIDEO files.

1977 — Creation

GEPAN — Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Study Group

Founded in May 1977 under the supervision of CNES, GEPAN is the first government organization in the world officially responsible for studying unexplained aerial phenomena. Its creation comes in the wake of a series of unresolved observations including the famous case of Trans-en-Provence. GEPAN publishes accessible technical notes and collaborates with the National Gendarmerie. He is investigating in particular the Trans-en-Provence case (1981), the physical analysis of which remains one of the most rigorous ever carried out on traces on the ground.

1988 — Transition

SEPRA — Atmospheric Reentry Phenomena Expertise Service

GEPAN was restructured in 1988 to become SEPRA, with a mandate extended to all atmospheric re-entries and aerospace phenomena. Under the direction of Jean-Jacques Vélasco, SEPRA publishes annual reports and maintains a database of observations reported to the Gendarmerie. It was during this period that the Belgian wave of 1989-1990 took place, followed closely by the Belgian authorities. SEPRA operates until 2004 before a transition period.

2005 — Refoundation & public opening

GEIPAN — Group for Studies and Information on Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena

Refounded in 2005 in its current form, GEIPAN marks a major breakthrough: for the first time, all investigation files are made accessible to the public on geipan.fr. More than 3,000 classified cases, the investigation methodologies, the reporting forms — everything is public. GEIPAN has a steering committee made up of representatives of the National Gendarmerie, the DGAC, Météo-France, the Center for Military Aerial Expertise (CEAM) and the Directorate of State Protection and Security (DPSD). This model of institutional transparency is unique in the world.

We observe. We check.

VIDEO UFO does not seek to convince — neither in one direction nor the other. Our job is to document what is documentable, cite accurate sources, and let the reader judge from the facts. The phenomena covered are sufficiently remarkable to require forced interpretation.