“G. E. P. A. N.”
This is an article regarding the history of the two UFO research organisations of the French Government (CNES), GEPAN and SEPRA:
http://rr0.org/org/eu/fr/cnes/gepan/
English translation:
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Frr0.org%2Forg%2Feu%2Ffr%2Fcnes%2Fgepan%2F
GEPAN (founded in May 1977) (1977-1988) was replaced by SEPRA in November 1988 (1988-2004), according to the article.
GEIPAN, the current UFO research organisation, was created in September 2005.
