UAP Colloquium at the French National Assembly
On 29 June 2026, thirteen specialists from research, the military, public administration and journalism spoke at the French National Assembly about how France and Europe should investigate and institutionally handle unidentified aerospace phenomena.
Background
On 29 June 2026, a UAP colloquium took place at the French National Assembly. According to Exomagazin, thirteen specialists from research, the military, public administration and journalism participated. The event was organized by MPs Pierre Henriet and Arnaud Saint-Martin in the context of the parliamentary office OPECST.
The focus was not a claim to have solved the phenomenon, but the question of how a modern state should investigate observations that remain unexplained after careful analysis. The report mentions contributions concerning GEIPAN, CAPCODA, civil-military radar data, SIGMA 2 of 3AF, and the sociology-of-science framing of UFO research.
The institutional level makes the event notable: the topic was addressed not merely journalistically or by activists, but in a parliamentary setting connected to state investigation practice, defence data and scientific assessment.
Significance
The colloquium marks a rare parliamentary setting for UAP research in Europe and connects official French investigative structures such as GEIPAN with questions of defence data, science and public administration.