This fall, we’re proud to host a rare and rigorous seminar series that brings a lifetime of independent research to bear on one of the most controversial and neglected domains in modern science: UAPs.

Titled “Alongside GEIPAN: History, Fieldwork, Statistics, and Epistemology,” this four-part series will be led by Dr. Jean-Pierre Rospars, collaborator with France’s state-sponsored UAP investigation unit, GEIPAN (formerly GEPAN/SEPRA).

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Each seminar explores a different facet of the problem:

• Seminar 1: A unique state effort. The fifty-year story of GEIPAN’s rise, decline, and rebirth reveals how scientific institutions wrestle with the anomalous—and what that tells us about public trust, data scarcity, and political will. 20 October 2025

• Seminar 2: A case on the edge. A 1979 close encounter sighting in rural France reveals the methodological difficulties—and epistemic tensions—of investigating firsthand witness testimony. 27 October 2025

• Seminar 3: Numbers vs. narratives. What do statistical analyses of hundreds of reports reveal about witnesses, patterns, and the limits of perception? 3 November 2025

• Seminar 4: The limits of knowledge. A deep epistemological reflection on why UAPs remain so hard to study and on how to put the proposed explanations to empirical testing. 10 November 2025

 

Across all four sessions, Rospars advances a powerful case for “methodological patience and epistemic humility” in the face of unresolved anomalies.