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Chilean Committee for the Study of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena
Also known as: CEFAA, Chilean Committee for the Study of Unidentified Space Phenomena, Comité de Estudios de Fenómenos Aéreos Anómalos, Chilean Committee for the Study of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena, Chilean Committee for the Studies of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena, Committee for the Studies of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena
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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com Apr 30, 2021 15 facts
claimIn March 2012, Leslie Kean wrote an article titled "UFO Caught on Tape Over Santiago Air Base" regarding a video provided by the Chilean Committee for the Study of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena (CEFAA).
claimLeslie Kean maintained a cordial relationship with the Chilean government’s Comité de Estudios de Fenómenos Aéreos Anómalos (CEFAA) and published stories based on its case files on the Huffington Post.
quoteLeslie Kean described the object in the CEFAA video as a “dome-shaped, flat-bottomed object with no visible means of propulsion . . . flying at velocities too high to be man-made.”
accountOn January 6, 2017, Mick West analyzed a video titled 'Groundbreaking UFO Video Just Released by Chilean Navy' by Leslie Kean, which featured a nine-minute infrared film studied by the Chilean Committee for the Study of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena (CEFAA).
claimLeslie Kean described the object in the CEFAA video as a dome-shaped, flat-bottomed object with no visible means of propulsion flying at velocities too high to be man-made.
claimOn January 6, 2017, Leslie Kean published an article in the Huffington Post titled 'Groundbreaking UFO Video Just Released by Chilean Navy' regarding a nine-minute film shot on infrared cameras from a helicopter that the CEFAA had been studying for two years.
claimRobert Sheaffer, the proprietor of the blog 'Bad UFOs', argued in the Skeptical Inquirer that the object in the CEFAA video cited by UFOlogists was likely a housefly or beetle buzzing near the camera lens.
accountLeslie Kean consulted four entomologists regarding the CEFAA video, who mostly declined to issue a categorical judgment on whether the object was an insect.
claimLeslie Kean consulted four entomologists regarding the CEFAA video, who mostly declined to issue a categorical judgment on whether the object was an insect.
claimLeslie Kean maintained a relationship with the Chilean government’s Comité de Estudios de Fenómenos Aéreos Anómalos (CEFAA) and published stories based on its case files.
accountIn March 2012, journalist Leslie Kean published an article titled “UFO Caught on Tape Over Santiago Air Base,” which analyzed a video provided by the Chilean Committee for the Studies of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena (CEFAA).
claimLeslie Kean maintained a cordial relationship with the Chilean government’s Comité de Estudios de Fenómenos Aéreos Anómalos (CEFAA).
referenceLeslie Kean wrote a Huffington Post article titled “Groundbreaking UFO Video Just Released by Chilean Navy” regarding a nine-minute infrared film of an object that the Committee for the Studies of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena (CEFAA) had been studying for two years.
accountLeslie Kean consulted four entomologists regarding the CEFAA video, who mostly declined to issue a categorical judgment and urged patience regarding the ongoing investigation.
claimCritics known as 'debunkers' argued that the object in the CEFAA video analyzed by Leslie Kean was likely a housefly or a beetle buzzing near the camera lens.
Unidentified flying object - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
accountIn 1968, the Chilean Committee for the Study of Unidentified Space Phenomena (led by Sergio Bravo Flores and supported by the Chilean Scientific Society) began receiving UFO reports from the public, civil aviators, and the Chilean Air Force.
claimThe Chilean organization SEFAA (formerly CEFAA) is a department of the DGAC (Chile), which depends on the Chilean Air Force.