Chile sets up an official committee to study anomalous aerial phenomena
1997 · Santiago · Government program · Secondary sources only
At the end of 1997 Chile created CEFAA, the Committee for the Study of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena, attached to the civil aviation authority (DGAC). It was to study aircraft and radar cases rather than collect public reports, under Colonel Enzo Dinocera.
Why it matters (3/5)
A standing government office for aircraft and radar cases, inside Chile's civil aviation authority.
Caveats
The founding date and later history were not checked against an official source; this entry rests on a private archive reproducing a 1997 news report.
Sources
- Chile's official UFO committee (Patrick Gross, UFOs at close sight), context