About this website

Jean-Philippe Dain has been interested in unidentified aerospace phenomena (UAP) for many years, with particular attention to photographic imagery, the structuring of observation data, and listening to those who report sightings. He places strong emphasis on raising awareness of this issue — without prejudging its interpretation — so that observations are taken seriously, understood in context, and addressed with rigour.

A member of the Société Astronomique de Rennes (Rennes Astronomical Society), he maintains an active practice of sky observation — visual and assisted (EAA / NVA*) — which has deepened his familiarity with observing conditions, instruments, and the limits of what can actually be perceived and documented.

Before experience at the Direction de la Recherche Militaire (DRM, French military research directorate) — where he served notably as author of intelligence syntheses — he founded Deltaweb and Ufoto, among the earliest web initiatives devoted to UAP and so-called UFO photographs. He holds a master’s degree in photographic imagery from Université Paris 8, where he studied UAP photographs from the standpoint of visual evidence, its context, and its interpretive limits.

His path has led him to engage with several strands of the field: François Louange (technical imagery, GEIPAN); Michel Monnerie (critical analysis, archives); pioneers Francine Fouéré and Henri Chaloupek; Thierry Rocher and Jean-Luc Rivera (fieldwork, documentation, preservation of the domain’s history); Antoine Cousyn (photo/video analysis, GEIPAN); the institutional framework of CNES; and Emmanuel Ransford (quantum physics and epistemology). These exchanges have reinforced an approach grounded in method, traceability, and interpretive caution.

Faced with the heterogeneity of reporting formats, Jean-Philippe Dain initiated UAP Project: an independent, non-profit, association-oriented initiative that proposes a common recording model for observations — structured, shareable, and open to critique. The project does not claim to settle the nature of UAP nor to replace ongoing investigations; it aims to make a methodological contribution supporting comparison, cross-checking, and, ultimately, interoperability among stakeholders in the field.

* Electronically Assisted Astronomy and Night Vision Astronomy : real-time sky observation using a camera and display (sensor-assisted viewing, distinct from long-exposure astrophotography)