Centrales Erforschungsnetz außergewöhnlicher Himmelsphänomene

Background

CENAP (Central Research Network for Extraordinary Celestial Phenomena) is a German civilian UFO research organization founded in 1976 in Mannheim by Werner Walter and Hansjürgen Köhler.

• Based in Lützelbach near Frankfurt
• Operates as a skeptical UFO investigation group
• Supported by the European Space Agency and Germany's air traffic control company
• Maintains a 24-hour hotline

Operations

CENAP processes UFO sighting reports through systematic analysis, comparing observations against air traffic data and an archive dating to 1973.

• Has investigated over 11,000 reports
• Achieved high clarification rates by identifying sightings as astronomical phenomena, aircraft, drones, or satellites rather than extraterrestrial activity

Key Contributions

In 2025, CENAP recorded 1,348 sightings from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, representing record numbers.

• Considered the main representative of skeptical ufology in Germany
• Remains actively engaged in public education and scientific investigation

Bedeutung

CENAP gilt als Hauptvertreter der skeptischen Ufologie in Deutschland und ist weiterhin aktiv in Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und wissenschaftlicher Forschung.

• Über 11.000 Berichte untersucht
• Hohe Aufklärungsquoten durch Identifikation als astronomische Phänomene, Flugzeuge, Drohnen oder Satelliten