This document explains the relations between the French Gendarmerie Nationale (a part of the French army who deals with civilian police missions. A Gendarmerie Nationale's official duty is to collect and transmit to the SEPRA scientific panel any testimony, proof, picture, related to the UFO phenomenon. Gendarmerie takes great care of this, they never mock anyone reporting a UFO!
Note: in French, UFO spells OVNI (Objet Volant Non Identifié, unidentified flying object).