About the project
panpancoucou is an autonomous sky surveillance station. It detects, records and automatically classifies everything crossing its field of view — aircraft, satellites, birds — to isolate and objectively document unidentified aerial phenomena.
No sensationalism. No hasty conclusions. Just a camera, algorithms, and a methodical approach.
Web and desktop application developer, I strive to design and build highly intuitive specialised tools to meet each person's specific needs. This mini-station system allows me to hunt down the unexplained (using legitimate data) and help everyone become familiar with the concept of UAP.
panpancoucou is part of a worldwide movement of instrumented sky surveillance:
panpancoucou is not affiliated with any of these projects, but shares the same philosophy: observe, measure, document. Source code, data and methods are transparent.
Wide-angle camera pointed at the sky, 24/7
A weatherproof WiFi camera continuously films the sky. The field of view covers about 104° — a wide section of sky.
Automatic motion detection
An algorithm analyses the video feed in real time. Any moving object triggers a recording and automatic classification (bird, aircraft, satellite, or unknown).
Cross-referencing with databases
Each detection is checked against OpenSky (real-time air traffic), Celestrak (satellite orbits), and weather data. If an object matches a known aircraft or satellite, it is automatically identified.
Star and planet overlay
A sky map is overlaid on the live video feed, allowing visual verification of whether a light matches a known celestial body.
Daily human review
Every event is manually reviewed: validated or rejected. Only events confirmed as unexplained are kept and documented.
Secure infrastructure
The station runs autonomously. Data is synced to a central server via an encrypted tunnel. Access is by invitation only.
The system detects and records continuously, but it can't filter everything on its own yet. Every morning, I manually sort through dozens of events — birds, aircraft, reflections, clouds — to keep only what truly matters. Meanwhile, I develop new features (real-time overlays, satellite correlation, advanced classification). Here's what would lighten the load:
The entire project is self-funded — development, hardware, hosting. If you want to help move things forward:
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