Amos -

The MSNBC article indicated that the UFO collection won't be up until "sometime later." The expected date was vague.

"Jacques Arnould, an official at the National Space Studies Centre, said the French database of around 1,600 incidents would go live in late January or mid-February."

That would seem to be a "promise from a politician." I don't know if a promise from a French politician is more or less reliable than from any other kind.

John