Person
Frédéric Courtade
Also known as Courtade
- Head of GEIPAN, the UAP office of the French space agency CNES
Frédéric Courtade heads GEIPAN, the office of the French space agency CNES that investigates reports of unidentified aerospace phenomena and publishes its case files. In 2025 he explained on French television why GEIPAN classifies the 1965 Valensole case D, unexplained.
Sources: INA (2025), video on file
Connected files
Organizations
- GEIPAN (CNES, France) (worked at)
Videos
- “Valensole 1965”: INA on the French close encounter, with GEIPAN's head Frédéric Courtade (appears in)