About Gildas Bourdais
Lived 1939 – 2024 (aged 85). Gildas Bourdais was a French ufologist, essayist, painter and translator.
Gildas Bourdais (13 June 1939 – 25 September 2024 ) was a publishing executive, painter, and French ufologist writer who supported the "extraterrestrial hypothesis" (ETH).
Biography After preparatory classes at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, he graduated from HEC Paris (1960–1962).
His research focused in particular on the Roswell incident, on stories of extraterrestrial apparitions in major religious texts, and on the COMETA report.
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Who was Gildas Bourdais?
French ufologist
When was Gildas Bourdais born?
Gildas Bourdais was born on 13 June 1939 in Nantes.
When did Gildas Bourdais die?
Gildas Bourdais died on 25 September 2024 in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
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Gildas Bourdais was an ufologist, essayist, painter and translator.
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Gildas Bourdais was French.
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