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SUBJECT: TECH NOTES ON THE BELGIUM UFO SIGHTINGS FILE: UFO1411
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PART 2
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(6332) Fri 9 Nov 90 10:16p
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By: Michael Corbin
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To: All
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Re: Re: Belgium
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St: Reply to 914
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@EID:586e 1569b200
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@MSGID: 1:207/110 b4964729
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From Bill Chalker in Australia - A ParaNet(sm) special correspondent.
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Mike, Re the Document received from the Belgian Defence Department, the full
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document follows:
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SUMMARY REPORT ON OBSERVATIONS 30-31 MARCH 1990
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BACKGROUND
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1. Starting early Dec 89 the BAF has been contacted on several occasions by
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eyewitnesses who observed strange phenomena in the Belgian airspace. On some
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occassions they described the phenomena as a triangle-shaped platform up to 200
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feet wide with 3 downward beaming projectors, hovering at +- 100 m above the
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ground and making only a very light humming noise. Some witnesses saw the
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object departing at very high speed after a very fast acceleration. All
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observations were made in the evening or during the night. 2. The radar
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stations which had been alerted by eyewitnesses could not definitely determine
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a correlation between the visual observations and their detections on radar.
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On two occasions the BAF scrambled 2 F16 during the evening hours. a.On the
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first occasion the F16 arrived +- 1 hour after the visual detection. Nothing
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was observed. b. On the second occassion, pilots could identify a laser-beam
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projector on the ground. After investigation it appeared however that the
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description of the observations totally differed from previously described
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phenomena. 3. Consequently the Belgian Airforce, anxious to identify the origin
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of the phenomena, authorised F16 scrambles if following conditions were met: a.
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Visual observations on the ground confirmed by the local police. b. Detection
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on radar.
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EVENTS
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4. On 30 Mar 1990 at 23.00 Hr the Master Controller (MC) of the Air Defence
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radar station of Glons received a phone call from a person who declared to
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observe three independant blinking lights in the sky, changing colours, with a
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much higher intensity than the lights of the stars and forming a triangle.
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Meteo conditions were clear sky, no clouds, light wind and a minor temperature
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inversion at 3000 Ft. 5. The MC in turn notified the police of WAVRE which
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confirmed the sighting at +- 23 30 Hr. Meanwhile the MC had identified a radar
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contact at about 8 NM North of the ground observation. The contact moved
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slowely to the West at a speed of =- 25kts and an altitude of 10.000 Ft. 6. The
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ground observers reported 3 additional light spots which moved gradually, with
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irregular speeds, towards the first set of lights and forming a second
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triangle. 7. At 23.50 a second radar station, situated at +- 100 NM from the
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first, confirmed an identical contact at the same place of the radar contact of
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Glons. 8. At 00.05 Hr 2 F16 were scrambled from BEAUVECHAIN airbase and guided
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towards the radar contacts. A total of 9 interception attempts have been made.
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At 6 occasions the pilots could establish a lock-on with their air interception
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radar. Lock-on distances varried between 5 and 8 NM. On all occasions targets
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varied speed and altitude very quickly and break-locks occured after 10 to 60
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seconds. Speeds varied between 150 and 1010 kts. At 3 occasions both F16
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registered simultaneous lock-ons with the same parameters. The 2 F16 were
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flying +- 2 NM apart. No visual contact could be established by either of the
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F16 pilots. 9. The F16 flew 3 times through the observation field of the ground
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observers. At the third passage the ground observers notified a change in the
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behaviour of the light spots. The most luminous started to blink very
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intensively while the other disappeared. Consequently, the most luminous spot
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started to dim gradually. 10. Meanwhile the head of the police of WAVRE had
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alerted 4 other police stations in the area. All four, seperated +- 10 NM from
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each other, confirmed the visual observations. 11. The aircraft landed at 01.10
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Hrs. The last visual observation was recorded at +- 01.30 Hrs.
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CONCLUSIONS
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12. The BELGIAN Airforce was unable to identify neither the nature nor the
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origin of the phenomena. However, it had sufficient elements to exclude
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following assumptions: a. Balloons. Impossible due to the highly variable
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speeds (confirmed visually and by radar). b. ULM. Same as for balloons. c. RPV.
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Impossible due to the hovering characteristics. d. Aircraft (including
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Stealth). Same as for RPV. No noise. e. Laser projections or Mirages.
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Unlikely due to lack of projection surface (no clouds). Light spots have been
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observed from different locations. Light spots moved over distance of more
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than 15 NM. Form of inlighted part of spots has been observed with spectacles.
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Laser projections or mirages can not be detected by radar.
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{signed}
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W. DE BROUWER
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Kol Vl SBH
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VS3
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THAT REPRESENTS THE WHOLE DOCUMENT AS RECEIVED. It was described by E. Lamin,
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Colonel Brevete d'Etat-Major Chef de la Section Politique de Defense ad interim
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as "Veuillez trover, ci-joint, un resume de la declaration faite a la presse,
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le 11 juillet 1990, par le Colonel Aviateur Brevete d'Etat-Major DE BROUWER,
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Chef de la Section Operations de l'Etat-Major de la Force Aerienne Belge,
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relative aux observations en objet." The Summary was the the basis of the press
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briefing given on 11 July, 1990 by De Brouwer. The copy as above was sent to
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me in English albeit a little in error. All in all an interesting official
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summary of the pertinent events. Mike, as Richard Haines specialises in
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aircraft cases could you please pass on a copy of this via the fax arrangement
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you have set up, with my compliments and warm regards. He may have already
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secured this info but in case he hasn't he get this version. Could you also
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ask him to advise on his knowledge and position on the affair particular the
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photography and a/c RV events. He could do this via Paranet and/or my postal
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address: P.O. Box W42, West Pennant Hills, NSW, AUSTRALIA, 2125. Trust you all
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all the Paranet researchers find this of interest. Regards from down under. I
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look forward to any further info you have on the Belgian affair. - Bill Chalker
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