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SUBJECT: BELGIUM UFO SIGHTING REPORT 30-31 MARCH 1990 FILE: UFO2808
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The following is a reprint of a summary report on the Belgian UFO activity.
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Please note the methods of determination which are employed and the subsequent
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findings of the Belgian military.
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ParaNet has established an interface with the Belgian investigators. More
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material will be released as it becomes available.
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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
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200 feet wide with 3 downward beaming projectors, hovering at +- 100 m above
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the 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
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origin of the phenomena, authorised F16 scrambles if following conditions were
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met: a. Visual observations on the ground confirmed by the local police. b.
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Detection 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
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radar contact at about 8 NM North of the ground observation. The contact
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moved slowely to the West at a speed of =- 25kts and an altitude of 10.000 Ft.
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6. The ground observers reported 3 additional light spots which moved
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gradually, with irregular speeds, towards the first set of lights and forming
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a second triangle. 7. At 23.50 a second radar station, situated at +- 100 NM
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>from the first, confirmed an identical contact at the same place of the radar
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contact of Glons. 8. At 00.05 Hr 2 F16 were scrambled from BEAUVECHAIN airbase
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and guided towards the radar contacts. A total of 9 interception attempts
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have been made. At 6 occasions the pilots could establish a lock-on with their
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air interception radar. Lock-on distances varried between 5 and 8 NM. On all
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occasions targets varied speed and altitude very quickly and break-locks
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occured after 10 to 60 seconds. Speeds varied between 150 and 1010 kts. At 3
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occasions both F16 registered simultaneous lock-ons with the same parameters.
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The 2 F16 were flying +- 2 NM apart. No visual contact could be established
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by either of the F16 pilots. 9. The F16 flew 3 times through the observation
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field of the ground observers. At the third passage the ground observers
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notified a change in the behaviour of the light spots. The most luminous
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started to blink very intensively while the other disappeared. Consequently,
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the most luminous spot started to dim gradually. 10. Meanwhile the head of the
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police of WAVRE had alerted 4 other police stations in the area. All four,
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seperated +- 10 NM from each other, confirmed the visual observations. 11. The
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aircraft landed at 01.10 Hrs. The last visual observation was recorded at +-
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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.
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RPV. 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
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spectacles. 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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