REF: UAP/1980s/147Unexplained
1989-11-29 to 1990-04
Belgian UFO wave & F-16 scramble
Wallonia / national · Belgium·National wave + military radar·1980s
Unexplained
§ ASummary
~2,000 reports of low silent triangles incl. 143 on first night (incl. gendarmes); 3/30-31/90 two F-16s achieved brief radar lock-ons on targets making extreme accelerations; BAF held open press conference; SOBEPS collaboration.
§ BWitnesses
Gendarmes; thousands of citizens; F-16 crews; Col. Wilfried De Brouwer
§ CEvidence & Documentation
F-16 gun-camera radar tapes (analyzed); gendarmerie logs; SOBEPS 2-vol study; De Brouwer testimony (Kean book)
§ DOfficial Investigation
Belgian Air Force + SOBEPS joint analysis
§ EStatus Assessment
Officially unexplained (radar locks later partly attributed to atmospherics; visuals unresolved); 2011 'Petit-Rechain photo' confessed hoax (photo only)
§ FVerifiable Sources
SOBEPS 'Vague d'OVNI sur la Belgique'; De Brouwer in Kean (2010); en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_UFO_wave
§ GCross-referenced cases6
1987-11-11🇺🇸 USA
Gulf Breeze sightings (Ed Walters)
Photographic series (contested)
1987-12-01🇬🇧 UK
Ilkley Moor photograph
Entity photograph (contested)
1988-01-20🇦🇺 Australia
Knowles family Nullarbor chase
Vehicle-lifting claim
1989-09-27🌐 USSR
Voronezh landing (children)
CE3 mass claim
1990-08-04🇬🇧 UK
Calvine photograph
Photographic (MoD-held)
1990-11-05🇪🇺 Europe
November 5 1990 European sightings
Mass sighting (explained)