Belgian UFO Wave Begins (1989) — CTD-0299

DATE29 Nov 1989

LOCAL TIME—

LOCATIONEupen, Belgium

COORDINATES50.61°N, 4.41°E

A wave of triangular UFO sightings involving over 13,500 witnesses lasted from November 1989 to April 1990. On March 30, two F-16 fighters attempted nine radar-locked interceptions of unidentified targets tracked by NATO radar. The Belgian Air Force officially acknowledged they could not identify the objects.

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WITNESSES & UNITS

Maj. Gen. Wilfried De Brouwer

SENSORS & EVIDENCE

Ground / airborne radar track

## RELATED FILES

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1989-01-01General Wilfried De Brouwer’s Public Role in the Belgian UFO WaveBelgiumCTD-0296 →1989-01-01Belgian Wave (1989–1990): What the Records Say, What the Radar Claims Were, and Where Certainty EndsBelgiumCTD-0292 →1990-03-30Belgian F-16 Scramble IncidentWavre, BelgiumCTD-0305 →