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ladies and gentlemen good morning

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my name is Wilfred de Brouwer

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I'm a retired Major General of the

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Belgian Air Force and I was chief

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operations in the Air Staff at a time

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that an exceptional UFO wave took place

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over Belgium indeed during the evening

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of 29 November 1989 in a small area in

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eastern Belgium approximately 140 UFO

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sightings were reported

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hundreds of people saw a majestic

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triangular craft with a span of

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approximately 120 feet powerful beaming

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spotlights moving very slowly without

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making any significant noise but in

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several cases accelerating to very high

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speeds the following days and months

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many more sightings would follow the UFO

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wave would last more than a year during

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which a Belgian UFO organisation

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conducted more than 650 investigations

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and recorded more than 400 hours of

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audio witness reports on one occasion a

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photograph revealed the triangular shape

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and four light beams of the object I

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have the photograph here if you want to

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see more details later on but at the

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left at your left you see the original

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photograph at the right you can see an

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overexposed photograph which reveals the

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shape of the craft Belgium had no

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official focal point for reporting UFO

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sightings nevertheless and my function

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of chief operations I was confronted

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with numerous questions about the origin

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and nature of these cars

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in first instance and in consultation

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with other NATO partners I could confirm

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that no flights of stealth aircraft or

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any other experimental aircraft took

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place in the airspace of Belgium in

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addition the civil aviation authorities

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confirmed that no flight plans had been

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introduced this implied that the

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reported objects or craft committed an

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infraction against the existing aviation

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rules the Virgin Air Force tried to

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identify the alleged intruders and on

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three occasions launched f16 aircraft on

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one occasion to have 16 registered rapid

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changes in speed and altitude which were

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well outside of the performance envelope

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of existing aircraft nevertheless the

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bias could not establish visual context

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and the investigation revealed that

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specific weather conditions may have

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caused electromagnetic interferences and

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false radar returns the technical

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evidence was insufficient to conclude

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that abnormal air activities took place

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during that evening in short the Belgian

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UFO wave was exceptional and the Air

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Force could not identify the nature

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origin and intentions of the reported

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phenomenon thank you very much