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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 in first

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instance and in consultation with other

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NATO partners

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I could confirm that no flights of

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stealth aircraft or any other

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experimental aircraft took place in the

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airspace of Belgium in addition the

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civil aviation authorities confirmed

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that no flight plans had been introduced

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this implied that the reported objects

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or craft committed an infraction against

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the existing aviation rules the Belgian

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Air Force tried to identify the alleged

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intruders and on three occasions

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launched f16 aircraft on one occasion to

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have 16 registered rapid changes in

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speed and altitude which were well

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outside of the performance envelope of

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existing aircraft nevertheless

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the virus could not establish visual

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context and the investigation revealed

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that specific weather conditions may

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have caused electromagnetic

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interferences and false radar returns

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the technical evidence was insufficient

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to conclude that abnormal air activities

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took place during that evening in short

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the Belgian UFO wave was exceptional and

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the Air Force could not identify the

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nature origin and intentions of the

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reported phenomenon thank you very much