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ladies and gentlemen I'm a filmmaker

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James Fox executive producer of out of

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the blue I'd like to welcome everyone

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here to today's unprecedented event as

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we take pause in honoring our country's

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servicemen on Veterans Day I would like

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to take this opportunity to thank all

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the distinguished panelists for

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traveling here from so far

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Iran Peru Chile and the UK I also want

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to thank journalists Lesley Kane the

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Coalition for freedom of information

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without her this event could not have

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happened her tireless efforts for the

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last three months were invaluable our

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panelists are about to share with you

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extraordinary experiences they've had

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while conducting their duties as

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high-ranking government a V Asian and

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military officials I'm now honored to

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present our moderator former Air Force

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captain in two-term Arizona Governor v

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Symington I'd like to welcome you all

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here today and I'd like to go over just

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the program with you so that you

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understand how it will unfold but first

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I'd like to thank James Fox for his

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unbelievable investigative work and

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research over the past 12 years on this

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subject he has really provided I think a

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great public service in an arena which

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is met with a great deal of skepticism

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and and and I just admire his courage

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and I've also very much enjoyed his

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production out of the blue I think he's

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done a great job with that but most

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importantly today is that he and Lesley

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Kane are responsible for pulling

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together this unique panel I don't think

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there's ever been a more high-level or

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distinguished group authoritative group

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that has dealt with this matter in one

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conference and I'm very excited to be a

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small part of it I would also like to

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thank Lesley Kane again I'd like to

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reiterate the fact that as you know

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she's an investigative a journalist and

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director of the Coalition for freedom of

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information and she has done a fabulous

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job in this arena and also absorbed a

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lot of the slings and arrows that are

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out there and the public arena regarding

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this subject but she's done it with

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great fortitude and in I think very good

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taste I will have I will make my formal

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remarks after all the other gentlemen at

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the at the table here to my left and

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right have made their statements and but

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I would like to just quickly discuss the

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media format each of us is going to make

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a statement don't come up to the podium

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give a two to three minute statement and

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then sit down we're going to roll

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through that part of the program so that

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everybody here can hear all of their

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testimony after that we all stand back

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up here at the podium and we will open

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this up for Q&A for credentialed members

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of the press if members of the press

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when you stand up and ask a question if

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you would state your name and your

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affiliation that would be very much

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appreciated and in my role as the

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moderator I guess I also reserve the

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right to curtail a dialogue that may go

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on too long or something for the sake of

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time we want to make sure we we get to

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everybody and that all serious questions

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are our answer I would also like to note

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that there's a document here in front of

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you to your if you're in the audience to

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your left which has been signed by all

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of us which is a request for the United

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States government to reopen and effect

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the investigation into the UFO phenomena

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which was terminated back in I believe

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1969 Project Blue Book and it's a very

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interesting document and you should read

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it

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without further ado we'll charge you

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head with our first speaker and we're on

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our way thank you

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ladies and gentlemen good morning

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my name is Wilfred de Brouwer I'm a

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retired Major General of the Belgian Air

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Force and I was chief operations in the

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Air Staff at a time that an exceptional

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UFO wave took place over Belgium indeed

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during the evening of 29 November 1989

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in a small area in eastern Belgium

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approximately 140 UFO sightings were

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reported

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hundreds of people saw a majestic

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triangle craft with a span of

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approximately hundred and twenty feet

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powerful beaming spotlights moving very

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slowly without making any significant

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noise but in several cases accelerating

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to very high speeds the following days

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and months many more sightings would

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follow the UFO wave would last more than

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a year during which a Belgian UFO

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organisation conducted more than 650

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investigations and recorded more than

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400 hours of audio witness reports on

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one occasion a photograph revealed the

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triangular shape and four light beams of

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the object I have the photograph here if

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you want to see more details later on

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but at the left of your left you see the

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original photograph at the right you can

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see an overexposed photograph which

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reveals the shape of the craft Belgium

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had no official focal point for

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reporting UFO sightings nevertheless and

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my function of chief operations I was

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confronted with numerous questions about

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the origin and nature of these cars

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and 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 Belgian 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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Paris 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