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11/29/89 - near Eupen, Belgium, two police officers, twilight
| Report Summary | "As darkness was beginning to descend... two sergeant-majors of the Belgian
gendarmerie who were on patrol on the road from Eupen to Kittenis in the
Hautes Fagnes region of Belgium noticed a phenomenon 200m away, to one side
of the road. It was moving slowly and was some 300m above the field that
bordered that side of the road. Both police officers noted that it appeared
to be a dark triangular platform with three powerful lights shining from
its underside to the ground below. It also had a central red light that
pulsated from red to orange. "The object turned towards them and passed over their vehicle, illuminating the whole area and becoming more clearly triangular in shape as it did so. It appeared to be almost noiseless, emitting only a soft humming sound as it passed overhead. "It then proceeded towards Eupen... and stopped motionless above the dam at Gileppe for a period of 45 minutes. It finally moved in the direction of Baelen and Spa, where it disappeared. "...the Belgian AFB at Bierset... together with Glons and Butgenbach, had detected scans on their radars. "...This whole incident [lasted] for 2.5 hrs and was witnessed by 19 other gendarmes... [and other] witnesses from [numerous areas]. "55 mins later, the same two police officers witnessed another large triangular platform - only this time apparently much larger - appear from almost ground level from behind a clump of trees. It described a climbing turn, all the time rotating slowly in the horizontal plane, following the course of a nearby main road. It seemed to be maintaining a relatively slow speed, estimated at 65 kph."[footnote 1] |
| Hynek Classification | NL or CE-I (borderline distance) |
| Original Vallee Classification | Type I |
| Current Vallee Classification | MA1 |
| Minimum Distance | 200 m (600 feet) |
| Object Appearance | Dark triangular platform with lights at each corner shining downward. A central light pulsated between orange and red. |
| Object Behavior | Lifted from a landing or low hover near trees. Flew over police vehicle. Hovered over dam for 45 mins. Departed. A similar object lifted from a landing or low hover near trees and followed a main road at an estimated 65 kph |
| Physical Effect | Detected on radar |
| Medical Effect | None |
| Comments / Conclusion | The first incident of the 1989-1990 Belgian flap. Similar in some ways (behavior and large object size) to the Hudson Valley incident. |
Footnotes
1. UFO: A Deadly Concealment, Derek Sheffield, ISBN 0-7137-2620-2, p 16