Fact check
Is it true: Belgian UFO wave (29 Nov 1989 - Apr 1990)?
Partly — it's more complicated than the claim suggests.
Thousands of witnesses in Belgium including police and military reported consistent triangular craft from November 1989 to April 1990. The Belgian Air Force confirmed radar contacts and scrambled F-16s — rare institutional corroboration. The famous Petit-Rechain photograph was admitted as a hoax in 2011. Sightings are real and unexplained; extraterrestrial origin is unproven.
The claim
Between November 1989 and April 1990, thousands of witnesses across Belgium — primarily in the Eupen and Wallonia regions — reported large, silent, triangular craft with bright lights at their corners
Key evidence
Belgian Air Force radar contacts on 30–31 March 1990
Petit-Rechain photograph: confirmed hoax (2011)
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