16 giugno 1999 - UFO in Belgio, il rapporto De
Brouwer
A seguito delle polemiche - oramai pare che non vi sia altro, in ufologia - recentemente
riesplose sull'ondata belga, vi offriamo il rapporto steso dal colonnello (poi generale)
De Brouwer, l'ufficiale belga che innesco', con il suo coinvolgimento, l'interesse delle
autorita' per il fenomeno UFO. Vi riproponiamo il documento 'as is', come e', certi che
apprezzerete l'importanza di avere un documento in originale. Per chi non mastica troppo
bene l'inglese, diremo che la conclusione e' che "l'aeronautica belga e' stata
incapace di identificare la natura e l'origine del fenomeno; tuttavia vi sono sufficienti
elementi per escludere palloni, ULM, RPV, aerei (Stealth incluso), laser e miraggi".
"SUMMARY REPORT ON OBSERVATIONS 30-31 MARCH 1990
- BACKGROUND
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1. Starting early Dec 89 the BAF has been contacted on several occasions by
eyewitnesses who observed strange phenomena in the Belgian airspace. On
some occassions they described the phenomena as a triangle-shaped platform
up to 200 feet wide with 3 downward beaming projectors, hovering at +- 100
m above the ground and making only a very light humming noise. Some
witnesses saw the object departing at very high speed after a very fast
acceleration. All observations were made in the evening or during the
night. 2. The radar stations which had been alerted by eyewitnesses could
not definitely determine a correlation between the visual observations and
their detections on radar. On two occasions the BAF scrambled 2 F16 during
the evening hours. a.On the first occasion the F16 arrived +- 1 hour after
the visual detection. Nothing was observed. b. On the second occassion,
pilots could identify a laser-beam projector on the ground. After
investigation it appeared however that the description of the observations
totally differed from previously described phenomena. 3. Consequently the
Belgian Airforce, anxious to identify the origin of the phenomena,
authorised F16 scrambles if following conditions were met: a. Visual
observations on the ground confirmed by the local police. b. Detection on
radar.
EVENTS
4. On 30 Mar 1990 at 23.00 Hr the Master Controller (MC) of the Air Defence
radar station of Glons received a phone call from a person who declared to
observe three independant blinking lights in the sky, changing colours,
with a much higher intensity than the lights of the stars and forming a
triangle. Meteo conditions were clear sky, no clouds, light wind and a
minor temperature inversion at 3000 Ft. 5. The MC in turn notified the
police of WAVRE which confirmed the sighting at +- 23 30 Hr. Meanwhile the
MC had identified a radar contact at about 8 NM North of the ground
observation. The contact moved slowely to the West at a speed of =- 25kts
and an altitude of 10.000 Ft. 6. The ground observers reported 3 additional
light spots which moved gradually, with irregular speeds, towards the first
set of lights and forming a second triangle. 7. At 23.50 a second radar
station, situated at +- 100 NM >from the first, confirmed an identical
contact at the same place of the radar contact of Glons. 8. At 00.05 Hr 2
F16 were scrambled from BEAUVECHAIN airbase and guided towards the radar
contacts. A total of 9 interception attempts have been made. At 6 occasions
the pilots could establish a lock-on with their air interception radar.
Lock-on distances varried between 5 and 8 NM. On all occasions targets
varied speed and altitude very quickly and break-locks occured after 10 to
60 seconds. Speeds varied between 150 and 1010 kts. At 3 occasions both F16
registered simultaneous lock-ons with the same parameters. The 2 F16 were
flying +- 2 NM apart. No visual contact could be established by either of
the F16 pilots. 9. The F16 flew 3 times through the observation field of
the ground observers. At the third passage the ground observers notified a
change in the behaviour of the light spots. The most luminous started to
blink very intensively while the other disappeared. Consequently, the most
luminous spot started to dim gradually. 10. eanwhile the head of the
police of WAVRE had alerted 4 other police stations in the area. All four,
seperated +- 10 NM from each other, confirmed the visual observations. 11.
The aircraft landed at 01.10 Hrs. The last visual observation was recorded
at +- 01.30 Hrs.
CONCLUSIONS
12. The BELGIAN Airforce was unable to identify neither the nature nor the
origin of the phenomena. However, it had sufficient elements to exclude
following assumptions: a. Balloons. Impossible due to the highly variable
speeds (confirmed visually and by radar). b. ULM. Same as for balloons. c.
RPV. Impossible due to the hovering characteristics. d. Aircraft (including
Stealth). Same as for RPV. No noise. e. Laser projections or Mirages.
Unlikely due to lack of projection surface (no clouds). Light spots have
been observed from different locations. Light spots moved over distance of
more than 15 NM. Form of inlighted part of spots has been observed with
spectacles. Laser projections or mirages can not be detected by radar.
W. DE BROUWER
, Kol Vl SBH
, VS3
CUSI - Centro Ufologico della Svizzera Italiana