Belgian Air Force F-16 radar intercept

Belgian Air Force F-16A Fighting Falcon fighter jet, photographed in 1990
A Belgian Air Force F-16A in 1990, the type scrambled after the radar contacts Pedro Aragao, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On March 30-31, 1990, two Belgian F-16s were scrambled after ground radar contacts that matched visual reports; pilots saw nothing but recorded brief radar locks. The Air Force said it could not identify the phenomena; skeptics trace the locks to the other F-16 and false echoes.

Sources

  1. PressOVNIs 1989: la Belgique voit des OVNIs partout (opens in a new tab)RTBF / 2022-07-02
  2. OtherSummary Report on Observations 30-31 March 1990 (Col. W. De Brouwer, Belgian Air Force General Staff) (opens in a new tab)Belgian Air Force (transcription hosted by ufology.patrickgross.org) / 1990-07-11
  3. OtherSkeptoid #538: The Belgian UFO Wave (Brian Dunning) (opens in a new tab)Skeptoid Media / 2016-09-27

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