The Belgian Wave (1989)
From 1989 to 1990, thousands of Belgians — including police officers — reported huge silent black triangles with three lights. The Belgian Air Force scrambled F-16s whose radars locked onto a target making impossible maneuvers. Uniquely, the military cooperated openly with civilian investigators.
Our video summary
46 s — English, subtitled
Witnesses
Police, F-16 jets
Why it endures
A national air force admitting it can't explain what its own radars tracked.
Official version (contested)
The Belgian military concluded it was a real, unidentified phenomenon. No conventional explanation held.