{"type":"events","slug":"1990-belgian-air-force-reports","title":"Belgian Air Force Reports","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1990-belgian-air-force-reports","description":"After mass sightings in Belgium, the Air Force released radar and pilot accounts of triangular craft in 1990","date":"1990-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Military"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","disclosureRating":6,"lat":50.503,"lng":4.469,"connectionCount":1,"content":{"markdown":"## Official confirmation\n\nFollowing numerous public sightings, Belgian F-16s were scrambled to intercept unknown targets.[^1][^4] Pilots recorded unusual accelerations that defied standard aircraft performance.[^1][^4]\n\n## Public release\n\nThe [Belgian Air Force](/locations/belgian-air-force) took the unusual step of sharing radar prints and detailed logs with civilian researchers, strengthening interest in the broader 1989-1990 wave.[^2][^3][^5]\n\n[^1]: [Belgian Air Force report PDF copy: March 30-31, 1990](https://www.das-ufo-phaenomen.de/app/download/5789262574/Belgian_UFO_Report.pdf)\n[^2]: [COBEPS: Historique de la SOBEPS collaboration with the Belgian Air Force](https://cobeps.org/fr/historique)\n[^3]: [COBEPS: SOBEPS publications and Belgian wave scans](https://cobeps.org/fr/publications-sobeps)\n[^4]: [UFOs at Close Sight: Belgian Air Force Lambrechts report transcription](https://ufologie.patrickgross.org/htm/belrap01.htm)\n[^5]: [NARA Clinton Library PDF: IIR 6 807 0136 90 / Belgium and the UFO Issue](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/clinton/7262140/Batch0001/7262140-20060474F-001-010-2023.pdf)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"locations","slug":"belgian-air-force","title":"Belgian Air Force","url":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/belgian-air-force"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1990-belgian-air-force-reports","title":"Belgian Air Force Reports","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/events/1990-belgian-air-force-reports","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"witnesses":["After mass sightings in Belgium"],"evidence":["radar"]}