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The Belgian Air Force's most dramatic scramble involved two F-16s achieving radar lock on a triangular craft nine times — each time the craft performed evasive maneuvers reducing its speed from 280 mph to 20 mph in a second. The general of the Belgian Air Force held a public press conference confirming the event.
On the night of March 30–31, 1990, two Belgian Air Force F-16A fighters were scrambled from Beauvechain Air Base following 2,600 civilian reports and confirmed ground radar tracking of a large triangular object over the Wavre area near Brussels. The F-16 crews achieved radar lock on the object nine separate times during a 75-minute engagement. Each time lock was achieved, the object performed evasive maneuvers of extraordinary capability — on one occasion reducing speed from 280 km/h to 20 km/h in under one second while simultaneously changing altitude by 3,000 feet, then accelerating back to 280 km/h. No known aircraft can replicate these performance parameters without killing the occupants. Major General Wilfried De Brouwer of the Belgian Air Force held a full public press conference on April 22, 1990 — with the radar tapes played publicly — confirming the event and stating 'No conventional explanation exists.' He stated: 'The Belgian Air Force has had no choice but to admit that its fighters could not intercept the object.' The event became the most officially documented triangle sighting in European history.
This incident is indexed as file DoD-B10-023inside Now Declassified's research layer. The nearest official source trail for this agency points to NARA RG 615 / OSD, where archive records, imagery, or supporting context are published for public review.
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