This incident is Case 40 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article, since it was referred to in 59 of the books covered by that article.
This incident came second in an online poll conducted in March/April 2006 by Paul Kimball of “the UFO case with the ‘best evidence’ ever”.
This incident featured in a document (“the Rockefeller Briefing Document”) endorsed by Dr Mark Rodeghier (President of CUFOS), Richard Hall (Chairman of FUFOR) and Walter Andrus (President of MUFON) as containing “the best available evidence for the existence of UFOs”.
This incident has also featured in a list of cases produced by British ufologist Nick Pope for the Fortean Times in 2007 as part of a survey of various researchers of the ten cases from 1947 onwards that interested them the most.
This incident has also featured in a list of cases produced by British ufologist Gary Heseltine for the Fortean Times in 2007 as part of a survey of various researchers of the ten cases from 1947 onwards that interested them the most.
Web Resources
For links to various relevant documents and articles online see:
http://www.fufor.com/case89xxxx.htm
http://www.ufoevidence.org/topics/belgium.htm
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Book References
For discussion of Eupen sighting, and other sightings in Belgium, see the following:
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Alnor, William M in his “UFO in the New Age” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 184 (in Chapter 11) of the Baker softcover edition. |
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Andrews , George in his “Extra-Terrestrial Friends and Foes” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 279-280 (in Chapter 12) of the Illuminet Press softcover edition. |
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Ashpole, Edward in his “The UFO Phenomena” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 152-154 (in Chapter 12) of the Headline hardback edition. |
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Berliner, Don with Galbraith, Marie and Huneeus, Antonio in their “UFO Briefing Document : The Best Available Evidence“ (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 139-144 of the Dell paperback edition (Part 2: Case Histories, section entitled “1989-1990: UFO Sighting Wave in Belgium”) and referred to at pages 167-168. |
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Birnes, William in his “The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 30 (in an entry entitled “Belgian Triangles”), 134 (in an entry entitled “Flying Triangles”) of the Pocket Books softcover edition. |
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Brookesmith, Peter in his “UFO: The Complete Sightings Catalogue” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 141 (in Chapter 7) of the BCA hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Blitz hardback edition, and in the Barnes & Noble hardback edition published under the title “UFO: The Complete Sightings”). |
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Brookesmith, Peter in his “UFO: The Government Files” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 138-139, 142 (in Chapter 7) of the Parragon hardback edition. |
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Bullard, Thomas E in Jerome Clark’s “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 3 – High Strangeness” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 584 of the Omnigraphics hardback edition forming part of an entry entitled “Waves”. |
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Bullard, Thomas E in Jerome Clark’s “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) in Volume 2:L-Z at page 1020 (forming part of an entry entitled “Waves” at pages 1004-1023) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition. |
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Clarke, David and Roberts, Andy in their “Out Of The Shadows” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 245-246 (in Chapter 13) of the Piatkus hardback edition. |
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Cook, Nick in his “The Hunt for Zero Point” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 16 (in Chapter 2) of the Century hardback edition. |
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Danelek, J Allan in his “UFOs : The Great Debate” (2008) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 3-5 of the Llewellyn softcover edition. |
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Eccles, Tony in his “A Different Sky: Unusual Sightings and Strange Phenomena over Merseyside” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 30 (in Chapter 3) of the Bluecoat Press softcover edition. |
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Emmons, Charles F in his “At The Threshold: UFOs, Science and the New Age” (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 25 (in Chapter 2) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition. |
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Evans, Hilary in his “From Other Worlds” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 99-100 (in Chapter 4) of the Carlton hardback edition. |
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Good, Timothy in “The UFO Report 1992” (1991) (edited by Timothy Good) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page vii (in the Editor’s Foreword) of the Sidgwick & Jackson softcover edition. |
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Good, Timothy in his “Alien Liaison” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 10-12 (in Chapter 1) of the Century hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Arrow paperback edition). |
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Good, Timothy in his “Beyond Top Secret” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 296-304 (in Chapter 13) of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Pan paperback edition). |
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Greer, Steven in his “Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 189-199 (in Chapter 30) of the Crossing Point softcover edition. |
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Hall, Michael David in his “UFOs : A Century of Sightings” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 330-331 (in Chapter 11) of the Galde Press softcover edition. |
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Hall, Richard in “The UFO Evidence: Volume 2 – A Thirty Year Report” (2001) (edited by Richard Hall) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 31 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Master Chronology”), 50-51 (in Section 1), 111-112 (in Section 2, “Military Witnesses”) of the Scarecrow Press hardback edition. |
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Hansen, Terry in his “The Missing Times : News Media Complicity in the UFO Cover-Up : News Media Complicity in the UFO Cover -Up” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 35-36 (in Chapter 1), 214 (in Chapter 6) of the Xlibris softcover edition. |
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Henrickx, Pieter in “The UFO Report 1991” (1990) (edited by Timothy Good) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 41-63 (Chapter 2 generally) of the Guild Publishing hardback edition. |
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Imbrogno, Philip and Horrigan, Marianne in their “Contact of the 5th Kind: The Silent Invasion Has Begun” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 34-40 (in Chapter 2) of the Llewellyn softcover edition. |
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Kanon, Gregory M in his “The Great UFO Hoax” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 142-144 (in Chapter 9) of the Galde Press softcover edition. |
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King, Jon in his “Cosmic Top Secret” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 150-154 (in the chapter entitled “Document |
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Little, Gregory in his “Grand Illusions” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 36 (in Chapter 2) of the White Buffalo softcover edition. |
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Marrs, Jim in his “Above Top Secret : Uncover the Mysteries of the Digital Age” (2008) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 202 (in a chapter entitled “What Flew Over Phoenix?”) of the Disinformation softcover edition. |
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Matthews, Tim in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 327, 328 (in an entry entitled “Man-made UFOs”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at page 320 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition). |
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Matthews, Tim in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 394-395 (in an entry entitled “Man-made UFOs”) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Matthews, Tim in his “UFO Revelation” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 102-112 (in Chapter 9 generally) of the Blandford softcover edition. |
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Matthews, Tim in his “UFO Revelation” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 1-2 (in Chapter 1) of the Blandford softcover edition. |
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Missler, Chuck and Eastman, Mark in their “Alien Encounters: The Secret behind the UFO Phenomenon” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 71-74 (in Chapter 3) of the Koinonia House softcover edition. |
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Picknett, Lynn in her “The Mammoth Book of UFOs” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 146-148 (in Chapter 2) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Pope, Nick in his “Open Skies, Closed Minds” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 131-141 (in Chapter 8) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition, with the same page numbering in the Pocket Books paperback edition. |
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Pope, Nick in Greer, Steven’s “Disclosure : Military and Government Witnesses Reveal the Greatest Secrets in Modern History” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 297 (in Section 4) of the Crossing Point softcover edition. |
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Randle, Kevin and Estes, Russ in their “Spaceships of the Visitors” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 236-247 (in Part 4) of the Fireside softcover edition. |
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Randle, Kevin in his “Conspiracy of Silence” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 190-192 (in Chapter 9) of the Avon paperback edition. |
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Randle, Kevin in his “Project Moon Dust” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 215-230 (in Chapter 12 generally) of the Avon softcover edition. |
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Randles, Jenny and Hough, Peter in their “Encyclopedia of the Unexplained” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 58 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Space Invaders”) of the Brockhampton hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny and Hough, Peter in their “The Complete Book of UFOs” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 339-347 (in Chapter 33 generally) of the Piatkus softcover edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in “The UFOs that never were” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) by Jenny Randles, Andy Roberts and David Clarke at pages 186-187 (in Chapter 9, by Jenny Randles) of the London House hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “Alien Contact – The First Fifty Years” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 120-121 (in the chapter entitled “1990”) of the Collins and Brown hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “From Out of the Blue" (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 204 (in Chapter 20) of the Berkley paperback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “Something in the Air” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 152-156 (in Chapter 11) of the Hale hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “The Little Giant Encyclopedia of UFOs” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 116-117 (in Part 1, “A UFO Timeline”), 262, 264-265 (in Part 3, “UFOs Worldwide”) of the Sterling softcover edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “UFOs and How to See Them” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 90-91 (in Chapter 4) of the Brockhampton Press hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in Tim Matthews’ “UFO Revelation” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 10 (in the Foreword) of the Blandford softcover edition. |
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Redfern, Nicholas in his “A Covert Agenda” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 188-191 (in Chapter 13) of the Simon & Schuster hardback edition. |
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Ritchie, David in his “UFO : The Definitive Guide” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 26 (in an entry entitled “Belgian incidents”) of the MJF hardback edition. |
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Sellier, Charles E and Meier, Joe in their “UFO” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 214-218 (in Chapter 12) of the Contemporary Books hardback edition. |
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Sheffield, Derek in his “UFO : A Deadly Concealment” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) generally, particularly at pages vii-ix, 10-43,118-175, 186-254, 260-269 (in Chapter 1) of the Blandford softcover edition. |
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Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne in their “Fifty Years of UFOs” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 142-145 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “1987-1997”) of the Boxtree hardback edition. |
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Strieber, Whitley in his “Breakthrough“ (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 268 (in Chapter 20) of the Harper Collins hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Pocket Books paperback edition) at page 281 of the Harper Spotlight paperback edition. |
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Sutherly, Curt in his “UFO Mysteries: A Reporter Seeks the Truth” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 192 (in Appendix 2) of the Llewellyn softcover edition. |
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Swartz, Tim in his “Secret Black Projects of the New World Order: Anti-Gravity UFOs, Black Helicopters and Mysterious Flying Triangles” (1998) at pages 58, 59 (in Chapter 6) of the Global Communications softcover edition. |
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Thompson, Richard in his “Alien Identities: Ancient Insights into Modern UFO Pheonemena” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 102-103 (in Chapter 3) of the GHP revised softcover edition. |
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Turner, Karla in her “Into the Fringe” (1992) at pages 237-238 (in the Epilogue) of the Berkley paperback edition. |
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Van Dyk, Gregory, with relatively extensive extracts, in his “The Alien Files” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 137 (in Chapter 5) of the Element paperback edition. |
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Van Utrecht, Wim in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 101-105 (in an entry entitled “Belgian UFO wave of 1989- |
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Van Utrecht, Wim in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 115-119 (in an entry entitled “Belgian UFO wave of 1989- |
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Van Utrecht, Wim in “UFO: 1947-1997” (1997) (edited by Hilary Evans and Dennis Stacy) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 165-174 (section entitled “The 1980s”, unnumbered chapter entitled “The Belgian 1989-1990 UFO Wave”) of the John Brown hardback edition. |
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Wright, Susan in her “UFO Headquarters” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 73-75 (in Chapter 4), 133 (in Chapter 7) of the St Martin’s Press softcover edition. |
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