You say that we don't live in the same world. I put it to you that I am the one living in the real one.
The figures regarding this wave came from SOBEPS, a Belgian UFO invstigation group who throughout the wave were given access to work very closely with the Belgian gendarmrie and military.
Yes, I don't doubt that some people jumped on the bandwagon and reported things of their own but we are talking about a huge number of sightings here. The first sightings in that wave were made by two gendarmes near Eupen. They said that they witnessed a huge black triangle that flew soundlessly and hovered very low above them. They followed the thing for a long time and were able to observe it closely. Other gendarmes reported the exact same object (just as many police,military personel, and civilians did in Britain a year later).
Why should these people, many in positions of trust, want to report such a crazy story?
Also, why, if the whole thing was just media hype as you say, did your military say that there was something going on in their airspace that they could not explain? The fact that there was a media flap was a direct result of what was going on. Cause and effect in that order, and not in the way you suggest.
You also question the validity and source of my information. As well a good deal of litrature, I have video recordings of the actual press conference in which your miltary gave a full explanation of the events and admitted that they were baffled. I have also heard an interview with one of the F16 pilots involved.
I am sorry Plato, but as far as I can see the fact that you put all these events down to a media hype is simply ridiculous. Remember, you started this post by asking for some evidence. I am trying to provide it for you and you appear to simply disregard it.
This, unfortunately, is the classic response of the debunker and simply closing your eyes and ears to this mystery will not make it go away.
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The figures regarding this wave came from SOBEPS, a Belgian UFO invstigation group who throughout the wave were given access to work very closely with the Belgian gendarmrie and military.
Yes, I don't doubt that some people jumped on the bandwagon and reported things of their own but we are talking about a huge number of sightings here. The first sightings in that wave were made by two gendarmes near Eupen. They said that they witnessed a huge black triangle that flew soundlessly and hovered very low above them. They followed the thing for a long time and were able to observe it closely. Other gendarmes reported the exact same object (just as many police,military personel, and civilians did in Britain a year later).
Why should these people, many in positions of trust, want to report such a crazy story?
Also, why, if the whole thing was just media hype as you say, did your military say that there was something going on in their airspace that they could not explain? The fact that there was a media flap was a direct result of what was going on. Cause and effect in that order, and not in the way you suggest.
You also question the validity and source of my information. As well a good deal of litrature, I have video recordings of the actual press conference in which your miltary gave a full explanation of the events and admitted that they were baffled. I have also heard an interview with one of the F16 pilots involved.
I am sorry Plato, but as far as I can see the fact that you put all these events down to a media hype is simply ridiculous. Remember, you started this post by asking for some evidence. I am trying to provide it for you and you appear to simply disregard it.
This, unfortunately, is the classic response of the debunker and simply closing your eyes and ears to this mystery will not make it go away.
[This message has been edited by Spadge (edited June 24, 1999).]
[This message has been edited by Spadge (edited June 25, 1999).]