MYSTERY
CRAFT – EUPEN 1989
By Patrick Vantuyne
(update 4 – June 12. 2010)
An
update of my personal investigation in Eupen (Dec 9. 1989)
no more than two weeks after the
sighting, by two sergeant-majors (Belgian gendarmerie),
of an airborne triangular
“craft/structure” with hover capabilities, three blinding lights
pointed downwards and a
central pulsating red/orange light source
I
had the opportunity to interview both officers - alone in an office in their
casern in
Eupen
- and also visited, accompanied by them and members of the press, the two major
locations of their sighting
(see pictures)
The
second location is well documented in this article but not the first location.
Arriving
at the first location both witnesses saw an airborne triangular structure
floating
silently towards them,
halting, and finally move away from
them in opposite direction after
making a impossible manoeuvre.
Before
moving back in the direction of Eupen the triangular structure did make
a flat 180° turn
At
a later stadium - in this complex sighting - they chose to move to a second
location, a hillside,
with unobstructed view on the
surroundings (see pictures).
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When
they saw this airborne structure for the first time they decided to move to a
more safe location, away from the main
road to Eupen, next to a meadow
directly in the anticipated
flight path of the intruder.
A
flat triangular structure, with three blinding lights underneath, kept closing
in but
came suddenly to a halt, in midair, right
in front of them. From this location they had a clear view on the intruder, but
no surface details became visible under these extreme light conditions.
Only
the pulsating red-orange light source, in the centre,
revealed some intriguing
details.
In
my personal interview they explained to me that this central light source was
extremely complex
in nature, hard to describe. I
insisted to make an effort and finally they both agreed
they saw something like a rotating torus hanging underneath a dark surface.
This
torus was bathing in a yellow/reddish glow with
something moving inside.
It
was as if a pulsating light, or blob, was circling inside this circular tube/torus, they told me.
Clearly
Heinrich and Hubert had a hard time explaining to me what they really saw, at
the time, unable to compare it with
something known. Still under impression they agreed upon this
remarkable details and also the fact that this rotating structure was,
in their opinion, not really connected to the central part of the main body.
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Reading
original reports I came to the conclusion that this central light source
was even more complex and did
sometimes behave in a complex way according to
some witnesses of this triangular
“craft”.
Some
of them revealed that they saw the red central sphere move away from the main
body
to come closer or, in some cases,
just fly away. One of those witnesses was police officer Dieter Plummans (also member of the gendarmerie)
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Coming soon, derived from the original reports, more witnesses
describing this
complex phenomenon (solitary
light ball)
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Pictures with some explanation
PIC - 1 The major
witnesses, Heinrich Nicoll and Hubert Von Montigny,
with members of the press, on a small hill near
Membach (second location)
(Inserted
close ups are made at the first location)
In chasing the ”triangle”
they lost sight of it and choose this location known
for his unobstructed view on the surroundings
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PIC - 2 Heinrich Nicoll
and Hubert Von Montigny pointing to the press in the
direction
where they saw a stationary formation of lights behind the
tree line in view.
In their statement they stated that, to
their amazement, these lights suddenly moved
upwards. Once the lights cleared the tree
line they recognized the triangular structure
they were chasing in the first place.
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PIC - 3 Later that
evening I went back to this location to make me an impression
of the surroundings after sunset.
Visible to the left, on the horizon, we see
a tower in floodlights with a public belvedere
on top of it.
This tower is positioned next to a
hydroelectric dam
on the Gillepe.
In this direction, somewhat to the left of
the tower, and just arriving at this location,
both police officers witnessed a strange
lightshow low in the sky.
This show consisted of a central stationary
light producing two horizontal red beams
slowly expanding in opposite directions, and
retracting,
over and over again.
(This part of the sighting is investigated
in depth by Professor Meessen – see link)
(It’s my plan to reveal more details of
this complex sighting in the near future)
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Close up of the tower with belvedere (the
base of the tower is not visible due to a tree line)
This belvedere was not yet open to the public
at the time. Also visible in this picture, somewhat
lower, we can see the top of the church in Membach
I
choose to take pictures on both locations and was, due to this activity,
not always able to listen in to the verbal
explanations to the press, by Heinrich and Hubert.
Perhaps
it was not a good idea to leave my car behind in the casern in Eupen.
I
choose to join the photographer in his car because now I was able to speak with
both
protagonist, Heinrich and Hubert,
present in the backseats of his car. But once on location
I
had a hard time listen in, ask questions, and take pictures all at once
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Due
to this, and the time pressure, a few major errors slipped into my first
report.
I
stated in this report that no light, coming from the lights in each corner,
were visible in the atmosphere and also no light, coming from them, on the
ground.
Later
I learned that the opposite was true. Even in the freezing temperatures,
and dry air conditions at the time,
three well defined cones were clearly visible and also their effect on the
ground.
This
- partly flawed - report is now circling the internet but with my name removed.
A
the time I was the only Flemish investigator (and still I am) able to interview
Heinrich and Hubert in their casern, in Eupen, and on location.
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Immediately
after my investigation in Eupen I made contact with SOBEPS
“Société Belge d’Etude des Phénomènes Spatiaux”
in
At
the time this was the only organisation, in the French part of our country,
doing research on this kind of sightings, working close together with scientist
and universities.
Working
on location, in an office of the local press, this organisation was able to
interview hundreds of witnesses claiming having seen the same structure
floating in the sky, the same night Heinrich and Hubert were chasing this
intruder of unknown origin.
SOBEPS
cease to exist end 2007. In 2009, with the original
rapports at hand,
co-founder Patrick Ferryn chose to
partly resurrect SOBEPS, labelling it COBEPS this time.
“Belgian Society for the Study of Space Phenomena”
The
only person with a keen interest in the Eupen sightings,
also residing in the Flemish part of
my country as I am, was Jan Hertoghs.
With
his publications in HUMO TV-magazine this reporter kept the Flemish part of my
country updated
concerning this strange
sightings, happening on a regular basis, in this isolated
corner of
(more to come)
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SOME SCIENTIFIC STUDIES
(LINK to the study of the Eupen case in French – 19891129)
by
Professor Auguste
Meessen
(LINK to the study of the Ernage
case in English – 19891211)
by
Colonel Andre Amond (major witness in this case)
Major-General Wilfried De Brouwer (chief Operations of the
Belgian Air Staff, at the time).
Professor Auguste Meessen (professor emeritus of the Faculty of Science of the Catholic
University of Leuven)
Patrick Ferryn
(co-founder of SOBEPS with Lucien Clerebaut, in 1971)
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SOME DOCUMENTARIES - ON YOUTUBE - REFLECTING THE
OVERALL EXITEMENT, AT THE TIME, HERE IN
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CONCLUSION
We are, in my “year 2010” opinion, being
observed and studied
- and likely always have been -
by one or more
Extra-Terrestrial Civilisations
AND
I’m not alone - anymore - with this conclusion …
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