Cases

Every entry states what the evidence shows, who said what, and what remains unknown. The label on each case is our reasoning, shown so you can disagree with it.

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1 case

Debunked

The photograph that defined Belgium's UFO wave was staged by the man who took it

A photograph of a black triangle with four lights became the emblem of the Belgian wave. Two decades later the photographer said he had made it with polystyrene and paint.

Petit-Rechain, Liège, Belgium · 4 April 1990