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📖 Term · 4 min readBlack triangleA black triangle is a type of UFO report describing a large, dark, triangular object usually seen at night with pulsing colored lights at the corners. Numerous sightings have occurred internationally since 1960, including prominent waves in the Hudson Valley,…🛸 Case · 13 min readBelgian UFO waveThe Belgian UFO wave was a series of reported sightings of large, dark, triangular objects with lights in the skies over Belgium, beginning near Eupen on 29 November 1989 and continuing into the 1990s. The events gained significant attention due to official i…🗓️ Event · 6 min readNIDS black triangle studyThe National Institute for Discovery Science conducted a study, released in 2004, analyzing nearly 400 reports of large, low-flying triangular craft across the United States and Canada. Led by Colm Kelleher and funded by Robert Bigelow, the research concluded…🗓️ Event · 6 min readBritish embassy report on triangles (1992)In December 1992, the British air attaché in Washington sent a letter to the Ministry of Defence detailing American reactions to renewed British questions about the rumored secret "Aurora" aircraft and related triangular craft sightings. The letter explained …🗓️ Event · 3 min readLemoore triangle sightingsIn 2011, a former U.S. Navy serviceman named Angelo Accetta witnessed a slow-moving triangular object with bright white lights at its corners over Naval Air Station Lemoore in California.

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