"Diver's Harpoon," Belgian Wave, 1989

Hand-painted scene from historical UAP sighting.
Oil on linen panel.
4" x 6"

Diver's Harpoon, Belgian Wave, 1989

On November 29th, 1989 there was an unidentified aerial phenomenon near Eupen, Belgium, which resulted in many sightings being reported. Two of the witnesses were federal policemen Heinrich Nicoll and Hubert Von Montigny. After sundown, around 5:15 p.m. they spotted a silent triangular craft with intensely bright lights - three spotlights near each corner and a red flashing light in the center. They followed it as it slowly approached the city of Eupen. It hovered over Eupen for a half hour, then headed toward Lake Gileppe, where it hovered motionless for over an hour.

During this time the craft repeated a cycle of emitting two red beams of light with glowing orbs at the tip, the apparent physics of which Von Montigny likened to a diver’s harpoon as it quickly shoots forth and eventually slows to a stop. The beams would then vanish and the orbs would return to their origin. Around 6:45 p.m. another craft briefly emerged from behind the nearby forest before heading north and as it angled toward them, Nicoll and Von Montigny were able to see a dome on top with what they described as windows.

After about 40 minutes, the first craft ended its light orb-emitting cycle and headed southwest. They later received information from their dispatch about another UAP seen north of Eupen. They drove to an observation point and witnessed it heading toward the village of Henri-Chapelle. Two of their colleagues there, Diter Plumanns and Peter Nicoll (no relation to Heinrich) observed the craft approaching from the direction of Eupen. In total, 13 officers reported seeing the UAP in eight separate locations around Eupen, along with civilians, totaling 250 eye-witnesses.