SOBEPS

SOBEPS was a UFO investigation group, famed for its investigation of the black triangle incidents in Belgium, known as the Belgian [UFO wave|Belgian Wave], in 1989 and 1990.

History

The society was formed in 1971 and had 700 registered members before the end of the year. It was hosted in a small office room owned by its general secretary, Lucien Clerebaut, and its main activity was the publication of a magazine, Inforespace, in 1972. Membership rose to 1750 in 1976, and Clerebaut purchased a building in Anderlecht for the society the same year. However, its popularity then started to decline, with a drop in membership down to 500 members in 1985; Inforespace went from a publication rate of six per year down to only two per year.
But in November 1989, a wave of UFO sightings struck Belgium, bringing the SOBEPS into the mediatic spotlight. It received hundreds of testimonies and collaborated with the Belgian Air Force on a fruitless UFO hunt in April 1990.
Due to financial difficulties, the SOBEPS dissolved on 31 December 2007, and the COBEPS was formed to continue some of the SOBEPS's activities.