CaseChanging1989

Cork (Republic of Ireland), Ireland

bright diamond band on the lower rim,coloured . blue mist

Report quality: Moderate48/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (57 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1989-12-09
Where
Cork (Republic of Ireland), Ireland
Shape
Changing
Duration
20 mins
Geo
51.898, -8.471 · exact
Slug
changing-over-cork-republic-of-ireland-1989-fb80a7
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1989–1991

    The Belgian Triangle Wave

    Belgium (Eupen, Wallonia, Brussels corridor)

    The definitive black-triangle wave: silent, slow platforms with three corner lights, reported by gendarmes, air-traffic controllers, and thousands of citizens. On the night of March 30-31, 1990, Belgian F-16s scrambled…

In context

  • This is one of 4 reports logged in Cork (Republic of Ireland), Ireland.
  • This case is one of 3 Ireland reports filed in 1989.
  • Changing craft made up 1.9% of 1980s reports, vs 2.5% across the whole archive.

Report

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