Near the small Flemish village of Lotenhulle, Belgium, a quite unique monument has been removed. It commemorated the sighting of five UFOs on July 21, 1955.
Former paratrooper Marin Vandercruyssen said he saw there five “silver discs” floating silently above the nearby highway. About twenty other witnesses were reportedly present.
It is curious that Vandercruyssen didn’t come forward with his story until 2004. After a second witness was found, the local municipality gave permission to place a memorial stone on the edge of the road where he made his observation. The stone was initially installed on July 5th (World UFO Day) in 2005.
The small monument, a square pyramid with sides of about half a meter, was reportedly paid for by Vandercruyssen, who was a staunch UFO believer. He chaired the East Flanders branch of the Belgian UFO Network (Bufon).
Vandercruyssen died in 2020. The monument has now been removed at the request of the family, who no longer wishes to be associated with the event.