Veteran Pilot Chased Lights Over Brussels but Couldn’t Catch Them
The lights have appeared six or seven times since 2022, he says. The video he filmed doesn’t reveal what they were.
A veteran commercial pilot from Sandbach, England, says he has seen lights moving in an unfamiliar way over Brussels six or seven times since 2022. There is no verified explanation, though one expert suspects they may be drones being tested in secret.
Steve Fraser, 48, is a commercial airline captain from Sandbach, Cheshire, with about 27 years of flying experience. In 2022, he saw something moving through the sky over Brussels, Belgium, in a way he didn’t recognize. Since then, he says, the lights have appeared six or seven times. The most recent sighting was in October 2026.
What He Saw
At first, Fraser thought the lights belonged to a military refueling aircraft. But their movement didn’t fit. They moved at a speed unlike anything he knew, and he pursued them for a long time without catching up. Another pilot returning from Lithuania saw the lights in roughly the same area and direction. A third pilot even asked over the radio whether there was any military activity nearby.
Fraser filmed a time-lapse video showing small lights rising from the ground, crossing the sky, and disappearing. He says he knows Starlink satellites well, and that the movement in the video doesn’t match theirs.
What the Experts Say
Metro showed the video to two UFO researchers. Both said the claims were difficult to dismiss, given the pilot’s experience. Mark Christopher Lee, a filmmaker who investigates reports of extraterrestrial life, said the sighting deserved to be documented. He also offered a terrestrial explanation: Belgium is a NATO member, so the lights could be advanced drones being tested in secret. Gary Heseltine, editor of UFO Truth magazine, said he had no doubt that the pilot had filmed the lights, calling them “a mystery worthy of serious scientific research.”
What’s Missing
No evidence has been presented to show that the lights weren’t aircraft, satellites, or drones, and the video contains no details that would identify them. Fraser says he has found no explanation and, to his knowledge, has not seen any reports by others. Lee said there is no central body in the United Kingdom that collects reports of such sightings, and that the Ministry of Defence’s reporting line closed in the 2000s. It is unclear whether any official body has been asked about these sightings.
Heseltine praised Fraser for speaking publicly. “That’s something we should encourage,” he said.
Questions & answers
Who is the pilot, and what did he see?
Steve Fraser, a commercial captain from Sandbach, Cheshire, says he saw lights over Brussels moving in a way that, in his view, didn’t match refueling aircraft, satellites, or ordinary air traffic.
Is there proof to support the claim?
No. Fraser says he has found no explanation, and the video he filmed doesn’t show enough detail to identify the lights.