During April 1989, the International Academy of Astronautics endorses a draft agreement (entitled the “Declaration of Principles Concerning Activities Following the Detection of Extraterrestrial Intelligence”) prepared by a special subcommittee of the SETI Committee which sets out principles for any individual, public and private research institute, or governmental agency that believes it has detected a signal from extraterrestrial intelligence. (Commonly referred to as “the SETI protocol”).

 

 

During June 1989, Jacques Vallee presents a paper entitled “Five Arguments Against the Extraterrestrial Origin of Unidentified Flying Objects” to the conference for the Society for Scientific Exploration.

 

 

 

On 7 May 1989, there was an alleged crash in Central Kalahari Desert, Botswana allegedly involving the South African Air Force and James Van Greunen. (Commonly referred to as “the Kalahari Incident”).

 

 

 

There was a sighting report at Russian Army missile base in the district of Kasputin Yar, Astrakhan Region, Russia during night of 28-29 July 1989.