DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS. 1947THADMINISTRATIVESUPPORT GROUP

WASHINGTON DC
A HFC 1981
Mr. Peter A. Cersten
Rothblatt, Rothblatt and Seijas
191 East 161st Street
Bronx, New York 10451
Dear Mr. Gersten
Please refer to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated 28
September 1981 and our letters 5 and 20 November 1981.
The document "Now You See It, Now You Don't", has been reviewed, determined
releasable, and is attached.
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Sincerely
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"Now Yo u See It,
N o w Yo u Do n' t"
ANNE WILKINSON
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EDITORIAL 1
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COMPLETING THE "BIG PICTURE" 7
NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T 8
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NOWYOU SEE IT, NOWYOU DON'T! ( U)
Co p fa i n H enry S. Sh/ eUs , H Q ( / SAH / / N O M P
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So meti me i n hi s ca reer, ea ch p i lo t ca n exp ect to enco unter
s tra nge, unus ua l ha p p eni ngs w hi ch w i ll neverbe a dequa tely o r
enti rely exp la i ned by lo gi c o r s ubs equent i nves ti ga ti o n. T he fo llo w -
i ng a rti cle reco unts jus t s uch a n ep i s o de a s rep o rted by tw o F -4
P ha nto m crew s o f the Imp eri a l Ira ni a n Ai r F o rce duri ng la te 1976.
N o a ddi ti o na l i nfo rma ti o n o r exp la na ti o n o f the s tra nge events ha s
been fo rthc'o mi ng; the s to ry w i ll be fi led a w a y a nd p ro ba bly fo r-
go tten, but i t ma kes i nteres ti ng,a nd p o s s i bly di s turbi ng, rea di ng.
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Unti l 003 0 o n a clea ra utumn mo rni ng, i t ha d been a n
enti rely ro uti ne ni ght w a tch fo rthe^mp eri a l Ira ni a n Ai r F o rce's
co mma nd p ostji n the T ehra n a rea . In qui ck s ucces s i o n, fo ur ca lls
a rri ved fro m o ne o f the ci ty ' s s uburbs rep o rti ng a s eri es o f s tra nge
a i rbo rne o bjects . T hes e Uni denti fi ed F ly i ng O bjects ( UF O s ) w ere
des cri bed a s 'bi rd-li ke
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, o ra s bri ghtly -li t heli co p ters ( a ltho ugh
no ne w ere a i rbo rne a t the ti me). Una ble to co nvi nce the ca llers
tha t they w ere o nly s eei ng s ta rs , a s eni o r o ffi cer w ent o uts i de to
s ee fo rhi ms elf. O bs ervi ng a n o bject to the no rth li ke a s ta r, o nly
la rgera nd bri ghter, he i mmedi a tely s cra mbled a n IIAF F -4 to
i nves ti ga te.
" Ap p ro a chi ng the ci ty , the F -4 p i lo t rep o rted tha t the
bri lli a nt o bject w a s ea s i ly vi s i ble 70 mi les a w a y . When a p p ro xi -
ma tely 25 N M di s ta nt, the i ntercep to r lo s t a ll i ns trumenta ti o n a nd
UH F / Interco m co mmuni ca ti o ns . Up o n brea ki ng o ff the i ntercep t
a nd turni ng to w a rds hi s ho me ba s e, a ll s y s tems returned to no rma l,
a s i f the s tra nge o bject no lo nger rega rded the a i rcra ft a s a threa t.
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a djus ti ng thei rni ght vi s i o n devi ces fo rla ndi ng. T he la ndi ng w a s
furt her co mp li ca ted by exces s i ve i nterference o n UHF a nd a further
co mp lete lo s s o f a ll co mmuni ca ti o ns w hen p a s s i ng thro ugh a 150
degree ma gneti c bea ri ng fro m the home ba s e. T he i nerti a l na vi ga -
ti o n s y s tem s i multa neo us ly fluctua ted fro m 3 0 to 50 degrees . A ci vi l
a i rli nera p p ro a chi ng the a rea a ls o exp eri enced a s i mi la r co mmuni ca -
ti o ns fa i lure, but rep o rted no unus ua l s i ghti ngs .
Whi le o n a lo ng fi na l a p p ro a ch, the F -4 crew no ted a further
UFO. T hi s w a s des cri bed a s a cy li nder-s ha p ed o bject ( a bo ut the
s i ze o f a T -3 3 tra i ner) w i th bri ght s tea dy li ghts o n ea ch end a nd a -
fla s her i n the mi ddle. It qui ckly a p p ro a ched a nd p a s s ed di rectly
o verthe F -4. In a ns w erto the p i lo t's query , the co ntro l to w er
rep o rted no o thera i r tra ffi c i n the a rea , a ltho ugh they s ubs equently
o bta i ned a vi s ua l s i ghti ng o f the o bject w hen s p eci fi ca lly di rected
w here to look.
T he fo llo w i ng'da y , the F -4 crew w a s flo w n by heli co p ter
to the lo ca ti o n w here they beli eved the o bject ha d la nded. T hi s
turned o ut to be a dry la ke bed, but no thi ng unus ua l w a s no ti ced.
As the heli co p terci rcled o ff to the w es t, ho w ever, a very no ti cea ble
beep er s i gna l w a s recei ved, a nd eventua lly tra ced to a nea rby ho us e.
T hey i mmedi a tely la nded a nd a s ked the i nha bi ta nts i f a ny thi ng s tra nge
o r unus ua l ha d o ccurred the p revi o us ni ght. Yes , they rep li ed,
there ha d been lo ud no i s es a nd a very bri ght li ght, li ke li ghtni ng.
T he heli co p terreturned to ba s e a nd a rra ngements w ere ma de to
co nduct va ri o us tes ts , s uch a s ra di a ti o n checks , i n the vi ci ni ty o f
the ho us e. Unfo rtuna tely , the res ults o f s uch tes ts ha ve no t been
rep o rted.
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A s eco nd F -4 w a s s cra mbled ten mi nutes a fterthe fi rs t.
T he ba cks es i ter rep o rted ra da r-lo ck o n the UF O a t 27 N M / 12 o 'clo ck
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hi gh p o s i ti o n, a nd a ra te o f clo s ure o f 150 kno ts . Up o n rea chi ng the
25 N M p o i nt, the o bject bega n ra p i dly mo vi ng a w a y to ma i nta i n a
co ns ta nt s ep a ra ti o n di s ta nce w hi le s ti ll vi s i ble o n the ra da r s co p e.
Whi le the s i ze o f the ra da rreturn w a s co mp a ra ble to tha t o f a KC-
135, i ts i ntens e bri lli a nce ma de es ti ma ti o n o f a ctua l s i ze i mp o s s i ble.
Vi s ua lly , i t res embled fla s hi ng s tro be li ghts a rra nged i n a recta ngu-
la r p a ttern a nd a lterna ti ng blue, green, red, a nd o ra nge. T hei r
s equence w a s s o fa s t tha t a ll co lo rs co uld be s een a t o nce.
As the F -4 co nti nued p urs ui t s o uth o f T ehra n, a s eco nd
bri ghtly -li t o bject ( a bo ut o ne- ha lf to o ne-thi rd the s i ze o f the mo o n)
deta ched fro m the o ri gi na l UF O a nd hea ded s tra i ght fo rthe F -4 a t a
hi gh ra te o f s p eed. , T he p i lo t a ttemp ted to fi re a n AIM -9 mi s s i le a t
the new o bject but w a s p revented by a s udden p o w erlo s s i n hi s
-w ea p o ns co ntro l p a nel. UH F a nd i nterna l co mmuni ca ti o ns w ere
s i multa neo us ly lo s t. T he p i lo t p ro mp tly i ni ti a ted a turn a nd nega ti ve-
G di ve to es ca p e, but the o bject fell i n behi nd the F -4 a t 3 -4 N M
di s ta nce. Co nti nui ng the turn, the p i lot o bs erved the s eco nd o bject
turn i ns i de o f hi m a nd then a w a y , s ubs equently returni ng to the p ri -
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T he tw o UF Os ha d ha rdly rejo i ned w hen a s eco nd o bject
deta ched a nd hea ded s tra i ght do w n to w a rd the gro und a t hi gh s p eed.
H a vi ng rega i ned w ea p o ns a nd co mmuni ca ti o ns s y s tems , the a i rcrew
w a tched the thi rd o bject, a nti ci p a ti ng a la rge exp lo s i o n w hen i t s truck
the gro und. H o w ever, i t la nded gently a nd ca s t a bri ght li ght o ver a
tw o -three ki lo metera rea . T he p i lo t flew a s lo w o verthe a rea a s
p o s s i ble, fi xi ng the o bject's exa ct lo ca ti o n.
Up o n return to ho me ba s e, bo th crew men ha d di ffi culty i n
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Concerning the Tehran, Iran UFO incident. I appreciate the USAF release
and Tehran J ournal clipping. As you stated, both the USAF release and the
report of the USAF Captain are similar in nature. It is my hope that you
can find contacts to research further into this case in an effort to give
credence to the Captains report. I would like to help, in this area, but
am not in the position to do so at this time. If you find any additional
information pertaining to this case in particular, please keep me informed.
It is my belief that the information given by the Captain concerning
this matter is probably still classified for the following reasons:
1. The public knew about the U.S. arms. shipments and advisors sent to Iran
but, at the time, did not know the extent of U.S. - Iran involvement, such
as the joint military excerises etc.
2V"Ft" is""commori knowledge th'a't the" USAF still investigates" UFO sfghtTngS
and withholds case information from the public because of the case classifi-
cation. The information concerning the US F- 4 aircraft with American pilots
intercepting the UFO over Iran was changed to the current version stating it
was an Iranian encounter with Iranian aircraft. This was probably due to the
usual fashion in which the USAF handles these types of incidents, that is
non- acknowledgement.
. Maybe someday the truth will be found pertaining to this case; in the
mean time I hope I've been of service by gathering this current information.
If I can be of further assistance please let me know.-
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Mr. Andrus:
Concerning the Tehran, Iran UFO case. I have gone further into the case
and found out that what information the Captain had pertaining to the case
was second hand information.
His information was; while stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany,
he conversed with other pilots whom he knew well. In one of the offices of
the squadron noticed. a plaque with nothing but the inscription 81st Squadron
The UFO Chasers. He inquired to other pilots into what the plaque meant.
Information given to him as follows:
1. Sighting Place - Tehran, Iran
2. Date - 1976
3 . 52 Tactical Fighter Wing/ 81st Squadron was detached down to an Air
Base~near Tehran, Iran.
4. This sq. of F-4s (American) from Spangdahlem, Germany was called
upon to intercept a UFO seen by civilians near Tehran. (No note if military
radar painted UFO).
5. Two American F-4s with American Pilots scrambled to intercept UFO
near Tehran. .
(a) One of the F-4s has trouble with electrical systems and returns
to base.
(b) Remaining F- 4 continues own course to intercept UFO
6. The F- 4 intercepts UFO with visual on target acquistion lock on
(Radar Paint)
7 . The F- 4 locks on target (UFO) and arms sidewinder missies to fire
on the UFO.
(a) F- 4 electrical system fails and Weapons Arming malfunctions".
(b) F- 4 pilots reports complications to ground base. Base Command
orders F- 4 back to base. - ~ ~ '
8. The F- 4 is orderd back to the Air Base after reporting to base of its
systems dump (malfunction).
9. UFO shoots small glittering projectile towards american F- 4, while
F- 4 is heading back to base.
10. F- 4 makes tight manuevers to out run pursuing small projectile.
11. As the F- 4 nears the Air Base projectile discontinues chase and leaves
area.
12. The F- 4 lands with crew shaky (in shock) ajid pilots are told to keep
sighting and interception of UFO to themselves.
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INFORMATION BULLETIN *
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causes, and is not affiliated in any way with any other organi-
zation. |
A long, expensive struggle with tjhe U. S. Government has
finally drawn to a close with the release of a three page
classified message concerning a UFO incident that took place
in Iran on 19 September 1976.
During the UFO {conference in Acapulco it was announced
that a 1'-2 inch thick document had been prepared on the Iran
case and th it had been distributed to the highest levels of
the U. S. Government. (This thick document never did surface
during my investigation.)
When I returned from Acapulco in April, 1977, I made some
inquiries but without results. Finally, I filed three Freedom
of Information Act requests. I chose Naval Intelligence, Air
Force Intelligence and the C. I. A. as likely possibilities.
The Central Intelligence Agency has not yet stated whether or
not thev have the Iran document. The Agency has responded only
by stating that they are behind on fulfilling FOTA requests.
I v/as told that last Mav! The < "!. I. A. is on the distribution
list of the document that I received, however. Reports in the
newspapers have indicated that the C. I. A. is allowed to operate
rather freely in Iran in exchange for the Iranian counterpart
being able to operate in this country in order to be able to
keep tabs on the Iranian students studying here. I am not
aware that the C. I..A. or the U. S. Government ha=i confirmed
this however. If it is true, it is to be expected that the C. I. A.
has done its usual thorough job and that a very important report
exists somewhere within the C. I. A.
Bv the time of my departure to the U. S. in mid- J une, I
had heard from all three Agencies in one form or another. As
usual, the efficient Navy was fjrst to answer. The Command
files were being searched and that I would be notified of the
results. The Air Force had also been contacted and "...while
that office (Office of Infoir&ion, Secretary of the Air Force)
has jtiad a similar _r^ue_st_ for ^nformaiion, il_is__unaware of the__
existence of any report pertaining to the events described.".
Naval Intelligence Command was able to find nothing although the
Chief of
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In a letter fro m AJ r F o rce Intelli gence da t ed 27 M a y 1977
i s the fo llo w i ng s la tement: " A co p v o f a n i ntelli gence rep o rt
INFORMATION BULLETIN?! Page 2
concerning the incident was found within this Headquarters;
however, the Air Force does TO t have disclosure authority for
this report. Your request has been forwarded to the Defense
Intelligence Agencv." .
The reason for my trip to the U. S. was to attend two UFO
conventions as well as to visit the Pentagon. During the next
three weeks I was in the Chicago area staying with a friend of
many years standing. Since I had heard nothing in several
weeks concerning my FOIA request, I decided to call Mr. A. V.
Krochalis of the Naval Intelligence .Command. I explained what
had happened and he .gave me the telephone number of Mr. J ohn
Brock, a lawyer with the D. I. A. If the report mentioned by
the Air Force were denied, ray appeal would probably go through
his office. I called Mr. Brock. No decision had been made
concerning my request and would I mind calling back the next
day. I called the next day and was asked to call again in two
days. I called at the time and Mr. Brook to'ld me the matter had
been taken out of the hands of the office with which he was in
contact and that there were now "six or seven other agencies
involved." A few days later a letter dated 17 J une 1977 from
the D. T. A. arrived, '"^he Defense Intelligence Agency does
not have a requirement for the information you seek. Your
request has been deferred -to the Aeency having an interest in
this subject and we have requested it provide you an- expeditious
reply on. this matter."
I made a few more telephone calls in order to learn more
about that Afrencv having an' interest, in the subject matter of
my request. Although I was not requested to keep the information
I .was given confidential, the person who gave it to me has
.apparently been subjected to discipline procedures. Until I
pan personally verify that this is so, I have decided to with-
hold the name of the person involved as well as the information
I was ffiven. If this person has suffered, I find it reprehensible
that something like this can take place in an Administration
that has loudly proclaimed that it is goiner to tell the people
the truth. If it is within my power to do so, I am going to
protest this incident to the highest levels of the Executive
Branch of the U. S. Government.
Mv request was being handled by the Office of Information
and Securitv Review. Lt. Col. Ozrow E. Baker informed me that
the Office of the J oint Chiefs of Staff and the; Office of the
INFORMATION BULLETIN II
Secretary of Defense were now involved, Mv request was being
examined from three viewpoints: operations, intelligence, and
foreign policy. Several days and many phone calls later I was
informed by L^n Baker that mv request had been denied. In the
interest of national security, not one word of the document
would be released to me. A'letter to that effect had been sent
to Berlin. i informed LTC Baker - that 1 wished to appeal the
decision. He .stated he had assumed I would do so. 1 planned
to visit Washington, D. C. soon and l would personally deliver
my appeal letter.
During my stay in the Chicago area, 1 had met the President
of the Center For UFO Studies, Mr. Sherman J , Larsen. He was
most interested in this case and when he learned of the denial
he stated he wouH attempt to have U. s. Senator Adlai Stevenson
make an inquiry about the situation.
Later, 1 learned that Phil Klass had expressed an interest
in my work on this case and i called him. He invited me to
spend a few days with him. 1 accepted and after the MUFON
Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, flew to Washington, D. C.
Phil was a fine host.
While staying with Phil i wrote my appeal. Phil suggested
that I enclose a copy of the NICAP article on the Iran case
as part of my appeal. He also suggested a small change in the
interest of clarity. I accepted both suggestions. He then
typed the letter, whi< hh i delivered to the Pentagon. Phil also
visited Charles W. Hinkle, Director, Freedom of Information and
Security Review as well as Mr. Leslie A. J anka, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense. Phil requested that the document be
released in its entirety.
My appeal was in and I departed for Berlin 25 J uly 1977.
After nearly five weeks I received two calls from the U. S.
from persons interested in the case, l decided to call LTC
Baker (.He had been on vacation when I was in Washington, D. C. )
and was informed that a time extension was needed and that a
letter was on its way to me. The letter arrived and mentioned
consultation with akc agency having substantial interest in the
subject matter of my request, which was a UFO incident. 1
called LTC Baker again and asked if i could be told the name of
the "agency". He stated he did not see why notThe Department
of State! He also stated that the message, with three small
INFORMATION BULLETIN
deletions, had been mailed to me. i made arrangements with him
to have a copy released to the NATIONAL ENQUIRER. The Pentagon
had decided that in fairness to me, thy would wait until l had
my copy before the document was released to the public.
I
Why the NATIONAL ENQUIRER? In Acapulco, I had met Bob
Pratt, UFO reporter for that paper. I was impressed with his
"no nonsense, just give me the facts" approach and 1 agreed to
stay in contact with; him. I kept him informed as to the progress
of this case. Also, the NATIONAL ENQUIRER has, in my opinion^
done more over the years to keep the UFO controversy before the
public than any other newspaper. 1 realise there is a great
deal of junk in the paper but they have helped the Ufologists.
However, to the best of my knowledge the paper has not yet run
the story.
Why wasithe message released? When Bob Pratt spoke with
LTC Baker a few days previous to my calls, he had received the
impression the message.would be denied a second time. It appears
that in the meantime the inquiry from Senator Stevenson arrived
at the Pentagon. This was perhaps the deciding factor.
My copy arrived 9 September 1977 by registered letter. I
was departing in a few hours for the MUFON, Central European
Section, Conference in Munich so, without even having, read the
document, I visited an office within the Berlin Brigade to have
the "Governmentese" deciphered; While there, I received the
impression that this document had been taken seriously by the
U. S. Government. The document originated in the Military
Attache Office (Tehran) and, was sent to the followfag: D. I. A.,
Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Commander
in Chief of the U. S. Air Force, Europe, Commander in Chief of
U. S. Forces, Europe, etc. The message- was retransmitted by
the Office of the J oint Chiefs of Staff to the following:
Secretary of State, C. I. A., N. S. A., White House,- Chief of
Staff U. S. Air Force, Chief of Naval Operations, and the
Chief of Staff U. S. Army.
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The U. S. Government must be given credit for releasing
this document. In my opinion, it shows a respect for the
common sense of the American people. There will be no panic
or fear aroused among the populace. Let us hope that this
is only the beginning of a new openess on the part of the U. 'S.
Government.
Here is the text of the message: "...This report forwards
information concerning the sighting of an UFO in iran on 19
September 1976. . . .
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A. At about 1230 AM on 19 bep 7 6 the ^(Deleted by
the State Department) received four telephone calls from
citizens living in the Shemiran area of Tehran saying that
they had seen strange objects in the sky. Some reported a kind
of bird- like object while others reported a helicopter with a
light on. There were no helicopters airborne at that time.
^Deleted by the State Department). - - after he told
the citizens it was only stars and had talked to Mehrabad tower
he decided to look for himself. He noticed an object in the sky
similar to a star bigger and brighter. He decided to scramble
an P-4 from bhahrokhi APB to investigate.
B. At 0130 hrs on the 19th the P- 4 took off and proceeded
to a point about 40 NM north of Tehran. Due to its brilliance
the object was easily visible from 7 0 miles away. AS the P- 4
approached a range of 25 NM he lost all instrumentation and
communications ^UHF and intercom).. He broke of the intercept
and headed back to Shahrokhi. When the P- 4 turned away from the
object and apparently was no longer a threat to it the aircraft
regained all instrumentation and communications. At 0140 hrs
.a second P- 4 was launched. The backseater acquired a radar
lock on at 27 NM, 12 o'clock high position with the VG (rate
of closureJ at 150 NMPtt. As the range decreased to 25 Nm
the object moved away at a speed that was visible on the radar
scope and stayed at 25 NM.
C. The size of the radar return was comparable to that of
a 7 07 tanker. The visual size of the object was difficult to
discern because of its intense brilliance. The light that it
gave off v/ as that of flashing strobe lights arranged in a
rectangular pattern and alternating blue, green, red and orange
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in color. The sequence of the lights,was so fast that all the
colors.could be seen at once. The object and the pursuing F-4.
continued on a course to the south of Tehran when another
brightly lighted object estimated to be one half to one third
the apparent size of the moon came out of the original object*.
This second object headed straight toward the F- 4 at a very fast
rate of'speed. The pilot attempted to fire'an AIM- 9 missile at
the object but at that instant his weapons control panel went
off and he lost all communications (UHF and interphone). At
this point the pilot initiated a turn and negative G dive to
get away. As he turned the object fell in trail at what appeared
to be about 3- 4 WM. As he continued in his turn away from the
primary object the second object went to the inside of his turn
then returned to the primary object for a perfect rejoin.
.D. Shortly after the second object joined up with the
primary object another object appeared to come out of the
other side of the primary object going straight down at a great
rate of speed. The .F-4 crew had regained communications and the
weapons control panel and watched- the object approach the
ground anticipating a large explosion. This object appeared to
come to rest gently on the earth and cast a very bright light
over an area of about 2= 3 kilometers. The crew descended from their
altitude of 26 M to 15M and continued to observe and mark the
object's position. They had some difficulty in adjusting their
night visibility for landing so after orbiting Mehrabad a few
times they went out for a straight in landing. There was a lot
of interference on the UHF and each time they passed through a
mag. bearing of 150 degree .from Fhrabad they lost their comm-
unications (UHF and interphone) and the ins fluctuated from 30
degrees- 50degrees. The one civil airliner that was approaching
.Mehrabad during this same time experienced communications failure
in the same vicinity (.Kilo 7 ul1l;(?; but did not report seeing
anything. While the F- 4 was on a long final approach the crew
noticed another cylinder shaped object (about the size of a
T- bird at 10M) with bright steady lights on each end and a
flasher in the middle. When queried the tower stated there was
no other known traffic in the area. During the time that the
object passed over the F- 4 the tower did not have a visual on
it but picked it up after the pilot told them to look between
the mountains and the refinery.
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E, During daylight the F-4 crew Was taken out to the area
in a helicopter where the object apparently Zhad landed. Nothing
was noticed at the spot where they thought the object landed
(a dry lake bed} but as they circled off to the west of the area
they picked up a very noticeable beeper signal. At the point"
where the return was the loudest was a small house with a garden.
They landed and asked the people w thin if they had noticed
anything strange last night. The people talked about a loud
noise and a very bright light like lightening. The Aircraft
and area where the object is believed to have landed are being
checked for possible radiation. (.Deleted by the State
Department) More information will be forwarded when it
becomes available."
End of text. It is clear why the U. 3. Government denied
this document to me originally. Its release is certainly the
mos't important thing with which I have been associated in the
field of Ufology. 1 am looking forward to further developments
in this area from the Carter Administration.
NM stands for nautical mile,about 6076 feet. Also, blue
flashing lights are not allowed on aircraft from our planet,
international agreements are quite precise which colors are used;
where they are to be placed. Fortunately, whatever the UFus are,
they do not seem to be aware of these agreements. Perhaps they
are aware and simply do not care. Either way it is an interesting
thought.
Charle's A. Buffer
UFO-b'IG Coordinator
Member, American Mensa, Ltd.
European Address
Flanagan btrasse 3, Apt. 21
1000 .Berlin (West; 33
Germany
Tel. (030) 813 6260
U. b. Address
Dep a rtment o f M a thema ti cs
B erli n Ameri ca n H i gh Scho o l
AP O , N Y 09742
T el. ( .030; 819 6391
P a ge 6.Secti o n 3 H o us to n Chro ni cle F ri da y , Ja nua ry 19,1979
8
BY WAR D SINCLAIR
a nd ART H AR R IS
1979, Lcs Angeles T i mes -
Wa s hi ngto n P ost N ew s Servi ce
WASHINGTON Duri ng Uvo w eeks i n
. 1975, uni denti fi ed, lo w -fly i ng a nd elus i ve
objects w ere s i ghted nea ra s tri ng o f the
na ti o n's s up ers ens i ti ve nuclea r mi ssi le
la unch s i tes 2nd bo mberba s es , a cco rdi ng
to Defense Dep a rtment rep o rts .
The s i ghti ngs , ma de vi s ua lly a nd on
ra da r by a i r a nd gro und crew s a nd
sa bota ge-a lert forces, o ccurred a t i ns ta l-
la ti ons i n M o nta na .M i chi ga n a nd M a i ne,
a nd led to extens i ve but uns ucces s ful Ai r
Force a ttemp ts to tra ck a nd deta i n the
objects.
-;Ai r Force a nd Defense Dep a rtment
reco rds va ri o us ly des cri be the o bjects a s
heli cop ters, a i rcra ft, unkno w n enti ti es
a nd bri ghtly li ght ed, fa s t-mo vi ng vehi cles
tha t hovered o vernuclea rwea p o ns s to r-
a ge a rea s a nd eva ded a ll p urs ui t effo rts .
' In s evera l i ns ta nces , a fterba se s ecuri ty
ha d been p enetra ted, the Ai rForce s ent
fi ghter p la nes a nd a i rbo rne co mma nd
p la nes to ca rry on the unsuccessful p ur-
s ui t. T he reco rds relea sed T hurs da y do
no t i ndi ca te i f the fi ghters fi red o n the
i ntruders.
T he documents a lso gi ve no i ndi ca ti o n
tha t the a i rs p a ce i ncurs i o ns p ro vo ked
much mo re tha n loca l co mma nd co ncern.
But a No v.'11, 1975, di recti ve fro m the
o ffi ce o f the secreta ry o f the Ai r Force
i ns tructed p ubli c i nfo rma ti o n s ta ffers to
a voi d li nki ng the sca ttered si ghti ngs un-
less s p eci fi ca lly a s ked.
T he Defens e Dep a rtment p o s i ti o n, ci ted
i n tha t memo a nd rei tera ted T hurs da y by
a dep a rtmenta l s p o kes ma n, i s tha t fo rma l
i nves ti ga ti o n o f uni denti fi ed fly i ng o bjects
( UF O s ) ended i n 1969 a nd tha t there were
no p la ns fo rrenew ed Ai rForce i nves ti ga -
ti o n.
Yet a notherAi rForce i ntelli gence re-
p ort i ndi ca ted extens i ve i nteres t i n a 1976
i nci dent overIra n, w hen tw o Ira ni a n Ai r
Force F-4 P ha nto mfi ghter p la nes w ere
s cra mbled to enco untera bri ghtly li ghted
o bject i n the s ki es nea rT ehra n.
T he o bject w a s tra cked by Ira ni a n
ground ra da r, seen i ndep endently by the
crew o f a co mmerci a l a i rli ner a nd p ur-
sued by the F-4s, w hi ch, a cco rdi ng to the
rep ort, exp eri enced a brea kdown of thei r
electro ni c co mmuni ca ti o ns devi ces w hen
i they nea red the o bject.
T he rep o rt, co mp i led by Ameri ca n o ffi -
'ci a ls, sa i d tha t the electroni c w ea p o ns
sy stem o f o ne o f the p la nes w ent dea d
w hen i ts p i lot p rep a red to fi re a n AIM -9
missile a t a sma llerobject tha t a p p ea rd
to roa ro ut fro m the la rgervehi cle.
T he p la nes ' electroni c equi p ment re-
p ortedly beca me o p era ti ve a fter they
' veered a w a y fro m the s ma ller o bject,
w hi ch ha d returned to the la rgerli ght, the
rep ort sa i d. Ira ni a ns descri bed the la rger
object, w i th colored, fa s t-fla s hi ng li ghts,
a s the size of a Boeing 707 jetli ner.
The i nfo rma ti o n on the 1975 a nd 1976
si ghti ngs records fro m the Ai r Force
a nd the N o rth Ameri ca n Ai r Defense
Comma nd ( N O R AD) wa s turned
to Gro und Sa ucer Wa t ch ( GSW), a
P hoeni x-ba sed o rga ni za ti o n tha t moni tors
UF O rep o rts.
GSWo bta i ned the i nfo rma ti o n thro ugh^
a F reedo m-o f-Info rma ti o n reques t to the
Ai rForce, o ne o f a numberi t ha s ma de to
government a gencies i nvolved i n UFO
i nves ti ga ti o ns .
A s i mi la rreques t to the CIA, ma de both
by GSWa nd the Wa s hi ngto n P o s t, res ult-
ed i n the CIA's turni ng o ver a lmo s t 900
p a ges o f do cuments rela ted to i ts mo ni to r-
i ng of UFO rep orts si nce the 1950s.
The CIA wa s di rected by a U.S.Di stri ct
Co urt judge here la s t y ea rto turn o verto
Gro und Sa ucerWa tch" UF O da ta unrela t-
ed to na ti o na l s ecuri ty .
The a gency , a cco rdi ng to GSWo ffi ci a ls
a nd a tto rney s , a p p a rently ha s w i thheld
s o me UFO reco rds , a nd GSWsa y s i t i n-
tends to seek furtherco urt a cti on i n the
ca se.
The CIA do cuments a re la rgely a col-
lecti o n of w o rldw i de i ntelli gence rep orts,
new s p a p era rti cles a nd a gency memo ra n-
da rela ti ng to UFO si ghti ngs a nd theori es
of extra terres tri a l li fe.
T he CIA's p o s i ti o n, rei tera ted T hurs da y
by a sp okesma n, i s tha t i t ha s ha d no
i nvo lvement w i th UFOs since 1953, w hen
a sp eci a l s tudy p a nel co ncluded tha t they
p resented no threa t to na ti o na l s ecuri ty .
Whi le memo s fro m a s recently a s 1977
a re i ncluded i n the 879 p a ges, the CIA
s p o kes ma n sa i d the a gency conti nues to -
be "a p a ssi ve reci p i ent" of UFO da ta ,
even tho ugh no ne o f the ma teri a l i s
a na lvzed
SSE
UFO-Phantoms
in chaseover
South Tehran
-TEHRAN Two jet fi ghters
o ff
1
the Imp eri a l Ira ni a n Ai r
Eorce were cha sed by a
bri ghtly li t, uni denti fi ed fly -
i ng object over the s uburbs
i f T ehra n on Sa turda y ni ght
Autho ri ti es revea 'led^Sunda y .
The, UFO wa s fi rst sighted
fli y M ehra ba d Ai rp ort Co n-
ntro l Tower o ffi ci a ls w ho s a i d
'the object w a s fly i ng a t a n
^a lti tude of a bo ut 6,000 feet
"overthe s o uthern a rea o f the
ci ty fla shi ng a lterna te red,
blue a nd green li ghts.
Thfe ^control to wer a utho-
^ ri ti es i mmedi a tely i nfo rmed
'the Ai r Force w hi ch sent
> two P ha nto ms o ff i n p urs ui t
' of "the rep orted UFO.
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T fi e two P ha nto m p i lots
eventua lly ca ught up wi th
w ha t they descri bed a s a
"round body " due south of
Tehra n but, a s the a i rcra ft
a p p roa ched, the UFO i ncrea s-
'ed sp eed to wha t wa s rep or-
r
ted a s " ma ny ti mes the
''sp eed of sound" a nd then
Uurned i n i ts course to cha se
'the P ha ntoms.
One of the p i lots sa i d tha t
. a lthough the P ha nto ms
.broke the so und ba rri er' i t
wa s i mp ossi ble to ca tch up
'wi th the object.
* La te / Sa turda y ni ght the
'Ettela 'a t eveni ng da i ly rep o r-
ter who broke the story i n
T ehra n, sa i d tha t hi ghlv i n-
"formed' sources ha d told hi m
tha t the p i lots tri ed to op en
fi re on the object w hen i t
beca me obvi ous i t wa s cha n-
..ging.its course a ga i ns t- them
but, i nexp li ca bly , thei r elec-
troni ca lly -
(
op era ted devi ces
"fa i led 'to resp ond. ,
The sa me sources told the
Ettela 'a t rep o rter
t
tha t once
tbe-object .ca me,- i nto a fi ve,
ki lo meter-ra di us w i th the
P ha ntoms a ll electro ni c a p -
p li a nces o n thei r a i rcra ft
went out of a cti on a nd they
lost ra di o control.
The UFO rep o rtedly
ga ve cha se only for a short
whi le befo re ta ki ng o ff a t
_grea t_ sp eed a nd di s a o p ea r
" i ng over the hi lls s o uth of
Key .
One of the p i lots, a utho ri -
ti es sa i d, rep orted to M eh,r-
a ba d Control Tower duri ng
the cha s e tha t he ha d seen
a " bri ght o bject" s ep a ra te
fro m the UF O a nd fa ll i nto
the hi lls below. He describ*
ed i t a s a " ro und bo dy " w i th
a ci rcumference of a bout 4.5
meters whi ch would i ndi ca te
the reop rted UFO wa s of
qui te ma s s i ve s i ze.
The Genda rmeri e p ost a t
Ami na ba d outsi de of Rey ,
wa s i mmedi a tely a lerted a nd
a n a ll-ni ght sea rch took
p la ce overthe hi lls i n the re-
gi on to try a nd fi nd the ob-
ject.
L a te Sunda y ni ght rep orts
on whether ornot the Gen-
da rmeri e sea rch p a rty ha d
fo und a ny thi ng were con-
fli cti ng. One source sa id
tha t no thi ng ha d been fo und
i n the hunt tha t conti nued
o n i nto Sunda y mo rni ng
whi le o thers reno rted tha t
" somethi ng" ha d been fo und.
The a uthenti ci ty of the
object, however, a lrea dy con-
fi rmed by severa l control
tower offi ci a ls a t M ehra ba d
a nd the tw o p i lots, w a s fur-
therba cked|up Sunda y ni ght
by ey ewi tness rep orts 'jji
the a rea . P eop le; i n
vi ci ni ty rep o rtedrha vi ng seen
a "bri ght bod.y ? fli t a cross
the; sky w hi le* ~o thers cla i m-
ed to ha ve^seen '.'some bri ght
thi ng" fa lli ng fro m the sky .
Investi ga ti ons* i nto the
unus ua l ci rcumsta nces a re
sti ll co nti nui ng.
Sa turda y 's s p o tti ng of a
fly i ng s a ucer wa s not the
fi rs t reDo'rted i n Ira n..M a ny
ca ses of p eop le sp o tti ng un-
i denti fi ed fly i ng objects ha ve
^been
r
p revi ously i nvesti ga ted
w i th the lifsf bei ng rep orted
fro m. B uy ri U-nea r ' Bushehr
la s t M a y .
There, p eop le cla imed
they ha d seen a 'Sfly i ng 'Ob- *
ject enci fei ed by ^Se^^nd^
p urp le li ghts" la ndi ng, i n ~* a
deserted sp ot No evi dence
w a s fo und to sup p ort ' thi s
cla i m, however.
Ea rli er i n Ap ri l a less se-'
ri o us cla i m wa s ma de by
a ma n fro m Cha lus w ho sa i d
he ha d been "whi sked a boa rd
a fly i ng_s a ucer i n the woods
a nd ca rri ed off to Isfa ha n."
The la st event o ccurred o n
the 13th da y of the P ersi a n
new y ea r, a da y of na ti ona l
p i cni cs, a nd dozens of p eo-
p le out i n the sa me a rea
rep orted tha t they to o ha d
seen a my s teri o us object
p a s s i ng by .
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(KAYHANINTERNATIONAL, September 21,1976.
Her Imperial M aj esty yesterday received M me. M ery, the w ife of General Guy M ery, the visiting
French Chief of Staff.
The Air Forcei
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and the bright
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thing in the sky
A
N D'no w ... the REAL
story a bout tha t "UFO".'
Unfo rtuna tely , i t's not qui te a s
exciting a s the ta les we've been
hea ri ng overthe la st da y , or.two
a bout the'bri ght light "thing" tha t
a llegedly ha d thV'a uda ci ty to
cha se two jets of the Imp eria l
Ira ni a n Ai rForce across Tehra n.}
- Neverthelessji the true fa cts a s
outli nedi by /i a n offi ci a ljource_y esTj:
terda y 'Sti fi bha ve'the hng olscience
fi cti on a bout them. "
p
The source sa i d i ndi vi dua ls ,
telep honed M ehra ba d Ai rp ort's i
control tower to rep ort a bri ght j
li ght i n the ni ght sky . Two jets
were scra mbled to i nvesti ga te a nd
one of the p i lots rep orted seeing
a n object wi th a li ght so bri ght it
i llumi na ted the ground below.But
the a p p a ri ti on soon di sa p p ea red
a nd ... tha t's i t.
:
The p ilot di d not rep ort seei ng
red, blue a nd green fla shi ng li ghts ,
a s the, newsp a p er rep orts sa i d. '
And most emp ha ti ca lly , sa id the
source, i t di d not swi tch round a nd
Ha se the jets. _
between P i lot 'J' a nd ground con-
trol, ,in whi ch he rep orted the
di fferent li ghts a nd the cha se, left
the offi ci a l "fra nkly p uzzled."
But he a greed tha t there wa s
no a p p a rent exp la na ti on forwha t
the p i lot DID see.
Well, fa rbe i t from us to scoff
a t the UFO theory .Aftera ll, they
ha ve just op ened a sp ecial a irp ort
i n Fra nce for, UFOs, a rgui ng tha t
;<
the rea son none ha ve la nded on
ea rth before i s tha t there wa s
nowhere forthem to la nd.
P erha p s
j
ourUFO'lost i ts wa y I
i n the da rk,'. _ '
Investi ga ti ons a re conti nui ng. ~
]
n ess visits
^ The newsp a p er rep orts a lso
sa id tha t when the object cameto
\wthi n fi ve" ki lometres Q Fthe jets,
a lUelectnca J a jjp li a nces^on-the
a i rcra ft
1
went^ out of .a cti on, they
Idst' ra dio' conta ct
5
wi thftfi e ground
(
a nd could not fi re on the object a s
they i ntended^ < ' *'
Not so, said the offi ci a l. The
0
,
p i lots ma de no a ttemp t to op en j
fi re 'a nd a t no ti me di d the a ir-
cra fts' electronic gea rfa i l to func-
ti on. ' c
And, since every thi ng on the
p la ne fro m controls to fuel p ump
i s electronica lly op era ted, i t's a
li ttle p uzzli ng to fi gure out how
the p la ne could p ossibly ha ve kep t
i n the a ira ny wa y .
The offi ci a l summed.i t a ll up
by sa y i ng the rep orts, whi ch fi rst
a p p ea red i n a fternoon p a p ers on
Sunda y , were "exa ggera ted" A
rep o rted verba ti m conversa ti on
UFO Report
UFO REPORT :
By Robert Barry, Director
; . 20th Century UFO Bureau
' " " %
" In o ur la st co lumn we to ld o f a n '"
Ira ni a n Ai rfo rce p i lot's p urs ui t of a n
uni denti fi ed bri lli a nt fly i ng o bject o n
Sep tember 19. ,1976. nea r the ci ty o f -
T ehra n. As hi s p la ne drew closer to the
o bject, hi s co mmuni ca ti o ns equi p ment
a ruT i ns trumenta ti o n beca me i no p era ti ve,
(
s o the p i lo t deuJed to return to hi s ba s e.
Sho rtly a fter thi s , w hen he w a s returni ng
to Sha hro khi Ai r Force Ba se, nea r
T ehra n^ a ll co mmuni ca ti o ns / la a nd
i ns trumenta ti o n,, i n, the p la ne o nce ga i n
p erfo rmed no rma lly .
T en mi nutes la ter, a t 1:40 a .m..
a no ther s cra mble w a s o rdered a nd a
second F -4 thundered do s vn the runw a y
"a nd w a s a i rbo rne w i th i ns tructi o ns to
a ccomp li sh w ha t the fi rs t jet w a s una ble
-,to do - i ntercep t a nd i denti fy .
' Dra w i ng nea rerto the my s tery o bject,
conta ct wa s ma de o n ra da rby the p la ne's .
crew. T he si ze o f the return o n the scop e
ga ve the i ndi ca ti o n t ha t the s ky cra ft w a s
a s la rge a s a 707 jet a i rli ner. T o the na ked -
ey e.i t w a s di ffi cult to determi ne the si/.c
due to the bri lli a nce o f \hc o bject.
As the i ntercep to rco nti nued i ts ( li ght
p a th, i t w a s co nfi rmed tha t they w ere
closi ng the ga p betw een the two. When
the F-4 rea ched the s a me di s ta nce fro m
the my s tery cra ft tha t the p ri o r loss o f
(Continued from page 6)
co mmuni ca ti o n o ccured to the fi rs t
p la ne,, the ' ET I ( Extra -T erres tri a l
Intelli gence) cra ft bega n to a ccelera te a t a
fa sle: p a ce tha n the jet wa s tra veli ng.An
a ttemp t w a s ma de by the p i lo t ( L t
F a fa ri ) to close the di s ta nce on the UFO.
He co nti nued to cha se the object through
the ni ght s ky o verIra n.
Somethi ng unus ua l now ta kes p la ce.
The UFO ejected a sma llerbri lli a nt o bject
a nd i t i mmedi a tely beca me a p p a rent, too,
tha t thi s my s tery Ji ght wa s zero i ng i n on
the F -4 i ntercep to r. Wha t w o uld y o u do
~ i f y ou were i n comma nd?
The o bject wa s a p p ro a chi ng a t a hi gh
ra te of sp eed. The deci si on wa s ma de by
Lt F a fa ri to cut loose w i th a n AIM -9
missile.Wa s thi s y o urdeci si on also? Let's
see i f i t wa s a co rrect one.
When the p i lot a ttemp ted to fi re the
mi ssi le, i mmedi a tely the w ea p o ns co ntro l
p a nel beca me i nop era ti ve a nd a t the same'
^ /ti me he a lso lost a ll co mmuni ca ti o ns . He
wa s now exp eri enci ng the sa me thi ng the
fi rs t i ntercep to r's crew w ent through.
Now we ha ve a rea l p ro blem. He could
.. not conta ct hi s ba se to ca ll for a ssi sta nce,
for hi s co mmuni ca ti o ns uni t i s dea d. He
could not fi re hi s mi ssi le, beca use the
wea p ons p a nel bo a rd wa s dea d. Wha t
next? '
Wi th no other defense left, the next
decision wa s to turn the F-4 sha rp ly 'a nd
di ve i n a n a ttemp t to eva de the
a p p roa chi ng p rojecti le fro m the sp a ce
cra ft This wa s a nother w ro ng deci si on,
for the object i mmedi a tely cha nged
course when the jet ma de i ts ma neuverto
di ve a nd conti nued to tra i l the
i ntercep tor.
As i f ti red of p la y i ng ga mes, the
p ursui ng object i ncrea sed i ts s p eed, cut to
the si de of the turn by the F-4, cli mbed
up a nd a wa y , a nd returned to the huge
ETI cra ft
Those Ira ni a n Ai r Force i ntercep to r
p i lots jus t i refus ed to gi ve up . When the
sma llerobject returned to the ma i n cra ft,
Lt Fa fa ri brought to a n end the di ve a nd
bega n cha si ng the s p a cecra ft.Once a ga i n
the w ea p o ns co ntro l p a nel a nd the
co mmuni ca ti o ns uni t were i n full
op era ti on.
The F-4 crew wa s a ma zed to see
a no ther object emerge fro m the si de of
^ the ETI cra ft a nd go i nto a fa st di ve

r
"towa rd the ea rth. As the o bject
a p p roa ched la nd, i t slowed a nd gently
la nded i n the lulls below. When thi s
o ccured, the ma i n sp a ce cra ft p ut o n a
' " burs t o f sp eed a nd left. T he la nded o bject
, ca st a n extremely bri ght li ght overa n a rea
. es ti ma ted to be 1H mi les i n di a meter.
L t. F a fa ri to o k the jet i ntercep to ra t a
lower a tti tude a nd ci rcled ca refully ,
noti ng the p osi ti on of the object on ea rth
a ou. i i i c uew li i eri nea o eo o a cx.to w a rd
Sha hro khi Ai r Fo rce Ba se wi th some
di ffi culty i n rega i ni ng thei rni ght vi si on a s
the res ult o f w a tchi ng the bri lli a nt li ghts
of the la nded UFO. Whi le returni ng, they
no ti ced the UH F ra di o uni t ha d unus ua lly
hea vy i nterference.At ti mes they lost a ll
co mmuni ca ti o ns ea ch ti me thei r p la ne
p a ssed thro ugh a certa i n ma gneti c
bea ri ng. Another p la ne wa s i n the a rea
a nd i t, too, exp eri enced the sa me thi ng
- wi th i ts co mmuni ca ti o ns uni t w hen i n the
sa me ma gneti c bea ri ng. *
The next mo rni ng a heli cop ter wa s
di s p a tched to the a rea w here the la nded
UF O s ettled. N o thi ng co uld be fo und,
but a stra nge beep i ng to ne w a s hea rd o n
thei r co mmuni ca ti o ns uni t i nsi de the
heli cop ter. A .nea rby fa rm house wa s
noti ced a nd they la nded the chop p er,
a p p roa ched the fa rm house, a nd -
questi oned i ts o ccup a nt i f he ha d noti ced
a ny thi ng unus ua l the ni ght befo re.Yes he -
di d. He sa w a bri lli a nt li ghted o bject la nd
on hi s p ro p erty some di sta nce fro m the
house a nd a lso hea rd a lo ud beep i ng noi se
comi ng fro m i t, ,Is i t p ossi ble w ha tever
la nded ha d somethi ng to do w i th a
"homi ng devi ce"? And i f so, wha t will i t
be used for? Though they co uld no t fi nd
the la nded o bject from the ni ght befo re, -
the beep i ng tone wa s sti ll bei ng hea rd on
the mi li ta ry p la ne's communi ca ti on uni t.
The Uni ted Sta tes go vernment i s a w a re
of this ca se but ha s deci ded to rema i n
si lent a bo ut i t, a nd the na ti ona l news
medi a ha s been dep ri ved of the rep o rt a s
a result. Certa i nly thi s i s a n i nci dent tha t
could be cla ssi fi ed a s a " fea rful" si ght i n
. the hea vens! ' " ]
We a re li vi ng the ti mes the Bi ble
p rop hecy sp ea ks of w i th a ll s uch events a s
fea rful si ghts a nd grea t si gns fro m hea ven,
ea rthqua kes i n ma ny p la ces, wa rs a nd
rumo rs o f wa rs. Fa mi ne a nd o ther
p redi cted events a ll o ccuri ng i n our ti me
p oi nt to the soon return of Jesus Chri st,
God's Son, to cla i m those tha t ha ve
rep ented of thei r si ns a nd beli eved on
Hi m. When thi s event ta kes p la ce, will
y ou be rea dy ? - .
A closi ng remi nder o f the a nnua l -
w eek-lo ng UFO co nference a t the Ca p e "
Ca na vera l B i ble Co nference, Ca p e
Ca na vera l, Flori da , begi nni ng F ebrua ry
^1 9, 1977. Wa tch forthe next co lumn, a s I
wi ll rela te p a rt of the p la nned
p res enta ti o ns - a co nference tha t should
top them a ll i n sli de p res enta ti o ns a nd
di scussi ons. P la n to a ttend a nd ma ke
reserva ti ons now. Come a nd ha ve
fellowshi p wi th o thers na ti o nw i de a nd
fro m Ca na da tha t a re extremely
i nteres ted i n w ha t's goi ng on i n the ski es
a bove us a nd of p ro p heti c up -comi ng
events. Fo ry o urres erva ti o ns w ri te o rca ll
the Ga tewa y to the Sta rs M otel, 8701
As tro na ut Blvd., Ca p e Ca na vera l, Flori da
32^20. P ho ne 3n5-783-0"?61.
i 5a te of Ao tunl Si ghti ng 30jr&ewber IB.
, Ira n
Trent fosV.
.e Da lly Bulleti n" o? Sep tember22, 1976
le, Q uo ena i a nd, A
U F O C H
- Sftp tenber ?.! ( Austra li a n Associ a ted P ress) - Ira ni a n
a uthori ti es co nfi rmed hrs toda y tha t two M .rForce P hi nton Jet
cha sed a fly i ng sa ua erovr the ca p i ta l on Sa turda y ,
Fra ncs* P ressa rep orr.a d. *h two p j.lota rep orted xhey
cha sed i n t-hei rturn by Kjftri uu8 o bjects , ^htt i ntercep tors
J;p ok off a fter L^li r'a ba d < 2i vi ^i rp ors oontrol^.ers sp otted a
round oh joe t ^i vi ni ? off red, hlufl a nd p reen i i fn\ t *he * ehra B^
p ress < ni otd the p i lots a s sa y i ng tha t vhea they i nterca i jted
the ea ucera t a n a lti tude of 1800 neters, i t shot off a t severa l
ti ss 8 the sp eed of sound only to return a nd mi rsua th^ss, i ^a n
the p i lots a ttested to op fi r on i t, thei relectroni cs a nd
r.i i o-coKWuni ca ti on sy stessa \ ^re s uddenly p a ra ly ned.
( 2nd of Arti cle fron Austra li a )
From: J .L. Warren
Au
e- 5, 1979
To: Dialogue/ FORUM, Omni Magazine.
UFO Over Iran
J ames 0|berg's article for UFO Update in the August i: sue
is rhetorical prose at its worse. He has used inuendo, guilt
by association, introduced facts that were not part of the original
story and shown them to be false, introduced the presence of
J upiter and all but ".stated that it is the cause of the event
while choosing to ignore radar lockons by the F-^ chasing the
object. I could go on but it would serve no purpose. Those
of us who have studied the Iranian case know that O^berg's
"pr~ese~ntation of the~case^is distorted- -by- h=is-=pe respective. ^The _ _ = _ .
fact of the matter is that neither o|berg nor the National
Enquirer's Blue Ribbon Panel were in Iran that night. The events
occured 3 years ago and are becoming dim memories in the minds
of the people who experienced them. All we have left are
second and third hand stories. This is the fate of all UFO
events to date.
I was on the Enquirer's Panel that judged this case as
"the most scientifically valuable UFO case reported in 19?6."
1 would like to think that we did a little more than "merely
agree that it sounded like a good story"" as Ofberg stated.
We found lots of inconsistancies in the documents available.
I have identified at least three versions of the story.
Furthermore I compiled a list of questions and tried to talk
to the Iranian general who authorized the release of the original
story. He insisted that the quest ions" be~submit"ted "in writing
through the embassy. This I did, but received no reply. It
is no longer possible to use this case as evidence that UFOs
are vehicles for an intelligent species of beings. If, however,
you believe that UFOs are vehicles based on the enormous number
of reports over the past thirty years, then you can try to
separate the wheat from the chaff and look for clues, as a
detective would, which might lead us to an understanding, of
how these vehicles operate. We are almost in the position of
c
an aborigine trying to dedue the operation of the internal
combustion engine without being able to lift the hood of the
car.
To: Omni torum J Lw, Aug.5,197 9
subject: UFO Over Iran (continued)
- 2-
The tentative clues that 1 got irom this sighting are the
following. electrical and electronic gear can be selectively
turned off or jammed at a distance of 15 to 25 miles. The UfO
was observed to change shape by the air traffic controller at
Mehrabad airport. We have several sketches by the same observer.
Furthermore the object was observed " t o disappear and reappear
some distance away. Another, but much weaker clue, comes from
one version of the story which says that 20 degree swings of
the indicator on the inertial guidance system were noted along
irections^of^jflight._ Ijf J bhe guj.dancje_system_operateg^ ^-"^^L
a fairly stable gyroscope, then we may be seeing distortions of
the gravitational field. The fact that smaller objects were
seen emerging from the main UFO whose estimated size by radar
was about that of a Boing 7 07 is a further clue. Let me
speculate about these clues. Feeble forms of psychokinesis
have been demonstrated by such people as Ingo Swann during a
series of experiments at SRI. An advanced form of this
laboratory demonstrated phenomena could explain the jamming of
aircraft electronics and the turning off of automobile engines
in other cases. The changing shape may tell us that we are
not dealing with a solid object which must obey the ordinary
laws of physics, but rather with a "hole" &in the fabric of
space. The lights associated with the UFO may be the energy
price that must be paid for opening up this hole. Disappearing
and reappearing is closing one hole and opening- another. It
is very likely that anything that effects the fabric of space
must effect gravity. Einstein's general theory of relativity
showed that gravity is a distortion or curvature of space around
massive objects. The inverse must also be true. The fact that
objects came out of this luminous UFO suggests that this hole
in space is in fact a door through which matter from another
star system may enter our world. Perhaps we had better start
examining the topology of a five dimensional universe. It is
one thing to speculate but is another thing to prove that you
are right. We are a long way from that.
To: Omni Forum J L. , Au. 5, 1979
Lubject: UFO Over Iran (continued)
- 3-
Olberg ti.il es the Enquirer's Blue hibbor Panel to task: for
endorsing the Iranian case without a thorou^ h investigation.
The Panel is not a scientific investigative body. It is a
C
group of scientists who meet one or twice a year to discuss
A
stories selected by the Enquirer's Minipanel of representatives
from the major civilian organizations: NICAP, APRO and MUFON.
toe have not seen a reported case strong enough to be considered
proof that UFOj are vehicles, but we have seen many cases that
provide us with tentative scientific clues which may help
e.
- someone -in_=the=iutur e_
the reward money is to encourage more people to make good
reports, i.e., multiple witness, investigated by government
sanctioned bodies like the police or Air Force, demonstrating
new physical effects.
What would be scientific proof? The only acceptable
proof is a close encounter of the 3rd kind as depicted in
the movie or the nearly complete wreckage of a flying saucer
in the Smithsonian Museum for all to look at. I personally
do not think that we will see either during our life time.
I think that we must take the clues that we have, although many
of them may be false, and try to explain them by mathematical
theories and then by laboratory experiments.
J ohn L. Warren, PhD
Los Alamos Scientific Lab.
Los Alamos, IWT87545
PHYSICS
MD)
,70/53
EL,,
PHILIP J. KLASS
56O "N" STREET. S. W.
W ASHING TON. D. C. 2OO24
Sept. 2, 1978
Mr. W. Todd Zechel
Prairie du Sac, Wise. 53578
Because I am about to depart for a brief holiday and a business trip to
the mid- west, I will reply here only to one of the gross errors and falsehoods
to be found in your recent White Paper FL- 3 of unknown date. This is your claim
that I resorted to falsehoods in matters pertaining to the Iranian UFO incident
in communications with you and Stan Friedman. You claim:
To Summarize.- Klass told Friedman on Dec. 21, 1977, that he had received a
" full,.unexpurgated version of the 'Iranian UFO Report' a few weeks before
the Pentagon finally got approval from Iran to release it." This would mean
that Klass possessed a classified document which had been transmitted to him
through the mail, which is in serious violation of the national security and
espionage laws. One certainly would expect that "the commander of the U.S.
Military A ssistance Group in Iran" would not violate these laws merely in
order to provide Klass with a copy of the message.
On 07 August 1977, Maj. Gen. Kenneth P. Miles, Chief of MAAG in Iran, in reply
to my request, wrote to enclose several items about the UFO incident. (See Ex-
hibit "A"). One of these items was a photo-copy of a two-page UNCLASSIFIED
summary of the debriefing of the second F-4 crew in which USAF officers partici-
pated. (See Exhibit "B") Why a security classification of "Confidential" was
added, and by whom, when this unclassified debriefing report later was sent by
teletype dispatch to Washington is beyond me!
Continuing with your allegations:
However, since Klass indicated on September 4, 1977 [in telcon with Zechel]
that he had not seen the report [the classified teletype dispatch], only
Klass can clarify in which instance he was lying. Was he lying when he
indicated to me [on Sept. 4] he hadn't seen the report some five days after
it had been released? Or was he lying when he told Friedman he obtained the
report "a few weeks" before it was released.
NEITHER1 The declassified copy of the teletype dispatch was sent to me on
Friday, Sept. 2, 1977, by Capt. J ohn A. Worthington, DoD Public Affairs, as
indicated by Exhibit "C". Because he sent the letter to my office, and
because there are no Saturday/Sunday deliveries even if I had gone into the
office over the weekend, it should be clear to you that the earliest possible
date I could have received his letter would have been Monday, Sept. 5.
Thus, when you called me at my home on Sunday, Sept. 4, and I said that I
had not yet received a copy of the recently declassified teletype dispatch, I
was telling the truth. And until I did receive it, and could compare it with
the unclassified debriefing summary report supplied to me by Gen. Miles, I had
no way of knowing whether the two were" identical.
Thus, what you interpret as falsehoods on my part are in fact gross errors
of interpretation on your part.
Mr. W. Todd Zechel: -2- Sept. 2, 1978
I assume that after you have carefully examined the three enclosed exhibits
you will publicly admit that you made a serious error in charging me with false-
hoods on this issue.
While examining Exhibit "B" you will discover you made still another error.
The debriefing summary was not written by USAF Col. Frank McKenzie, as you claim,
but by Lt. Col. Olin Mooy, who signed the report. When I interviewed Mooy in
his home last December, he told me that he and Col. Jerry J ohnson (now retired)
were invited to the debriefing by the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Mooy said
that J ohnson wrote the original draft report and that Mooy wrote the final version,
When I return from my mid- west trip on Sept. 8, I would hope to find a copy
of the tape recording of our telcon of May 16, 1977, which can quickly resolve
many of the issues you have raised about Cmdr. Vtorygin and my relations with
him to allow all interested parties to compare what I actually told you with
what you claim I told you. I find it interesting that you never quote verbatim
from that telcon of 5/16/77 -- only paraphrase in your wordsalthough you
delight in quoting verbatim elsewhere in FL-3, including portions of my telephone
conversation with Allan Hendry on Aug. 10, 1978. Even here, you omit important
portions of our conversation to warp the impressions.
Your reluctance to make public the tapes of our 5/16/77 [telcon despite my
many months of urgings, reminds me of Nixon's reluctance to make public the
now-famous Watergate Tapes. Like Nixon you come up with a variety of excuses
for not doing so. Nixon, you recall, first claimed Executive Privilege, then
National Security, then that the tapes were his personal property. When the
Watergate tapes finally became public, we learned the real reason: the tapes
proved that Nixon was a liar.
Finally, I repeat what I told you in my letter of July 1, 1978. IF YOU
HAVE ANY EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT MY RELATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF
THE USSR EMBASSY HAVE BEEN IMPROPER, OR INJ URIOUS TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF
THE U.S., THEN I URGE YOU TO PROMPTLY PRESENT THAT EVIDENCE TO THE FBI HERE
IN WASHINGTON WHEN YOU VISIT HERE SOON TO PURSUE YOUR FOIA ACTION AGAINST THE
CIA.
It is your patriotic duty to do so, and you ought not delay any further!
I agree here and now to accept the FBI's verdict I
\Wi>4^A
cc: et al Philip J . Klass
[EXH IB IT
I "A"
I
HEADQUARTERS
UNITED STATES MILITARY MISSION WITH IRANIAN ARMY
"-'- AND
UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSISTANCE ADVISORY GROUP TOIRAN
APO NEWYORK 09205
C 7 AU G 1977
Office of the Chief
Mr Philip J . Klass
560 "N" Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20224
Dear Mr Klass:
Attached is all the information that we in the MAAG- Iran have
regarding the UFO incident which occurred 19 Sep 7 6. I am unable
to provide any additional information or insights beyond the
attached. I share your view that there is no evidence to suggest
that the earth is being visited by extra- terrestrial spaceships.
We looked at these places the next day but were unable to find
anything. Sorry I cannot be of more help but hopefully this will
substantiate the news article.
The MAAG has a very small but excellent library and we would be
happy to receive a copy of your recent book.
If I can be of any further assistance, please let me know.
Sincerely,
3 Incl KENNETH P. MILES
1. ARAF- 0 MFR,, undtd Major General, USAF
2. Newspaper clipping, Chief, ARMISH- MAAG
"UFO - Phantoms in chase over
South Tehran."
3. Newspaper clipping,
"The Air Force and the bright
thing in the sky."
EXHIBIT
"B"
FROM: ARAF- 0
MEMGRAND'J M FOR RECORD
SUBJ ECT: UFO
1
Sighting
TO: ARCG
1. At about 1250 AM 19 September 197-6 the IIAF Command post received a
telephone call from the ADOC representative at f-'ehrabad. He said that
Mehrabad had received four telephone calls from citizens living in the
Sheniran area saying that they had seen strange objects in the sky. One
lady described them as a kind of bird while another lady said, "please tell
this helicopter with a light on to get away from my house because
f l
m
scared," (there were no helicopters airborne at that time). The c tizens
were told it was probably stars.
2. The Command post called Brigadier General Yousefi, Assistant Deputy
Commander of Operations. After Yousefi talked to Mehrabad tower and
determined Babolsar and Shahrokhi radar did ^ot have the object he decided
to look for himself. He noticed an object in the sky similar to a star
but bigger and brighter. He decided to scramble and F-4 from Sharokhi to
investigate.
3. The F- 4 took off at 0130 AM and proceeded to a point about 40 NM North
of Tehran. Due to its brilliance the object was easily visible from 7 0
miles auay. As the F- 4 approached ^ i - inge of 25 KM ho lost all instrumen-
tation and communicatiors (IjHF and Intercom). He broke oTf the intercept
and headed back to Shahiokhi. h'hen the F- 4 turned away from the object
and apprarently wis no longer a threat to it the aircraft regained all
instrunentation and comrunications.
4. A second F- < was launched at 01^0 AM. The backseater acquired a radar
lock on at 27 NM, 12 o'clock high position with the Vc (rate of closure) at
ISO MPH. As the ^nge decreased to 25 NM the object moved away at a speed
that was visible on the radar scope and stayed at 25 KM.
5. The size of the - radar return was comparable to that of a 7 07 tanker.
The visual size of the object was difficult to discern because of its
intense brilliance. The light that it gave off MA S that of flashing strobo
lights arranged in a rectangular pattern and alternating blue, green, red
and orange in color. The sequence oi i- he J ights was so fast that all the
colors could be seen at cnce.
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c" ^_ ' ' 1-1 > t rh i t -i i ^.i .i .- n' s
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weapons control panel went off ,md he lost all communications (UHF and
Interphone). At this point the pilot initiated a turn and negative G
dive to get away. As he turned the object fell in trail at what appeared
the be about 5- 4 NM. As he continued in his turn away from the primary
object the second object went to the inside of his turn then returned to
the primary object for a perfect rejoin.
7 . Shortly after the second object joined up with the primary object
another object appeared to com? out of the other side of the primary object
going straight down, at a great rate of speed. The F- 4 crew had regained
communications and the weapons control panel and watched the object approach
the ground anticipating a large explosion. This object appeared to come
to rest gently on the earth and cast a very bright light over an area of
about 2-3 kilometers.
8. The crew descendec from their altitude of 26 M to 15 M and continued
to observe and mark the object's position. They had some difficulty in
adjusting their night visibility for landing so after orbiting Mehrabad a
few times they went out for a straight in landing. There was a lot of
interference on the UHF and each time they passed through a Mag. bearing
of 150 from Mehrabad they lost their communications (UHF and Interphone)
and the INS fluctuated from 50 - 50. The one civil airliner that was
approaching Mehrefbad during this same time experienced comr.Linications
failure in the sane vicinity (Kilo Zulu) but did not report seeing anything.
9. While the F- 4 uas on a long final approach the crew noticed another
cylinder shaped object (aboin: the size of a T- bird at 10M) with bright
steady lights on. each end and a flasher in the middle. KTien queried the
tower stated there uas no other known traffic in the area. During the tine
that the object passed over the F- 4 the tower did not have a visual on it
but picked it up after the pilot told them to look between the mountains
and the refinery.
10. During daylight the F- 4 crew was taken out to the area in a helicopter
where the object apparently had landed. Nothing was noticed at the spot
ivhere they thought the object landed (a dry lak^ bed) but as they circled
off to tht West of the area they picked up a very noticeable beeper signal.
At the point where the return was the loudest was a small house with a
garden. They landed and asked the people within if they had noticed any-
thing strange last night. They people talked about a loud noise and a very
bright light like lightning.
11. The aiicraft and aiea where the object is believed to h3 ve landed are
being checked for possible radiation. More ipFc- nnat ion i i l l be forvardM
when it becomes available.
Tile CrilE
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OFFICEOF THEASSISTANTSECRETARY OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20301
PUSUCAff AIM
2 SEP 1977
Mr. Phillip Klass
Aviation Week &
Space Technology
425 National Press Building
Washington, B.C. 20045
Dear Mr. Klass:
Attached is a copy of the message regarding Iranian F-4
pilots' reports of "UFO" sightings in September 1976, which
you requested. This message was declassified and released
August 31, 1977.
I hope this information is useful to you.
call if I can help you further.
Sincerely,
Please give me a
'JOHN A. WORTHINC
Captain, USAF
Assistant to DASD(PA)
Attachment
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: Sept- ^
6 Awflrded"^5>000 by Enquirer for Most Scientifically Valuable
Six Ira ni a ns ha ve been a wa rded $5,000 for p ro-
vi di ng The ENQ UIRER'S Blue Ri bbon P a nel on Un-
va lua ble UF O ca s e rep o rt-
ed i n 1977
Engra ved p la ques were
gi ven to the Ira ni a ns be-
ca use they a re mi li ta ry a nd
go vernment p ers o nnel w ho
a re no t p ermi tted to a ccep t
ca sh a w a rds , a nd the $5,000
w ent to T he R ed L i o n a nd
Sun a n Ira ni a n cha ri ty
s i mi la r to the Red Cross.
, They w ere a ccep ted by
Ira n's Amba s s a do r to the
Uni ted Sta tes , Ardes hi r Za -
hedi , o n beha lf o f hi s co untry -
men a nd the cha ri ty .
The ca se i nvo lved a UFO
longBi l l for Sh ort H osp i tal Stay
Newsman John Langone examines a Hospital bill stretch-
ing an incredible 15 feet and totaling over $19,000. It
covers just 12 days of care for a man who died at Bos-
ton's Beth Israel Hospital after suffering a brain hemor-
rhage. Hundreds of charges for medical services and
supplies are itemized on the bill but the computer
that prepared it made one mistake. It billed the patient
for a telephone call-he never made ... so the hospital
knocked $10 off the bill, reducing the grand total (bot-
tom right) to $19,399.21.
UFOCase
tha t w a s s p o tted o ver T ehra n,
Ira n, a nd cha s ed by tw o Im-
p eri a l Ira ni a n Ai r Force F -4
P ha nto m jets on Sep t. 18, 1976
T he p la ques w ent to the
p i lo ts a nd crew members o f
the tw o jets , to a n a i r tra ffi c
co ntro llerw ho w i tnes s ed much
o f the co nfro nta ti o n betw een
the Ira ni a n jets a nd the UF O ,
a nd to a n Ira ni a n Ai r F o rce
genera l.
"The ca se w a s p a rti cula rly
i mp o rta nt beca us e i t p ro vi ded
evi dence o f lo ng-ra nge ja m-
mi ng o f fi re co ntro l electro ni cs
o f the F-4," s a i d Dr. Ja mes
H a rder, a B lue R i bbo n P a nel
member a nd p ro fes s o r o f en-
gi neeri ng a t the Uni vers i ty o f
Ca li fo rni a a t Berkeley .
Ea rber thi s y ea rL i eut. Gen.
Abdi Ua h Aza rba rzi n, dep uty
co mma nder o f o p era ti o ns fo r
the Imp eri a l Ira ni a n Ai r
Fo rce, to ld T he EN Q UIR ER
tha t vi rtua lly a ll co mmuni ca -
ti o ns , na vi ga ti o n a nd w ea p o ns
co ntro l s y s tems a bo a rd the tw o
P ha nto mjets w ere ja mmed by
the UF O .
"You ca n a lw a y s ja m com-
muni ca ti o ns ," Dr. H a rders a i d.
" B ut to ja m the electro ni cs o f
fi re co ntro l w i thi n the p la ne i s
s o methi ng tha t ha s no t been
fi rmly es ta bli s hed befo re."
Sho rtly a fter the UF O w a s
s p o tted o ver T ehra n a t 10:30
p m. on Sep t. 18, 1976, a n F-4
w i th i ts tw o -ma n crew w a s
di s p a tched to i ntercep t i t. Af-
ter a wi ld cha se, the jet re-
turned to ba s e w i th i ts fuel
a lmo s t go ne a nd i ts co mmuni -
ca ti o ns "sy stems ja mmed.
A second F-4 wa s s cra mbled
a nd a no thercha s e ens ued.T he
p i lots of the two p la nes sa i d
IRAN'S AMBASSADORto the US., Ardeshir Zohedi
( right) -, accepts $5,000 check from ENQ UIRER'S Edward
Tropeano at The Iranian Embassy in Washington.
they cha sed the UF O a ll o ver
the s ky ; tha t the UF O ejected
a sma ller UFO w hi ch cha sed
o ne o f the jets ; a nd tha t the
UF O fi na lly sp ed o ff a nd va n-
i s hed w hi le bei ng cha sed a t
a lmo s t 1,400 mi les a n ho ur.
When the second jet returned
to ba se, i ts electro ni c s y s tems
w ere a ls o ja mmed.
"Thi s techno lo gy i t ( the
UF O ) used fo r ja mmi ng w a s
s o methi ng w e ha ven't ha d be-
fo re a nd we do n't ha ve," sa i d
L i eut. Gen. Aza rba rzi n " It
w a s extremely s tra nge a nd un-
exp la ma ble."
Dr F ra nk B . Sa li s bury , a n-
o thermembero f the B lue R i b-
bon P a nel a nd a p rofessor a t
Uta h Sta te Uni vers i ty ,- co m-
mented o n the Ira ni a n UF O
ca se, w hi ch w a s rep o rted i n
dep th i n T he EN Q UIR ER o f
M a rch 22, 1977
"If a UFO ca nno t be ex-
p la i ned a s a na tura l o r p sy -
chologi ca l- > p h
-
en'&nTCno'irr* hwa
o r secret w ea p o n, then i t's o f
hi gh i nteres t to s ci enti fi c UF O
i nves ti ga ti o n," Dr. Sa li sbury
x'(
i
ai
s a i d. " T hi s ca se meets thi s
cri teri o n. T o o ma ny wi tnesses
i n hi ghly resp onsi ble p osi ti ons
w ere i nvo lved to thi nk o f
ho a xes o r ha lluci na ti o ns ."
M embers of the Blue R i bbo n
P a nel met twi ce to co nsi der a
ha lf-do zen UF O ca ses fo r the
$1 mi lli on rew a rd bei ng o ffered
by T he EN Q UIR ER fo r p osi -
ti ve p ro o f tha t UFOs come
fro m o utersp a ce a nd a ren't a
na tura l p heno meno n.
The p a nel members felt tha t
no ne o f the ca ses meri ted the
$1 mi lli o n a w a rd, but voted
una ni mo us ly i n fa vo r o f the
Ira ni a n ca s e a s the o ne w hi ch
p ro vi ded the mo s t s ci enti fi ca l-
ly va lua ble evi dence tha t
UF O s exi s t
O ther members o f the B lue
R i bbo n P a nel i nclude Dr. Jo hn
L . Wa rren, a p hy s i ci s t a t the
Los Ala mo s Sci enti fi c La bora -
to ry i n N ew M exi co , a nd Dr.
R . L eo Sp ri nkle, hea d o f the
'
a t the Uni vers i ty o f Wy o mi ng
i n L a ra mi e
BOB PRATT
$1000,000 REWARD
2 DistinguishedJuristsWill MaketheFinal Decision
T he EN Q UIR ER i s co nti n-
ui ng to o ffer $1 mi lli o n fo r
p o s i ti ve p ro o f tha t UF O s
co me fro jn o uter s p a ce a nd
a re no t a na tura l p heno m-
eno n.
F i na l judges fo r thi s colos-
s a l rew a rd wi ll be tw o o ut-
s ta ndi ng juri s ts fo rmerN ew
Yo rk Co urt o f Ap p ea ls Judge
F ra nci s B erga n a nd 'Emi h'o
N unez, reti red As s o ci a te Jus -
ti ce i n the Ap p ella te Di vi s i o n
of the New Yo rk Sup reme
Co urt. Jus ti ce N unez a greed
thi s s ummer to fi ll a va ca ncy
o n the Judi ci a l R evi ew Boa rd
crea ted by the dea th o f fo rmer
U.S. Sup reme Co urt Jus ti ce
Tom Cla rk.
All evi dence sent i n wi ll be
screened by our edi tors a nd
more p romi si ng entri es wi ll be
sent to Ji m Lorenzen, i nter-
na ti ona l di rectorof the Aeri a l
P henomena Resea rch Orga ni -
za ti on Inc., Ja ck Acuff, p resi -
dent of the N a ti o na l Investi ga -
ti ons Commi ttee on Aeri a l
P henomena , a nd John Schuess-
Ler, dep uty di rectorof the M u-
tua l UFO Network.
The cla i ms wi th the best evi -
dence will be submi tted to The
Emilia Nunez FrancisBergan
EN Q UIR ER 'S B lue R i bbo n
P a nel o n Uni denti fi ed F ly i ng
O bjects , whi ch i s ma de up o f
to p s ci enti s ts a nd educa to rs .
Thi s p a nel wi ll exa mi ne the
evi dence tho ro ughly . If they
a gree tha t the UFO i s not a <
na tura l p heno meno n a nd ca me
fro m o uter sp a ce, they wi ll
recommend p a y ment of the
a w a rd a nd p a ss the ca se on to
the Judi ci a l Revi ew Boa rd for
fi na l judgment.
The two juri sts on thi s boa rd
ha ve no connecti on wi th The
ENQ UIRER other tha n thei r
a greement to revi ew the evi -
dence for the fi na l a wa rd.
Judge Berga n wa s a ssoci a te
judge of the New York Court
of Ap p ea ls from 1963 to 1972,
wi th a long a nd di sti ngui shed
ca reerbefore hi s reti rement.
Justi ce Nunez, a na ti ve of
Sp a i n a nd a res i dent o f N ew
Yo rk Ci ty s i nce 1924, ha s a lso
ha d a lo ng a nd di s ti ngui s hed
ca reer i n la w.
If the tw o judges o n the Ju-
di ci a l R evi ew B o a rd a gree
tha t the a w a rd reco mmended
by the B lue Ri bbon P a nel i s
co rrect, thi s new s p a p er wi ll
gi ve $1 mi lli on to the p erson
or p ers o ns who sup p li ed the
evi dence. .
T he EN Q UIR ER a lso o ffers
a w a rds up to $10,000 ea ch y ea r
to a ny o ne judged by the p a nel
to ha ve sup p li ed the most sci -
enti fi ca lly va lua ble evi dence
o n UF O s , even tho ugh tha t evi -
dence i s no t s uffi ci ent fo r the
$1 mi lli on a w a rd.
If severa l i nforma nts a re i n-
volved i n a ny one ca se, the
p a nel will deci de how th&
a wa rd mo ney will be di stri bu-
ted. Thi s o fferi s va li d thro ugh-
out the world. It sha ll not be
construed a s a n i nducement to
betra y a ny mi li ta ry secrets of
the Uni ted Sta tes.
Any one p ossessi ng evi dence
on UFOs whi ch he or she be-
lieves mi ght qua li fy for a n
a wa rd should wri te to: UFO
Rewa rd, NATIONAL ENQ UIR-
ER, L a nta na , Fla .33464.
Jai
Enclosed is The Enquirer's story on the UFO over Tehran that was
chased by two Iranian Air Force jets. It is "based on two files, one
by a free lance journalist in Tehran and the other by J ohn Checkley,
a roving editor for the En-uirer based in London, plus a telephone
interview by J ohn Gathcart with an Iranian Air Force general. We have
deleted the Iranian journalist's name because one of the conditions
under which he obtained the story was that he not be identified with it
' in any way. We do not have transcripts of The interviews conducted by
either him or Checkley. However-, the details of what they wrote are
fairly well known anyway. Perhaps the most interesting item in this
package w^s C^thcart's interview with the Iranian general. Several
things the general said were ouite interesting but the most-significait
was a statement to the effect that the Iranian and U.S. air forces
exchange information on UFOs. We were never able to verify anything of
this nature fromthe Pentagon or the Air Force or the Military Assistance
and Advisory Group (MAAG) in Tehran. The best we could get out of the
U.S. military inTehran was that the Iranians invited"MAAG- to have someone
scxxrt sit in on the debriefing of the two jet pilots. An Army colonel. -
in charge of public information for MAAG told us that two relatively '-
low-ranking staff officers fromthe U.S. Air Force did sit in on the ' - " "
debriefing but no report was ever made on the session and none was ever
sent to the Pentagon.
Bob Pratt 3/15/77
It'sFollowing Me, CriesFighter Pilot as
UFO Jams Jets'El ectri cal Sy stems i n Sup ersoni c Ch ase
By JOHNM. CATHCART
;.. T he UF O s p li t i n tw o a nd a
glo w i ng s ecti o n o f i t s ho t o ut
_ a t the P ha nto m jet fi ghter!
:< 'It's a bo ut 20 mi les behi nd! "
.the a la rmed' a i r fo rce, p i lo t
.ra di o ed the to w er. " It's fo l-
lowi ng me! Oh! Now .'.> "
jhe ra di o w ent dea d.
:
' - ' '_
; ';- Stunned a i r tra ffi c co ntro l-
lers s a t i n di s beli ef a s .they
-, w a tched the jet s crea m low
;
'p ver the co ntro l to w er. the
bri lli a nt o bject no w a da rk rec-
ta ngle a to p the jet p la ne. .
'] . The bi za rre i nci dent w a s
only p a rt o f the my s teri o us
s eri es o f events tha t o ccurred
, la s t Sep tember w hen a UF O
* sta ged a s p ecta cula ra eri a l di s-
1
p la y i n full ' vi ew o f a i rp o rt
I to w er p ers o nnel a nd ba ffled
1 co mma nders o f the. Imp eri a l
".' Ira ni a n Ai r Force.
." T he UF O ja mmed co mi mmi -
. ca ti o ns o n tw o Ira ni a n fi ghter
": p la nes s ent up to i ntercep t'.i t
.' - a nd la unched a " sma ller
;. UF O to cha s e o ne p la ne a w a y .
: "Two jets w ere s cra mbled
a nd' they lo cked o nto the ta r-
. get ( w i th ra da r) but they re-
cei ved very s tro ng ja mmi ng,-"
, s a i d dep uty co mma nder-i h-
' ) chi ef o f o p era ti o ns L t.;" Geri .
Abdula h Aza rba rzi n, who
!
con-
fi rmed tha t, the UF O ma neu-
" 'vered fo r ho urs o ver T ehra n,
?
the ca p i ta l o f Ira n. ' '
" PHANTOMJETSlike the ones that encountered UFO sit on apron at Tehran Airport. -
! ;.
;
; ;' ' -xBSra S^tev- ; .' . . .' i p ened to bo th o f them' a nd UF O -s ho w i ng" fa ntns ti c s p eeds
:;'';:' '-'. /^^TjHL2?^K' ;'.V^-, o ne a i rli ner w hi ch, w a s fly i ng a nd s eemi ng to 'di s a p p ea r a nd
. "* . , ' ' -Ji / //I ~ ~ \\\ V.Vv^t. ., .*."* .
l
In 4Vrt ' m*no A! 1 lin en ri n tJ\tft l/irM\nnt*
l
. . * ' . , .
r
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SKETCH of ..UFO.
1
: which"
one .'ey ewitness' said was .'-.
"like a fan with .blades/'.]
o n tho p o rch o f hi s ho us e a nd
o n tho telep ho ne s a i d to' me:
'Yes ; I ca n s ee s o methi ng. H
Is n't a ' ' "
i n the a rea a t the s a me ti me.
' -. "Thi s techno lo gy they ( i n the
UF O ) w ere us i ng fo rja mmi ng
w a s s o methi ng w e ha ven' t hud
.befo re a nd w e do n't ha ve i t. H
' .w a s " extremely s t ra nge-' a nd
.-'. unexp la i na ble."
:T hc.,genera l des cri bed " the
'
.'-"So .he .o rdered; one :p f
?
, the
t
P ha nto m- jets --o n 'sta ndby Uo
s cra mble.
1
'
.1 The s eco nd jet w a s s ent up
UF O v' a s bei ng
kno w n a i rcra ft . H e s a i d: " It
w a s qui te ci rcula r .a nd jus t
li ke a s a ucera nd the s ha p e o f
the co ckp i t w a s a ba ll.:> ha lf
'a 'ba ll." -;. .,;'./ " . ;-".'rV'> ..
i V:
-^:i " -
:1
.
.;..P i ro uzi ; In di rect ra di o co n-
ta ct w i th the jet p i lo ts , s a i d he
to ld .the-.fi rs tvo ne up -to '-'get',
clo s e to . the o bject, .a nd the
rea p p ea r
P i ro uzi ' s a i d - t h e ^" s eco nd
P ha nto m p i lo t rep o rted tha t
the UF O ha d ejected a lumi n-
o us o bject a t hi m, nnd tlui l he
w a s fly i ng-ba ck. T hen the ra -
di o w ent dea d a s the P ha nto m
jet-rea ched the control lo wer
a nd s crea med-p a s t a da rk
recta ngula r o bject a p p ea ri ng
to be o n to p .o f i t.
R a di o co mmuni ca ti o n w i th
the p la ne ;w a s la ter rees ta b-
li s hed. .{ > > ) : ' '; .'., ! ,:.';.- :' '. .
. : After s evera l mo re a ttemp ts
by the second P ha nto m to 'a p -
p ro a ch the UF O w i t h hi s
electri ca l s y s tems go i ng o ut
every ti me the p i lo t w a s
o rdered to return to ba se. It
w a s then 4 a .m. . .
Altho ugh the o bject cmi Ucd-
by , the UF O w a s , s een to ..de-
s cend to the gro und, no tra ce
w a s ever fo und o f i t , a fter-
w a rd.
(
-. .;
When the s eco nd P ha nto m
left the a rea , the UF O s ta rted
to cli mb hi ghera nd hi gher
unt i l i t eventua lly di s a p p ea red
i n the s ky . .
B ut, i ncredi ble a s thes e
events w ere, there w a s to be
a bi za rre s equel. . .
;
So me 45 mi nutes a ft er the
UF O lo ft the Ira ni a n s ky ,, a
B o ei ng 707 jut o f the T AP .a i r-
li no lea vi ng L i s bo n, P o rtuga l
mo re Ili i i n 3,200 mi les fro m
T ehra n a lmo s t crus hed Into
a bri ghtly li t o bject t ha t s ho t
a cro s s i ts co urs e. '
T he. EN Q UIR ER rep o rted
t hi s ha i r-ra i s i ng enco unterw i t h
a UFO i n i ts i s s ue of N o v.30,
197G.
And ( li e o bject o ver L i s bo n,
a s des cri bed by the p i lo t s a nd
crew o f the 707, clo s ely co r-
res p o nds w i th des cri p ti o ns .o f
the UF O s een o ver T ehra n
ea rli er t ha t ni ght. .- - , .
. .. , _ , - .
Imperial Iriznian .VIr Force, headquarters, Tehran, Iran, 345-000, phone
interview 1/4/77 with J ohn Cathcart, exclusive.
0 , . . The sto'y that v/ e have indicates that two jets v/ere scrambled
after a UFOis that true?
A. That is true. They "both were scrambled and they locked on the target
"but they received a very strong jamming. An^ then they lost almost every
avionics systems they had on the airplane,
Q. Is it true that they were unable to fire their missile?
A. No, they could not because they had a very strong jamming*
Q. J ammingsome jamming youobviously couldn't find a reason for?
A. No we couldn't because that has happened to three^different airplanes, -
V/e had two fightersthat happened to both of themand one airliner, which.
was flying in the area at the same time',
Q. Right, The equipment on the airliner was also jammed?
A, Well, yes, it was jammed. Of course, they only had radio, .
0. Was the order given to the fighters to shoot and
A. No, no. We have not given such instruction. We asked the pilothe said
'I have everything locked on,z2a but when I reached firing range the
whole system went out.
r
That means the fire control, radio, navaid (?)
even the interphone, the intercom.
Q? On the airplane?
A. Yes.
Q. But where you day the firing mechanism was jammed the
A. It was in the range of 15 to 20 miles
0.- Right, but the firing equipment that would have fired the missile was
jammed?
A. Yes it was jammed,
Q. But the order was not given to fire?
A. No, it ws.3 not given^
Q, If the system hadn't been jairaed, night the order have be
r
n given to
fire the missiles?
A. H N
0
, no, no! Why? Why whould we? You do that in the States?
Q. No . " ,. "
A. It was harmless. No reason to shoot at them. We wanted to get as much
close as we could^
0. Have you come up with any information as to what the UFOs were?
A
a
Uh, well, of course, v/e pass all the information to the U. S. Air Force,
but no, we don't know yet.,
O.^But as far as you'r concerned they are still unidentified flying objects,
A. It v/as unidentified, definitely it was. Because we had six witnesses
.Azarbarzin2
that they were all the (airport? airborne?).
0. "es, we had sone c^anents from there.-: - n The control tower.
A. J ell, in addition to the control tower we had four crews that iiiaithey
have reported and of course one of the general officers.
0. When you say four crews, Sir, what do you mean by four crews?
A. Well, there were two F-4s. Two Phantons and each one of them had two
crews (crewmen).
Q. S you had four crews all together?
A.
Y
es.
Q. And these crews have reported the object as the same as reportedby the
people on the ground?
A. Yes.
Q. Are you planning to take any further action?
A. No, no, we do not but we h aveall we have done we have given all the
informationof course that was the request from U.S. We have given all
this information to our HI\|^ frffV). I think they send it to the organization
in the States andwe haven't done anything since that time.
Q. You mean you passed the information to the United States Air Force?
A, es.
Q. They requested it, did they?
A. Well, actually, they have this procedure if we have some information
on UFO we're just exchanging all this information and we did it.
Q. Right. As far as you are concerned, Sir, this ax incident is extremely
strange and unexplainable, is it?
A.' It is. I can say it is because what we found out, this technology they
were using for jamming was something we haven't had before and we don't
have it. It doesn't exist because it was a very wide band and this jamiaer
could jam different bands, different frequencies at the same time. It's
very unusual.
0. Have -ou seen reports or spoken to the crews involved yourself?
A. Ahh-I have interview with them and 2 I have talked with them.
Q. And youtocK obviously believe what they say because they're experienced
pilots?
A. Yes.Yes, we could believe. There is no doubt, ^here is no doubt.
0. Apparently at one period the UFOs went out as far as the Afghan border?
A. Uhwhere?
r. Apparently one of the fighter planes had to follow the UFO almost to
the Afghanistan bo"der?
A. No, no, no, we didn't. This was only in the vicinity of Tehran. And it
went to westbound instead of east. Afghanistan is on the east.
Asarbarzin3
0. Do you know what heights the pilots ven~ TO?
A. That I don't have all these details.
Q. We understand he was about 50,000 feetis that seera reasonable?
A. That might be but I can't say definitely. But according to the pilots
1
report they said they were about 30, 35,OCC feet high. Since they were
20,000 feet high (?) that might be 45,000 feet.
Q. But as far as you were concerned, we had one report there was an order
went out to fire the missiles but you say in fact that wasn't true?
A. Oh, no! Why should we,
Q. They were posing no danger ~to anybody?
A. No, why should they? And actually since it was unknown we just wanted,
to identify it, so we did,
Q. But so far you haven't been able to identify these U?0s and as far as
you're concerned they go down as unexplainable?
A. No, that's true. But I think that if you get the report from our military
attache, it would give you more information and more detail. So we
r
re trying
to send this information to (military attache) .
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Q. This is an extremely interesting story, eneral
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It
f
s one of the most
bizarre
A. I think so. This was the first time actually we hadwe were trying to
intercept that
Q. What were you hoping the planes would te able to do when they went UD?
A. Well, we just wanted to seewe didn't know if that was a U?0 at the-
beginning. But then later on we just wanted to get as close as we could to
gt more information,
Q. But no intention to destroy the UFO?
A. No, no.
Q. Were you a skeptic iiafaza yourself before nowhas jour attitude changed
some' hat to these objects or is it just a daily occurrence to you?
A. I don't understand you.
Q. What I'in saying is, you know, obviously as a general were you previously
skeptical about the reports of UPOs and strange vehicles , are you now,"
have you changed your mind somewhat?
A. No, we haven't changed our mind yet. But we know there is something-
and we have seen even the shape because according to the report from one of
our pilots who was almost crossing under ^he V?0 he explained the shape of
the cockpit and the kind of lighting and all these things.
Q.. Apparently the shape and the objects were nothing like any airplane
known to us anywhere?
..Asarcarzin4
A, i:o. It was cuite circled and just like saucer and the slmpe of the
cc- kpit was a "ball, a half a b?ll, ar.d - hen the color of lighting inside
the cockpit v;as different with what it haf. on the outside. It was close- to
yellow.
Q. Nothing like any vehicle we have up in ^-he sky?
A. No, no, no. Not at all.
Q. 2 ifhey were Phantoms were they?
A. Right.
Q. la understand that at times the UTOs were extremely more fast, had more
speed than the Phantoms themselves?
A. Oh, yeah. We were estimating at 3 Mach.
Q. 3 m'achs? How fast is the Phantom cabale of? , .
A. Well, it much depends on the targets
Q. But certainly not 3 Mach
A. ?nd the configurations
Q. certainly not 3 Mach, though? - \ *
"A. No, it's not. But it'sthe way we saw it it could go faster. It could go
faster, ^his is what we estimated and calculated,
0. Have you spoken to any of the people in the control tower?
A. Yes, this I have done?
Q. Do you believe what they were saying also?
A. Well, they were not the only ones. They did inform the Air Force and
various senior officers in the affz^ez air force, they feaat have reported
they have seen the object.
C. But as far as you're concerned, you're conducting no further investiga-
tion?
A. No.
Q. After having chased these objects with your jets, ""eneral, do you now
intend to keep any special watch on them, jets on alert for this type of
thing or
A. V/'ell, we don
T
t know if v/e saw it again we might try.
Q. I mean, try to find out more about these objects or
A. We want to get as mu< "h information as we could..
Q. But you were unable to gather much information, this time other than the
shape,^the speed, etc.
A. Well, this is all we got this time. And what I can ^add actually~was verv
fast accel
c
ration, especially v/hen going from zero speed maybe to Mach 3.
Ire~-y fast. And this is something you don't find in any other flying object

0. There was also one report of a very bright object apparently falling fron
t)ne of the U70s into so ^e of the hills below Tehran there and there had been
Azarbarzin5
a serach "by the gendariaesrie. V/ as there any truth to bhat or was anything
found?
A. Well, that I cannot answer at the moment "because I don't have the file,,
I'd have to look in the file. So, these are the things we're sending"to our
military attache, , . I don't have that informat on here right now,
Q. But if something had been found, J TFZ presumably you would know about It?
A. Well, we have mentioned somet ing in that report. But we haven't found
anything?
0. You haven't si found anything?
A. No^ . .
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December 22, 1976
AJ uliicJ I-iGIJ THS ago a ;J?) was reported over 2ehran, the capital
of the Middle j3ast country of Iran. J _e r.e::t day t.isre were
excited but sketchy reports in the Persian. newspapers, quot-
ing the airport control tower supervisor^ and other eye-
witnesses including an elaborate cnase by two Pnairboia js-ts
oz the Imperial Iranian Air ?orce, A search partr^ was. sent
to look for "a luminous object" which landed on the ground
south of Tehran. There were reports of the Phantioas trying
to shoot down the U?0 with air-to-air nissiles but: failing;
because of "jamming".
Two days later one newspaper carried a snory ridiculing th.e
v/ hole affair.

And that was the last public news? on tie subject.

V/hat happened? Was there a real U?0 and. then a cover-up?- Or
wos it just another of those UPO fantasies?
The Enquirer has now obtained details of the incident, pre-
viously- hidden behind a veil of official secrecy,, ~-
The illustrations accompanying the storj are exclusive.
ere reconstructions of the U?0 based cr. an unpublisliad first-
nand account.
UF O -t
T ehra n, Decenba r 22, 1976.
IT WAS 10.3 0 a t ni jht i n the bus y I ra ni 921 ca p i ta l o f H ehra n. B ut
thi s ni ght o n Sep tember 1 8 w a s no t IJuce a ny o ti i er: in. the no rth-
ea s tern p a rt o f xhe ci ty , ho veri ng a b^ui ; 1,000 feet a bove gro und,
there w a s a n o bject tha t di dn't belong -he
At: the Mehrabad Airport control tower, night shift supervisor
Hossaln Pirouzi was not aware of anything unusual: the radar
was under repair and the small soreen near him was bl
And then the telephone rang, it was a wonan, and in an. excited
voice she said she wanted to report a strange airborne object
above her house.'
The 35-year-old Pirouzi asked her to describe it.
o
"it's kind of difficult," she said, "but uhe closest thing it
looks like is a fan with four blades. ACtrually l think there
are two different objects. Sometimes i-isre is just one of then
and then it seeois to separate and be cone two. Could you tell ne
what It- is?"
Pirouzi told the distraught lady he didn't know, but not " to
worry he would check.'
Of course, Pirouzi didn't check, ne -.;==:_ t iirueres-ced.'
fifteen minutes later the control - over -elephone rang2 again.
IT; was ano bher excited v/onian wanting to report; a strange object
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in -che sky. Within the next half hour "chereVs^-'anotb.er two
sucli calls,
Pirouzi had asked then all for tneir general addresses. They
all lived in, the northeastern part of the city.
"3y the fourth call," he says, "I was worried. I took
binoculars and went to the terrace area next to the
Pirousi didn
1
1 have much difficulty finding the object;? "-
"Suddenly 1 saw iti It was rectangular in shape, probably about
seven to eight meters long and about two meters wide. Prom the
later observations I made, I would say it was probably cylind-
rical. The two ends were pulsating wi~c.i a whitish blue color.
"Around the mid- section of the cylinder "ciiere was this small red
light that kept going around in a circle* It reminded me of the
flashing, light of an ambulance, but this one was not flashing.
"The circular motion of the red light '-;3S not continuous. Every
90 degrees it paused just for a fraction, of a second. I would
say it took about a second or two to make a: full circle "
?rom his vantage point atop the tower, Pirouzi was "able to
observe another strange "loveient. J:ie unidentified object
itself was oscillating like a see-saw with the two ends
ieccribing 20 degree arcs.
j_.'0-3 "OPBBHSSa* Tehran,
But back to Pirouzi for his account of what happened next: "j_
was amazed, flabbergasted, i didn't know what to think.
There definitely was a very strange object there in the sky
right over Tehran.
"I could see the details I've described only through the bino-
culars. To the naked eye, froJi the distance JL was at, it
looked like a very large star low in. trie sky, but without tie

twinkle, of course.
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I watched it in this position for a total of perhaps five
minutes. And then it disappeared. 1 swept the sky with my
binoculars until located an object about two miles further
south.
"I am sure it was the same object, but this time it. looked

different. It was a circle of blue color probably about, six

meters in diameter. I was able to observe it: for about three
minutes before it too disappeared. But this time it was easy
to locate. aJ&i It was only slightly further south and a little
higher.
"Once again it was a different shape. It looked like a fan
with"~~sometimes three, sometimes four drooping and tapered
blades.
"The blade sections './ere not clearly 3alined. They v/ere
fuzzy. They were a dark oranc- - n -,
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dissolving into yellow at the tips. 'Dhe hub itself was made up
of two concentric areas of color. 'Ihere seemed to be a large
green surface, and then a smaller core which glowed like a piece
of red hot coal." .
, ; By this time half-a-dozen of Pirouzi's colleagues were out on.
:
.the terrace. "All except one saw the same general shapes; asn
. .Pirouzi. That one person thought the object looked more like aix '
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orangered horseshoe with the space in between blue. ..;""*-,',:.
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Pirouzi is not prepared to argue. He says the object seemed to .'./ '.
change shape so often, no single description would suffice. He. ;;-;
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. ' himself saw four distinctly different shapes: the initial .::'..
"Cylinder" with blue base and top; trie blue disc sis maters in
diameter; the fan-like object; and a later sighting, of a. ;'" . ^
"cylinder" on its side whose toplef~o corner was curved instead
: of angled. .- . - ." - " "/";; '
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Ivhile stationary, the UFO seemed like a beehive of activity: :
' rythmically glowing, oscillating, and e-^sn^ing lights that
rotated around it. . -"
Every few minutes the UFO would also change positions - seem " . -
ingly disappearing W^he observers at the control tower, ""and
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almost instantaneously reappearing at another spot .in the sky
miles away.
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it was now past midnight, and Pirouzi >s.s worried enough, to call
the Air Porce and pass the responsible" on to tuen. Soon., one
of the deputy Air .force cormanders was o tne pnone wanting, to
know wHaat was going on.
Pirouzi says he tola the general about tne object ne and his
colleagues had seen and its strange benaTiour, 2'c.3 general,, told
him to hang on while he went up to the roof of his north.~3?ehran
house to have a look for himself. When he was- back on^jfeSe line,
_ i ^
the general v/as brief: "Yes, I confirm it, There is something
there.."
An F-4 Phantom jet from the Shahrokhi airbase south, of Tehran
was ordered to scramble and investigate the U?0 was close
to 1 a.m. In 15 minutes the plane v/ as over tne airport in west
Tehran,
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"O.K., what can I do for you?" Jig
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" radioed cLovm,
V/ ith the general now back on the phone ana. giving instructions,
Pirouzi ordered the pilot to head for 10 o'clock and investi-
gate an unidentified object flying at 12,000 feet.
The^pilot reported back: "Yes, j. can see it. Are you, sure
you don't have an aircraft there?"
Pirouzi sc.ys he explained the airport radar si:ma-;_o:a, adding
t'lat there - - - as no question of the object being an ordinary
aircraft. I he Phantom pilot was ,10%" er aoj-e ~co see it; on his
own radar screen. Says Pirouzi: "i ordered the pilot to
approach the object and recognize it, ru-s not to ~3a>e any
action,
"But when the pilot got to within aoo:r; 15 miles of the u?0,
his communication system and some of tie electronic equipment
went out of action. Then, with the plane still o2^"Gourse
t
'the
object suddenly disappeared. When the pilot had lais radar
operating again the uFO was now 50 nil33 away."
Then began a catandmouse chase that uook the Phantom'all the
way to the Afghanistan border in the east and back again, to
Tehran* At no time during this chase was xhe jet able to g.et
any closer than 50 miles to the U?0,
Apprasching the Afghan border at twice ^he spged of sound, tite
pilot decided he was in danger of accidentally crossing; tae
border and turned back for Tehran, hile h.e was still 170
miles out of Tehran, says Pirouzi, the U?0 was back again over
the capital - city this time over ~ ~ e suburb of .-iey in the
Sometime during tnis perirc, ~r.e pilo^ was ordered to saoot
southeast.^ down with an air-to-air -issue. r uo w:i^n Ure plane was wit
the pilot could not activate - cne firing_ system
RunaiEg short of fuel, the pilot now radioed for an other" get/
-, - - ' "*
After a midair briefing, the second pjiarrsom now took over the
vigil. But this tine the mouse had "cerc- e trie cat, and the
cat the mouse.
w a s -
r/e-i.' -ble to see it on his
lays Pirouzi: "1 ordered the pilot to
f-d recognise it, but not to take any
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- co within about 15 miles of the uTO,
snd some of the electronic equipment
, with the plane still orf~~course, the
j^cp ea red. When the p i lo t ha d hi s ra da r
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im-iaouse chase that took the Phantom all the
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-.sfrui border in the east and back again to
f*durir_j ^this chase v/ as the jet able to get
to UJ O.
"border at twice the speed of sound, the
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fi in danger- :of accidentally crossing the
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H sa y s P i ro uzi , the UJj'O w a s ba ck a ga i n o ver
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-. ~^is tide over the suburb of iiey in the
ii.8 duri;ig t:iis period, the pilot was ordered
;-.-. cr_i air
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f'c- could not activate'the firing system,,
|el, the pilot now radioed for another jet,-
, the second Phantom now took over the
ne the mouse"had become the cat, and the
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The following account is based on >^a~ ~ne second Phantom pilot
told Pirouzi after it was all over:
"When I first went; -cowards it, it suddenly shifted to the right.
As i changed course it kern; shifting -asi^ions. We went around
like this for a full 70 degrees, it was obvious to me that this
thing was very, very powerful and could do anything..
"When, it was obvious to it that x meant to continue foliawing,
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the UFO ejected a luminous object au me. That's wnn. I headed
straight back for Mehrabad Airport."
Back at the control tower, Pirouzi and his colleagues alsx>aaw
the bright object detacning itself from ~ne Another u?U^
rt
and
approaching the Phantom.- Pirousi says i~ seeaed like three tines
.the size of the full moon. On the radio, ~he pilot could be
^ , , - - ,
heard saying: "I'm coining back. it*s a~33ut 2D riiles behind^
It's following me Uhl now..." And the rscio went dead,*
As the plane came screaiing past low over -;h.e control tower,
Pirouzi and his colleagues say they sav 3. dark, rectangular form
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almost sitting on top- of \LT That was when radio communication
with the pilot had been: cut off in mid-sentence.;
With the pilot now over Saveh", some cis~-r.ce south of Tehran,
cc inunications were restored.
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"It overtook, me," he reported, "and my radio went, dead, I
couldn't even communicate with my co-pilot."
A little later: "They're "back together again, they're (the
"mother UFO" and the luminous object; hovering next to each
other, alaost .like talking with each other. How they've re-
united."
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From the ground, 0ays Pirouzi, the luminous object \
only when it had detached itself from the "mother U?0"
:
;and. in
the initial- stages of the chase. Thereafter he was able-ta
notice only the dark, 2x2 meter, rectangular form above-the
passing Phantom. :. .;- v
The pilot now took the Phantom to 50,000 feet, and again '; - " .'
approached the UFO, Then he changed his mind. "It's too '^
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dangerous," he radioed the control tower. "I'm returning,"
tn his descent,, he radioed down again: "The luminous object ;
is separating again... It
1
s descending.... It has landed by
the refinery (the oil refinery near the suburb of Rey) . It _
has- such a strong light I can,' see almost everthing on the ..
ground for two miles around." '
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The descent was also visible to Pirouzi and the other men at
the tower. But buildings hid. the landing spot from their view.
All they could now see was a glow in the sky near the refinery v
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A quick briefing v/ as given to trie Air Force general waiting on
the ghone. He ordered the pilot to go back in at 6,000 feet
midway between the object on. the ground and the mother ship
above. But it was the same story all over again: when the
Phantom came within about 15 miles of the UFO, the pilot lost all. : _ - ' -
his navigational aids, S:s:sH3 This, second pilot was also ordered, to tz,
UFO. But he also could not activate the Phantom
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the -oi lot w a a o rdered to retura to . " . -
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base* - It was 4 o'clock in the Horning now. The -light;, from, the .' :.--'- '"' - ,
ground was no longer visible. The sky was clear of. all.-'flying ./ / v''^\:S^
objects except the mother UFO, . . /;.V ""- - - .; ...- '''
Slowly, it started to climb. It became smaller and smaller. And '
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That morning a search party made up of gendarmes v/ as sent, out to
riey to investigate. According to a local newspaper report, they
found nothing unusual, luminous or otherwise,- '
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And- what, about Hossain Pirouzi? What does he have to say?
ITothing. He has be?en told to shut UTJ ,
-but in the days before_._the__...G=f^g^ggi_ of secrecy, Pirouzi had
5.1 ^o - - Ai r ?o _ce genera l w s i ui ng o n
the o i lo ~ to go b=i ck i n a t 6,000 feet
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$u-i 15 niles of the UFO, the pilot lost all _
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plenty to say. it is all in a report now gathering dast in
the Iranian Air Force's achives. So how is it now possible to
certain of what happened on that September ^t night. Was there
a UFO or was it all just fantasy?
,
Many of the marginal questions raised, by the story do not have
definitive answers. But the basic question of the u?Q
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s pre-
sence and behaviour does*
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Starting with the marginal issues:
On close approach to tlie u?0, tne electrical equipment of
the Air Force Phantoms seems to have failed on a. surprisingly
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selective basis. \/hy didn
1
1 all of the aircraftS'jg electrical
system go out, thus forcing it to crasn.?
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The pilot54>' o\vn reports pernaps supples part of the answer.
They told ground personnel that even though the radar screen
went blank, the warning light above showed the radar to be in
operation. The saie v/as true of the instrument panel: while
the dials h^d gone hayvire, the ir.stru-^nts- were lit normally.
This would, seem to indicate some form of sophisticated
electronic janming.
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'.tiny the curtain of secrecy? '..hat; in~5_"est would the Air
?orce have in denying the whole tiling?
Without getting involved in too many suppositions, ^here is at
least, one reasonable explanation* The irr-^iart Air ?orce is
highly sensitive about its efficiency and competence, Hews
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paper reports that its air defence system is "ineffective". "' '
and that its Phantoms can so easily be prevented from fJLc-ing
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their missiles are not exactly welcome. ; *;
Pirouzi
1
s descriptions of the various shapes he saw are
somewhat vague and seem confused in the ret ell .ing. He is aiso
loose in assigning colors to the different "sections" of the
ITFO. In his- defense, it must be said ~.iat he admits to being
"overwhelmed and confused.
There is, however, an. interesting factor, which Pirouzi himself
had apparently not noticed until it was "oroug u to his attention*
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rlis sightings, no matter how different in shape f ron
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other5?,
have the "magic" number "4" in cordon. Zuis is also true of a
second-hand description received from one of the j.f.1.ots- \
Zxcept for Pirouzi
1
s second sighting of a blue circle, the factor
"4" keeps recurring: first it's the s-~ll red light that keeps
every quarter turn on i^s way r- rruni "Che circle (. diagram
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-hat creates the illusion
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of four blades (diagram No. 3;; t.ien again it's i;ne red and
orange rectangle-cylinder vit.i t.iree angular ar.d one curved
corner (diagram Ho. 4;; and finally u.iere is trie pilot's
account of four green round objects grs- ped around a circular
main body.
Without the recurrence of the factor "4", the different: UJ?0
shapes do not really seem to relate to iiae same oa;ject
T
And now, to deal with the central issue of the puzzle: is
the basic story fact or fiction?
Ironically, this is the easiest question T;O settle.
The undisputed facts: Pirouzi's initial claim that a strange
object was \=d=4&; that Air j'orce jets were called inj that
they chased it and were in turn chased ^"siiS i< .j Cr~ j w vrpub
lished in the local papers. An airport control tower supervisor*
is therefore on public record as saying he "saw things in the
sky", de has then compromised the Air ?orce with, a story about
aerial chases.
Airport control tower personnel are not supposed to "see" strange
"things" in the sky. The moment they start hallucinating and
then letting everyone know through nevspapers, they are certain,
to be fired.
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The Enquirer has carried out a caeck. >.r Hossain Pirouzi is
still on the job at .Tehran's Ilehraoac airport cca-rol tower.
One thing is thus certain, even if no o^e believes Mr. Pirouzi
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Two crack jet fighter pilots who fou~ht s. battle of wits
with a UT-'O in the night sky over Tehran, capitol of Iran, reported
to their commander on landing, "It seeme'd as though the
outthink us. It knew wh^t v/ e were going to, do "before we did it,
or even photographed it ourselves."
The UFO was over Tehran for more than four hours. During that
time, the tv/o fighter pilots of the Imperial Iranian Air Force,
using F-4 fighters, found that:
0 -When they got close to the UPO, their navigation aids and
weapon^ firing systems went out of action.
g Radio conversations were cut or interfered with as they
tried to close with the U^O. *-
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hovering 500 feet above and pust behind the jet fighters.
- hen they chased the UFO at tsice the speed of sound, Mach 2,
they could not get within 50 miles of it.
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air and the satellite landed while the mother ship orbited
protectively overhead.
Nev/ s of the mid-air battle of wits came out last September becatese
Tehran residents reported the presence of a U?0 to the airport control
But, immediately after the incident, a security.clampdown v/as
.ordered in this sensitive area, less than 300 miles from the Soviet
border, and full details of the
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dogfight" between the
:ers and the UFO have never been revealed,
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And now, one of the central fimres in the drama which
occurred in the night skies over Tehran Isst September, the
controller who, by radio, handled the aerial guessing game, has told
the ENQUIRER hi:
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.o s s a i n P i ro uzi J ^p T'y eli rs a n a i r " r^ffi c co rtro ller a t
T ehra n a i rp o r-t, o ne o f the w o rld' s tjs i es t, w ho ha ndles 800 o r mo re
civil takeoff s and landings a day, cr. r.tless overflighxs and,
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rity in modern civil aviation, a tower that handles both
^mi li ta ry a nd ci vi l jets , w a s o n dut
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n duty fro m 10 p .m.to 7 a .m. A la dy ca lled o n the
telep ho ne a nd s a i d, 'I s ee a s tra nge o bject , li ke a s un i n the
s ky , a bo ut 1,000 meters a bve me. The co lo rs cha nged fro m blue
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through orange, red and yellov. '
"I told her ve dicln't have ar_7 aircraft in that area. Our
radar vss not working, but it '.v?s ov~ of operrtion for 24 hours of
maintenance, so we had nothing on relar either." I told the lady
that I would see if anything vas in the srea, and would she release
call me a~ain if she saw anything special.
"I did nothing about it then, "because I was busy with
overflying aircraft and I thought, frankly, that she had been seeing
a star.' I didn't believe there was anjtring th re. 7 7 e had no radio
contact or anything in th~ area. After 10 rdraj- es, another lady
called, I asked her vhare her house ~?s, and she told me the
general area vas in the northeast of Tehran, the same as the first
person, and she said, 'I was valking on the roof of my house with
my child and suddenly saw, and I an still seeing now, a strange
object, lighting un and changing direction, enc sometimes dividing
into two and joining together a,ain.
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"I began to think, I began to wonder what vp.s hapnenin.^ over
there. It v/as now 11 p.m., about 1" minutes after the lady first
called.
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he caller said, 'I can stillsee it and I am sure it is not a
star, and it is definitely something not ar. aircraft. It looks like
the sun.'
"I had three trainees on duty wit! r:e and psked them if they
could see anything. They couldn't. Tien came a third call, this time
from a man also living in northeast Tehran, and he said,
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"This is five minutes later. I wss busy for another 10 minutes
with traffic, then one of the traine- s got another telephone call which
said, almost lilce the others, that her husband had seen the object.'
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v7 e don't know what it is. Can you tell us whether it is an aircraft
or not?
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"I reassured her, 'You can be sure it is nothing coming againt
you, but I will report it. Call me again if you see anything.
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"I then realJ y wondered what ~as goi.-.g on. 7/e had four callers,
all from the same area, and they were worried about ",'hat was happening,
so I went out onto the terrace with ny bionculars
"First, I focused them carefully on the tail of an aircraft
parked on the ground, so I could read the registration Letters,"
V/hen I was sure they were focused properly I then changed them to
look towards the area of northeast Tehran ver^ carefully.'
"After about i[ive_ minutes, I saj^ the object, a rectangular
shar>e ahrmt. flv^ m- iipq pwgy at a height of about 6,000 feet and
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"Suddenly, it appeared at another position one mile further
on. In other words, it was travelling slowly north, then momentarily
disappearing, then suddenly reappearing one mile further on,
just a few seconds later.'
"Just a few seconds later, one nile from where it had been, I
could see it this time as bright as a sun.
"It.was all yellow, like a star, but much bigger. Then it
appeared to me to be like a starfish.
"I Jrian^iidt can't be sure of trie order of the colors but there
were blue, orange, red and yellow lights. ?I gave the binoculars to one
of the others on duty and they saw the object as a half-circle, in the
same colors, blue,orange, red and yellow.' ~
"''e have no aircraft expected to land, although around this
time, several aircraft were due to cross into our flight information
(FIR) region.
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They started to report 07 radio that they could hear
Emergency signals coming from an automatic ?ircraft distres's'
transmitter. The first report in was a|30AC,~7who called and said, Do
you have an3r crashed aircraft in your area? Vfe are receiving an
automatic signal on 121.12 megacycles.
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77e said vie had no crashed
aircraft or missing in the area, nor had v e any that had aade a forced
landing.
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hen a Swissair, a Lufthansa and an Iran Airlines plane all
reported hearing the emergency signal.
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I decided to -report the sritfe
whole thing to the Air Force base because, by now, I was getting really
worried^
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"At 13030 local time, I reported to the Air Force. I told them
I was sure that all the aircraft in our area had either landed or were
overflying safely. And I told then no?/, 'I can se'e this UFO to the
northeast of us at 6,000 feet, and it is changing positions and its
color is changing. I am sure it is not a star or an aircraft.^
told t
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inoperative, but visually I could see this object. It was ray duty to
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report to them what I ha/ e seen and I asked them, 'V/hat is your
decision?
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officer responsible on duty, and the general himself called me
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to me, 'Yes, I can see something. J Et isn't a
ordered one of the jets on standby at
Hamadon, 200 miles away, to scramble. This was about 10 minutes
flight time away.' One took off and arrived over Tehran at^dlOO f ' )
and came under my control. The pilot reported he was over Tehran
and I gave him radio instructions. At this time, the object was
at about 15,000 feet.
"I was getting instructions from Gen. Youseefi and passing them
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on to the pilot on radio.' I told him to go higher, and he said, Yes
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Yes, I can see it. Are you sure it is not an aircraft? V/hat is the
order? V/hat can I do if I reach it?*
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Get close, describe its shape and do no more."
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On the radio, he replied, 'Okay, I 7/ill follow.
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reported passing the speed of Mach Two and radioed, *JC mgo _i.n^ Mach.
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"He described the object as rectangular shaped, more like a
star. The object was going faster than Hach Two and I, at this
more
time, was in contact with the pilot on UH? radio.'
"I. ordered him to return towards the Tehran "base. He turned back.
By this time, he was heading toward the border with Afganistan,' When
he was about 150 miles away, still coning back toward me, the object
suddenly appeared over Tehran. It had beaten him back and was now
ahead of the Phantom jet fighter. The t;ilot radioed, *I see the
object ahead of me, the same shape as before.'
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At this time, the
pilot was about 14 miles away from the tower, and reported that
every time he came close to the object, it affected his radio and all
his instruments. He radioed to me, 'Icy navigation aids are not working,
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and he asked, 'What was that emergency call?' I told him that four
planes had already heard the emergency call, and he said, 'Yes, I am
getting some emergency signals now.
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* But, every time he got close to
the object, his navigation aids went out, his radio went dead, but his
engines were working normally, the lights on the instrument panel were
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working, =!! his n'vig-vti -i ai^s ',crc - ^u T_C", - t one point, in '\e vas
talking to me, his radio went dead co-pletely as he got closer to the
object.
"I ordered him to close again and said, 'Maybe you can recognize
him better,' so he came within 20 miles of the object agin, and this
time, he lost all his navigation aids again, this involved all the
electronic equipment aboard the aircraft.
"Finally he said he would have to coce to base because his
navigation aids were gone, his fuel was running short.* When he turned
for base, the object was about 15 miles fron ne at about 12,000 fpet.'
By now,~~~a second jet had been scrambled by the Air Force and the pilot
called the second plane on the radio and said, 'You go "back to base.'..
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"I told the first pilot, 'Ask him. Can you see the object?'
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he second pilot, who was still 100 miles away, said, 'Yes, I can
see the object.'
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This was visual."
"The second plane then got within 25-30 miles of the object
and reported, suddenly, 'I've lost all my navigation aids. My needles
are fluctuating. I cannot get near the object. I can't get close
because I've lost every aid I've got. What can- I do?'
Gen. Youssefi ordered him to renam over Tehran, orbiting at
15,000 feet. At this time, the object was below him. The general
couHd hear all our radio conversations and I was passing on his orders,
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Then the second pilot reported, *I can see his lights. He keeps changing
his position very fast indeed. I cannot follow the path of the
object. I can see his position but cannot follow his track. He
appears here, suddenly he appears there, and I can't track him.* We
could all see the object with the naked eye.
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'his pilot had decided to cone back to land, but when the
object was about 10 miles away, he radioed, 'It had divided into two
and an illuminated object has separated and is following me.
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"He reported on the radio, 'It keeps coming towards me.'
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swung the jet around in a tight turn and the light followed him, and
as they swept over the tower at Tehran, the which was chasing him
by now was 500 feet above and just behind him. I saw this light
for the first time, though only for a few seconds.' Then the pilot
reported that the light had come back, and was stopped only one or two
meters from the main object, and he reported, 'They now appear to
be discussing together."*
"Thiswfis about 15 miles away fro^ my control tower.
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pilot radioed, 'Now they have joined together.'* The Phantom jet pilot
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it was too dangerous to go any closer and decided he would come
in to land.' He also reported that every time he got close, his
navigation and all his electronic systems went crazy.' Then he
radioed,
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toward the ground.
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Now he is settling on the ground.' Can you see him?'
"I couldn't see hm because we didn't have enough height from /
the tower, but the pilot radioed that the object had settled on the ;'
ground southeast of Tehran near a place called Rey, and he radioed, 'The
main object is orbiting slowly over the illuminated object on the
ground. It is so bright I can see stones on the ground. It is like
daytime'?
"The pilot did not try to fire on it, but their navigation
systems went out of action every time they got close.
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There was
strong interference on the radio and they heard these emergency
signalsflf which were false. They couldn't get locked onto tHe object at
all. Their radar was not working when they got close, even though
all indications were aboard the aircraft that their radar was working.'
The screens just went blank? The distance was 15 to 20 miles, where
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his navigation aids $ffl.3%JA*f
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tht sometimes it was 10 miles and sometimes as much as : miles away-
from the UFO when his systems went haywire. ^
pilots said when they landed that it seemed as though the
object could appear or disappear just as they liked, and could 33
judge in advance v/hat they were going to do. One told me, It was as
though they could ye ad my mind.'
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"One pilot told me, %S%&&gBUuuJ 0L}3L 'It was as if the object was
very wise and didn't want to hurt me. T/hen I got close, it went away
and moved about as if telling me, 'Go away, don't bother me.'
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The air traffic controller made his report to Air Force
headquarters the next day, in which he reported full details of the
aerial battle of wits, including the fact that "both pilots reported
their navigation aids and their missile-firing equipment both went
out of action when they got close to the UFO.
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T EH R AN T w o jet fi ght ers
o f the Imp eri a l Ira ni a n Ai r
F o rce w ere cha s ed by a
bri ghtly li t, uni denli l
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cd fly -
i ng o bject o ver lli e s i i bni bs
o f T ehra n o n Sa t urda y ni ght
a ut ho ri t i es rcve.i l''d Snnd.i v.
T he Ui ' O w a s fi rs t s i ghted
by M eli ra bi i d Ai rp o rt Co n-
tro l T o w er o ffi ci a ls w ho s a i d
the o bject w a s flvi n a t a n
a lti tude o f a bo ut 0,000 feet
o verthe s o uthern a rea o f t he
ci ty fla s hi ng a lterna te red,
blue a nd green li ghts .
T he co ni ro i to w er a utho -
ri ti es i mmedi a te! " i nfo rmed
the Ai r Force w hi ch sent
tw o P ha nt o ms o ff ''n p urs ui t
of i t he rep o rted UF O .
T he tw o P ha nto m p i lo ts
eventua lly ca ught up w i th
w ha t they des cri bed a s a
" ro und bo dy " due s o uth o f
T ehra n but, a s the a i rcra ft
a o p ro a cbed, the UF O i ncrea s -
ed s p eed to w ha t w a s rep o r-
ted a s " ma ny ti mes the
sp eed o f s o und" a nd then
turned i n i ts co urs e to cha s e
the P ha nto ms .
O ne o f the p i lo t" s a i d tha t
a ltho ugh the P ha nto ms
bro ke the s o und ba rri er i t
w a s i mp o s s i ble to ca tch up
w i th the o bject.
L a te Sa turda y ni i i ht the
Ettela ' a t evcni np da i ' v rep o r-
ter w ho bro ke the s to ry i n
T ehra n, s a i d t ha t li i chlv i n-
fo rmed s o urces ha d to ld hi m
t ha t the p i lo ts tri ed to o p en
fi re o n tho o bject w hen i t
beca me o bvi o us i t w a s ( ha n-
gi ng i ts co urs e a ga i ns t them
but. i nexp li ca bly , thei r elec-
tro ni ca lly o p era ted devi ces
fa i ' ed to res p o nd.
T he s a me s o urces to ld the
i :ttela
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a t rep o rter t ha t o nce
the o bject ca me i nto a fi ve
ki lo meter r.i tlms w i '.h the
P ha nto m-! a ll electro ni c a p -
p li a nces o n t hei r a i rrra t t
w ent o ut o f a cti o n a nd they
lost ra di o co ntro l.
T ho UI'O rep o rtedly
ga ve cha s e o nlv fur' n s ho rt
w hi le befo re t a ki ng o lf a t
grea t s p eed a nd di s a p p ea r-
i ng o ver the. hi lls s o uth o f
R ev.
O ne o f the p i lo ts , a ut ho ri -
ti es s a i d, rep o rted to M eh.r-
a ba d Co ntro l T o w er duri ng
the cha s e t ha t he ha d s een
a " bri ght o bject " s ep a ra te
fro m the UF O a nd f.i ll i nt o
the hi lls belo w . li e des cri b-
ed i t a s a " ro und bo dy " w i th
a ci rcumference o f a bo ut 4.5
meters w hi ch w o uld i ndi ca te
the rco p rted UF O w a s o f
qui t e ma s s i ve s i ze.
T he Genda rmeri e p ost a t
Ami n.i ba d o uts i de o f R ev,
w a s i mmedi a tely a lerted a nd
a n a ll-ni ght s ea rch to o k
p la ce o ver the hi lls i n the re-
gi o n to try a nd fi nd the ob-
ject.
L a te Sunda v ni ght rep o rts
o n w hether o r no t the Gen-
dfrmcri c s ea rch p a rty hr.d
fo und a ny thi ng w ere con-
H i t ti ne;. O ne source sa i d
t ha t no t hi ng ha d been fo und
i n the hunt t ha t co nti nued
o n i nto Sunda y mo rni ng
w hi le o thers rep o rted tha t
" s o methi ng" ha d been fo und.
T he a uthenti ci ty o f the
o bject, ho w ever, a lrea dy co n-
fi rmed by s evera l co ntro l
to w er o ffi ci a ls a t M ehra ba d
a nd the tw o p i lo ts , w a s fur-
therba cked up Sunda y ni ght
by ey ew i tnes s rep o rts fro m
the a rea . P eo p le i n the
vi ci ni lv rep o rted ha vi ng s een
a " bri ght bo dy " fli t a cro s s
the s ky w hi le o thers cla i m-
ed to ha ve s een "some bri ght
-t hi ng" fa lli ng fro m the s kv.
Inves ti ga ti o ns i nto the
unus ua l ci rcums ta nces a re
s ti ll co nti nui ng.
Sa turda y ' s s p o tti ng o f a
fjy i ng s a ucer w a s no t the
fi rs t reo o rted i n Ira n. M a ny
ca s es o f p eo p le s p o tti ng un-
i dent i fi ed fi li ng o bjects ha ve
been p revi o us ly i nves ti ga ted
w i th the la s t bei ng rep o rted
fro m B uy ri l nea r B us hehr
la s t M a y .
T here, p eo p le cla i med
they ha d s een a " fly i ng o b-
ject cnci ttlcd by blue a nd
p urp le li ghts ' ' la ndi ng i n a
des erted s p o t. N o evi dence
w a s fo und to s up p o rt .thi s
cla i m, ho w ever.
Ea rli er i n Ap ri l a less se-
ri o us clti i m w a s ma de bv
a m.m fro m Cha i ns w ho s .i i d
li e ha d been " w hi s ked a bo a i d
a fh i ng s .i ncer i n the w o o ds
a nd ca ri i ed o ff to Is fa ha n."
T he l.i s l event o ccurred o n
the 13 th da y o f the P ers i a n
new y ea r, a da y o f na ti o nnl
p i cni cs , a nd dnrcns o f p eo -
p le o ut i n the s a me a rea
rep o rted t ha t t hey to o ha d
s een a my s teri o us o bject
p a s s i ng by .
Civil Commission on Aerial
Phenomena
Columbus, Ohio
Submitted by: William E. J ones,
Associate Director
Rebecca Minshall,
Independent
Investigator
C3.
THE U.S. GO V ER N M EN T & THE I RA N CA SE
What is particularly interesting
about the document is the list of
official agencies which received
copies of the message. Briefly trans-
lating the official acronyms, the
document was received by the fol-
lowing offices and agencies: the
Secretary of State, the Central Intel-
ligence Agency, the W hite House, the
Air Force and Army Chiefs of Staff,
the Chief of Naval Operations, the
Defense Intelligence Agency, the
Commander in Chief of U.S. Naval
Forces in the Middle East, the
Commander in Chief of the U.S. Air
Force in Europe, the European
Defense Air Command, and the
Commander in Chief of Forces in
Europe. An impressive list!
VERBATIMWIREMESSAGE
This report forwards information
concerning the sighting of an UFO in
Iran on 19 September 1976.
A. At about 12:30 AM on 19 Sep. 76
the received four
telephone calls from citizens living
in the Shemiran area of Tehran saying
that they had seen strange objects in
the sky. Some reported a kind of bird-
like object while others reported a
helicopter with a light on. There were
no helicopters airborne at that time.
After he told the citizen it was only
stars and had talked to Mehrabad
Tower he decided to look for himself.
He noticed an object in the sky similar
to a star bigger and brighter. He
decided to scramble an F-4 from
Shahrokhi AFB to investigate.
B. At 0130 hrs on the 19th the F-4
took off and proceeded to a point
about 4 0 NM (nautical milesEd.)
North of Tehran. Due to its brilliance
the object was easily visible from 70
miles away. As the F-4 approached a
range of 25 NM he lost all instru-
mentation and communications (I
and intercom). He broke off the
cept and headed back to Sb*h.r<
When the F-4 turned aw;
object and apparently wa
threat to it the aircraftfbgirinfetf aft in-
strumentation and communications.
At 014 0 hrs a "Tiecond F-4 was
launched. The tecksqater acquirer a
radar lock oat 27 UM>1? ftttock
high position with the "VOt ^rate of
closure) at 150 MHPH. A*the range
decreased to 25 NM thapbbject moved
away at a speed ihaf was visible on
the radar scope and stayed at 25 NM.
C. The size of the radar return was
comparable to that of a 707 tanker.
The visual size of the object was
difficult to discern because of its
Intense brilliance. The light that it
gave off was that of flashing strobe
lights arranged in a rectangular
pattern and alternating blue, green,
red and orange In color. The se-
quence of the lights was so fast that
all the colors could be seen at once.
The object and the pursuing F-4
continued on a course to the south of
Tehran when another brightly lighted
object, estimated to be one half to
one third the apparent size of the
moon, came out of the original
object. This second object heagajjf
straight toward the F-4 at a ver
rate of speed. The pilot atter;
fire an AIM-9 missile at the
at that instant his w
panel went off an
communication
phone). At
initiated at
get away.
went out for a straight In landing.
There was a lot of interference on the
UHF and each time they passed
through a mag. bearing of 150 degree
from Fhrarad theff lost their com-
munications. (UfHF and Interphone)
and the ins IJuctuatqj (instruments
Ed.) froff 30 degrees-50 degrees.
The onff civil airliner trujf was ap-
proaqling Mehrabad dufhg this same
ixperenced |pmmunications
sajfee vicinity (KILO
did t report seeing any-
to
t fell
about
his turn
object the
the inside of
to the primary
.,. ect rejoin,
after the second object
ith the primary object
bject appeared to come out
ither side of the primary object
fmg straight down at a great rate of
speed. The F-4 crew had regained
communications and the weapons
control panel and watched the object
approach the ground anticipating a
large explosion. This object appeared
to come to rest gently on the earth and
cast a very bright light over an area of
about 2-3 kilometers. The crew
descended from their altitude of
25M to 15M and continued to observe
and mark the object's position. They
had some difficulty in adjusting their
night visibility for landing so after
orbiting Mehrabad a few times they
F-4 was on a long
ach the crew noticed
inder shaped object about
e'of aT-bird at 10M [10,000 ft.
with bright steady lights on each
and a flasher in the middle. When
queried the tower stated there was no
other known traffic in the area. During
the time that the object passed over
the F-4 the tower did not have a visual
on it but picked it up after the pilot
told them to look between the moun-
tains and the refinery.
E. During daylight the F-4 crew was
taken out to the area in a helicopter
where the object apparently had
landed. Nothing was noticed at the
spot they thought the object landed (a
dry lake bed) but as they circled off
the the west of the area they picked up
a very noticeable beeper signal. At the
point where the return was the
loudest was a small house with a
garden. They landed and asked the
people within if they had noticed any-
thing strange last night. The people
talked about a loud noise and a very
bright light like lightning. The aircraft
and area where the object is believed
to have landed are being checked for
possible radiation.
More information will be forwarded
when it becomes available.
It's Following Me, CriesFighter Pilot as
UFO Jams Jets'El ectri cal Sy stems i n Sup ersoni c Ch ase
By JOHN M. CATHCART
The UFO sp li t i n two a nd a
glowi ng secti on of i t shot out
a t the P ha nto m jet fi ghter.
"It's a bo ut 20 mi les behi nd! "
the a la rmed a i r fo rce p i lot
ra di oed the tower. "It's fo l-
lo wi ng me! Oh! Now . .."
The ra di o w ent dea d.
Stunned a i r tra ffi c co ntro l-
lers s a t i n di s beli ef a s they
w a tched the jet screa m lo w
over the co ntro l to w er the
bri lli a nt object now a da rk rec-
ta ngle a to p the jet p la ne.
T he bi za rre i nci dent w a s
only p a rt of the my steri o us
seri es of events tha t o ccurred
la st Sep tember when a "UFO
sta ged a sp ecta cula ra eri a l dis-
p la y i n full vi ew of a i rp ort
tower p ersonnel a nd ba ffled
co mma nders of the Imp eri a l
Ira ni a n Ai rForce.
The UFO ja mmed co mmuni -
ca ti ons on two Ira ni a n fi ghter
p la nes sent up to i ntercep t i t
a nd la unched a sma ller
UFO to cha se one p la ne a w a y .
"Two jets _ were scra mbled
a nd they locked onto the ta r-
get ( wi th ra da r) but they re-
cei ved very strong ja mmi ng,"
sa i d dep uty co mma nder-i n-
chi ef of op era ti ons Lt. Gen.
Abdula h Aza rba rzi n, who con-
fi rmed tha t the UFO ma neu-
vejred-jfor ho urs overT ehra n,
the'ca p i ta l o f Ira n. - -
T he i ntercep t w a s further
veri fi ed by the vetera n a i r
tra ffi c co ntro ller a t T ehra n's
M ehra ba d Ai rp o rt, H o s s a i n
P i rouzi , w ho di rected the fi ght-
er p i lots by ra di o a nd sa w the
object -hi ms elf.
And a " second Ira ni a n en-
force genera l, the seni or i n
co mma nd a t the ti me, a lso s a w
the UFO forhi ms elf a nd ga ve
the orderto i ntercep t, the con-
trollerrevea led.'
The sensa ti ona l cha i n of
events bega n a t 10:30 p .m. la st
Sep tember 18, w hen ca lls be-
ga n to come i n to a i r con-
troller P i rouzi fro m exci ted
ci ti zens who ha d si ghted a
stra nge object i n the sky . It
seemed to be cha ngi ng sha p e
ra p i dly one ca llerdescri bed
i t a s "like a fa n wi th fo ur
bla des," a no ther a s "some-
ti mes di vi di ng i n two a nd joi n-
i ng together a ga i n." After the
fo urth such ca ll, P i rouzi , con-
troller a t M ehra ba d for 13
y ea rs , went to a n outdoorter-
ra ce a nd sea rched the sky w i th
bi nocula rs.
"After a bout fi ve mi nutes , I
sa w the obje~ct, a recta ngula r
sha p e a bout fi ve mi les a wa y
a t a hei ght of a bo ut 6,000 feet
a nd northea st of my tower,"
he told The EN Q UIR ER .
"The ri ght end wa s blue^, the
left end wa s blue a nd i n the
mi ddle wa s a fla s hi ng red
li ght.
"The object wa s seesa wi ng
up a nd do wn a nd movi ng to -
wa rd the north."
P i rouzi noti fi ed the Ai r
Force, a nd Gen. Abdula h You-
sefi , seni oro ffi cer on duty , re-
sp onded by -.p hone, 7 \ ,-_.* , \i V
Sa i d;?i rp i i zv^'He went ^
PHANTOMJETSlike the ones that encountered UFO sit on apron at Tehran Airport.
SKETCH of UFO which
one eyewitness said was
a 'like a fan with blades."
on the p orch of hi s house a nd-
on the telep hone sa i d to me:
'Yes, I ca n see somethi ng. It
i s n't a sta r.'
"So he ordered one of the
P ha nto m jets o n s ta ndby to
s cra mble."
T he second jet w a s sent up
la ter,
:
w hen the" fi rs t ra n lo w
o n ga s a fter i ts cha se.
Gen. Aza rba rzi n sa i d tha t
w henever the p la nes go t w i th-
i n 15 mi les or so of the UFO,
most of thei relectri c a nd elec-
tro ni c s y s tems w ere s uddenly
a nd my s teri o us ly kno cked o ut
unti l they mo ved a w a y .
"Tha t ha p p ened to three di f-
ferent p la nes," he noted. "We
ha d two fi ghters tha t ha p -
p ened to bo th of them a nd
o ne a i rli ner whi ch w a s fly i ng
i n the a rea a t the s a me ti me.
"This technology they ( i n the
UFO) were us i ng fo rja mmi ng
w a s s o methi ng w e ha ven't ha d
before a nd we do n't ha ve i t. It
w a s extremely s tra nge a nd
unexp la i na ble."
The genera l descri bed the
.'UFO a s bei ng unli ke a ny
kno w n a i rcra ft. He s a i d: It
w a s qui te ci rcula r a nd jus t
li ke a sa ucer a nd the s ha p e of
the cockp i t wa s a 'ba ll ha lf
a ba ll."
P i rouzi , i n di rect ra di o con-
ta ct w i th the jet p i lo ts , s a i d he
UFO showi ng fa nta s ti c sp eeds
a nd seemi ng to di s a p p ea r a nd
rea p p ea r.
P i rouzi
P ha nto m
sa i d the second
p i lot rep orted tha t
the UFO ha d ejected a lumi n-
ous object a t hi m, a nd tha t he
wa s fly i ng ba ck. Then the ra -
di o went dea d a s the P ha nto m
jet rea ched the control tower
a nd screa med p a st a da rk
recta ngula r object a p p ea ri ng
to be on top of i t.
Ra di o communi ca ti on w i th
the p la ne wa s la ter reesta b-
li shed.
After severa l more a ttemp ts
by .the second P ha nto m to a p -
p roa ch the UFO w i th hi s
electri ca l sy stems go i ng out
every ti me the - p ilot wa s
ordered to return'to ba se. It
wa s then 4 a .m.
Altho ugh the o bject emi tted
by the UFO wa s seen to de-
scend to the gro und, no tra ce
wa s ever fo und of i t a fter-
w a rd.
When the second P ha nto m
r left the a rea , the UF O s ta rted
* to cli mb hi ghera nd hi gher
unti l i t eventua lly di s a p p ea red
i n the s ky .
B ut, i ncredi ble a s these
events were, there wa s to be
a bi za rre sequel.
Some 45 mi nutes a fter the
UFO left the Ira ni a n s ky , a
Boei ng 707 jet of the TAP a i r-
li ne lea vi ng Li sbon, P ortuga l
more tha n 3,200 mi les fro m
Tehra n a lmost cra shed i nto
a bri ghtly li t object tha t shot
a cross i ts course.
The EN Q UIR ER rep orted
thi s ha i r-ra i si ng enco unterw i th
a UFO i n i ts i s s ue of N o v.30,
1976.
And the o bjebt o ver L i s bo n,
a s descri bed by the p i lo ts a nd
crew of the 707, closely cor-
resp onds wi th descri p ti ons of
the UFO seen over T ehra n
ea rli ertha t ni ght.
to ld the
close to
fi rs t o ne up to
the o bject, a nd
P i l ots Sp ot
UFO 3,200
Mi l es Ap art
On Same Day
p i lot rep o rted:
" I'm go i ng to M a ch 2 ( a bo ut
1,400 mi les a n ho ur) a nd I'm
50 mi les behi nd the o bject. I
ca n't ca tch hi m.It's no us e to
fo llo w a ny mo re, I ca n't ca tch
hi m."
F ro m tha t ti me o n, P i ro uzi
s a i d, the P ha nto ma nd i ts re-
p la cement were' cha s i ng the
object a ll overthe Ira ni a n sky
to the north a nd west, wi th the MAP p i np o i nts UF O only 4 5 minutes apart.
8 May 1977
Director of Intelligence
U. S. Air Force Intelligence Command
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Presently making the rounds in the upper levels of the
U. a. Government is a classified report of a UFO incident that
took place in Iran on 18 September 1976. The report is said to
be 1 - 2 inches thick. 1 had heard some time ago that there
was much more to this case than had been reported in the press.
The story of this report seems to confirm that this is so.
what I heard was that the two planes sent up to intercept
the UFO both fired missiJ es at the UFO, but they had no effect.
Shortly thereafter there was an explosion involving both planes
and both planes crash landed or were destroyed in the air.
That point was not clear. Two pilots were killed. Again it was
not clear if the pilots died in the air or as a result of the cr-
ash. 1 expect that 'the report mentioned above does give an
opinion, if what i heard was true.
Therefore, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ( 5
U. S. C. Sec. 552J I am requesting a 'sanitized
1
version of this
report.
if a substantive reply to this request is not received
within twenty (20) days of the date of this letter, I will deem
my request denied. If any expenses in excess of five dollars ($5)
are incurred in connection with this request, please inform me
of all Buch charges prior to their being incurred for my approval.
Sincerely,
DEPARTMENT OF THENAVY
NAVAL tNTELUG ENCE COMMAND ^^ ^
3461 EISENHOW ER AV ENU E
2 3 MAY 1977
Mr. C
Depar >
Berli
APO N
Dear
This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 8 May 1977
and the materials enclosed therein. The various components
of this Command are presently searching their files in order
to determine if they hold a report such as you described
in your letter. You will be further advised of the results
of this search upon its completion.
This office has also contacted the Office of Information,
Secretary of the Air Force regarding the alleged incident
and, while that office has had a similar request for
information, it is unaware of the existence of any report
pertaining to the events described.
Sincerely,
A. V. KROCHALIS
Special Assistant to COMNAVINTCOM
For Freedom of Information and
Privacy Act matters
By direction of the Commander
DEPARTMENT OF THENAVY
NAVAL INTELLIG ENCE COMMAND
2461 E ISE N H O WE R AVE N UE
*MXANORIA. V A. 23331
IN ACPLV BCftH TO
Ser OOBF/ 62
6 J UN 197 7
Mr.
Depa. s
Berl:
APO I
Dear

As indicated in our letter of 23 May 197 7 , we have requested

that the various components of this Command search their files
in order to determine if they hold a report such as you described
in your letter of 8 May 1977. Regretfully, I must inform you
that a thorough search of our files has failed to reveal any
information concerning the incident mentioned in your letter.
To our knowledge such a report does not exist within this
Command.
The tape cassette that you forwarded is returned, herewith.
I found it informative and interesting. However, much of the
information mentioned on the tape appears to be based on
probabilities more than on documented facts.
Enclosed for your reference is a copy of the Secretary of
Defense's Schedule of Fees which will be applicable to
future requests.
Sincerely,
Enclosure
A. V. KROCHALIS
Special Assistant to COMANVINTCOM
For Freedom of Information and
Privacy Act matters
By direction of the Commander
(1) Schedule of Fees contained in DOD Directive
5400.7 of 14 Feb 197 5
(2) Tape cassette
CENTRA L I NTELLI GENCE A GENCY
WASHINGTON. D.C. 2OSO5
2 5 MAY 1977
M r. '"
Dep a i
B erli n
AP O , N

Dear Mr.
This acknowledges receipt of your letter of 8 May 197 7
requesting, under provisions of the Freedom of Information Act,
access to any CIA records dealing with the UFO incident that took
place in Iran on 18 September 197 6.
I shall arrange for a search of CIA files and shall be
in further communication with you once the search has been
completed any any records found reviewed for releasability under
the Act.
As you may know, the heavy volume of Freedom of Information
requests received by the Agency has resulted in processing
backlogs. If we do not respond within the 10 working days
stipulated by the Act, it is your right to construe this as a
denial, subject to appeal to the CIA Information Review Committee
It would seem more reasonable, however, for us to continue
processing your request and to respond as soon as feasible.
Any denials of records could be appealed at that time. Unless
we hear from you otherwise, we will assume that this is agreeable
to you and proceed on this basis.
For your information, I am enclosing a copy of our fee
schedule. You will be notified if the charges exceed $5.
Sincerely,
lene F. Wilson
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Enclosure: as stated
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIRFORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITEDSTATESAIRFORCE
WASHINGTON. DC 20330
27 MAY 1977
Dep.
BerJ
APO
Dear
Reference is made to your letter dated 8 May 1977 in which you requested
information pertaining to a UFO sighting in Iran on or about 18 September
1976.
A copy of an intelligence report concerning the incident was found
within thie Headquarterej however, the Air Force does not have
disclosure authority for this report. Tour request has been forwarded
to the Defense Intelligence Agency.
A determination will be made in regard to whether the records you
requested will be released or withheld from disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, within 10 days (except
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays) after receipt of
your request by the responsible processing agency.
Sincerely
ri N N ET H A. M ftJlfl r; Ca p ra ln,\ JSA?
Asst Executi ve to ACS/ Io telllgeno Q
DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON. O.C. 20301
3A_ ._. 17JUN
Mr.
Berl
Depa
APO
Dea r
This is in response to a referral forwarded to this Agency 31 May 197 7
by the U.S. Air Force Intelligence Service. Subject referral was in
conjunction with your Freedom of Information Act request for a report
relating to a UFO incident which took place in Iran on 18 September
1976.
The Defense Intelligence Agency does not have a requirement for the
information you seek. Your request has been deferred to the Agency
having an interest in this subject and we have requested it provide
you an expeditious reply on this matter.
We apologize for the delay necessitated by the retransmission of your
request.
Sincerely,
LOUIS E. FOSTER
Freedom of Information Act
Officer
7
MIMICMMIU
OFHCEOF THEASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON. 0. C. JOJOI
5 J Ut B7T
Ref: 77 DFOI-378
Mr.
Depa
Berl.
APO 1
Dear
This is in reply to your May 8, 1977, request for information concerning
"...a classified report of a UFO incident that took place in Iran on
18 September 1976." Your letter was received on J une 20, 1977, along
with a copy of a classified message written by the Defense Attache to
Iran, which was located by the Department of the Air Force in a search
of records in response to your request.
The following offices, considered most likely to have files containing
records of the subject of your request, have advised me that searches
of their files produced no records pertaining to the cited UFO incident:
a. The Organization of the J oint Chiefs of Staff.
b. The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International
Security Affairs).
c. The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control,
Communications and Intelligence).
In addition, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International
Security Affairs) (OASD(ISA)) has advised me that the following document,
found during a Department of the Air Force search of records, warrants
continued classification in the interests of national security: United
States Defense Attache Office (Tehran) Confidential message, date time
group: 23/0630Z September 1976, IR 06-846-0139-76, subject: "Reported
UFO Sighting," 3 pages, addressed to the Defense Intelligence Agency and
retransmitted by the Organization of the J oint Chiefs of Staff at 23/0810Z
September, 1976. '
The OASD(ISA) withholds the entire document under 5 U.S. Code 552(b)(l),
as specifically authorized under criteria of Executive Order 11652 to be
kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy, since
the message "reports unsubstantiated failure of a U.S.- developed tactical
weapon system as well as reflecting classified rules of engagement of a
friendly power."
The Initial Denial Authority in this Instance is Mr. Leslie A. J anka,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs:
Near Eastern Africa and South Asian Affairs). Mr. J anka also advises
that, while there was a reported sighting of a UFO, no casualties or
damage were reported, and no classified file such as you described
exists.
An appeal of this decision, if desired, may be addressed within AS
days of the receipt of this letter to the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Public Affairs), The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20301.
Sincerely,
Di recto r, F reedo m o fWfo rma ti o n
a nd Securi ty R evi ew
7
J uly 21, 1977
Mr. Charles W. Hinklc, Director
Freedom of Information f, Security Review
Dope, of Defense
The Pentagon
Washington O.C.
Dear Mr. Hinkle:
This letter is an appeal of a denial of a report requested under the
Freedom of Information Act.
My appeal is based on the following facts:
(1) Reports of this IH-O incident appeared in the Press of many
countries of the world.
(2) Reports of this UFO incident appeared in many newspapers ,
newsletters and magazines in tins country. I have enclosed
such an article by the HI 0 investigative organization MCAP
(National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena)
published in the Nov. 1^76, issue of its publication "UFO
Investigator."
(3) It appears that many of the reports of the UFO incident were
based on statements mads by authorities in Irdn. Apparently
there was no attempt by the Ir.uuan Government to withhold
tiie details of the incident from the Press.
(4) Based on information recently provided to Mr. Leslie A. J anka,
the initial denial authority, he now appears to think that
most, if not all, of the report in question could be released.
For the above- stated reasons, I an respectfully requesting that the
initial denial be reconsidered.
Very sincerely yours.
chool
NIIUCAMAIIt
OFFICEOF THEASSISTANTSECRETARY OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON. DC. 10 JOI
1 9 AUG 1977
" R e f : 7 7 DFOI-378
Mr.
Depa
Berl
APO 1
Dear
This is in reply to your J uly 21, 197 7 , appeal of a J uly 5, 197 7 ,
initial denial of a 3- page message concerning a UFO incident in Iran
during September 1976. Your latter was received on J uly 22, 1977.
The Department is unable to respond to your appeal within the normally
prescribed 20 working days, because consultation is required with another
agency having substantial interest in the subject matter of the requested
records to determine whether the records requested in whole or part are
exempt from disclosure or should be released as a matter of discretion.
At this time a firm determination of the additional time needed for
this consultation is not available. Every effort will be made to pro-
vide you a determination at the earliest opportunity, but in no event
will it be later than September 6, 1977.
Please contact this office if you need clarification or additional
information.
Si ncere \
Cha rles U.^tilnkle,
Di recto r, F reedo m o f~~T n7o rma ti o n
a nd Securi ty R evi ew
< i;
PUBLIC
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON. OC. 20101
AUG 3 1 1977
77 Dp o i -3 78
M r.
Dep a
fi eri
AP O 1
Dear
This is in further reply to your J uly 21, 197 7 , appeal of a J uly 5,
1977, initial denial of a 3- page message concerning a UFO incident
in Iran during September 1976. Your letter was received on J uly 22,
1977. Our letter of August 19, 1977, invoked a ten- day extension
for coordination with another agency.
With the exception of minor deletions, the message described in our
J uly 5, 1977, letter has been reviewed, declassified, and is enclosed
without charge. Deleted portions are withheld at the request of the
Department of State, in accordance with 5 U.S. Code 552b(l), as
requiring continued classification, since {.heir unauthorized dis-
closure could reasonably be expected to cause damage to the national
security.
You may treat this letter as a partial but final denial and seek
judicial review in an appropriate District Court of the United States
under 5 U.S. Code 552 (a) A) (B) . In the alternative, you may wish to
appeal this denial of withheld portions to the Director, Freedom of
Information Staff, Department of State, Room 2811, Washington, D.C.
20520. For purposes of the latter option, the Department of State
Denial Authority in this instance Is Mr. Sidney Sober, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State (Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs).
Si ncerely ,
.Thomas Q. Ross
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'sPFm THAT WAS VISTRLE-ON THE" RAOAR SCOPE ANDSTAY F R AT 25NM.
C. THF -ST7E- OF THF RADAR RFTUR.V WAS COMPAR ARL F. TO;THAT OF
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TO DTSCF RN RF CAtlSF OF ITS INTFNSE'B IL LI ANCF .-THE
LtfiHT THAT TT GAVF OF F WAS THAT OF F LASHING STRORf LIGHTS
ARRANfiF n TN A RF CTANKIIUAR PATTFRN ANO ALTfR^ATING BLUF. GRFFN'
RFO ANO ORANGF TN COLOR. THE SF OUfNCE OF .THF LIGHTS WASSO
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TOU APD THF F-i* AT. A V ERY FAS T PATE OF SPEED. THE PIL OT
ATTEMPTED TO FIRE AN AIM-<3 MISSILE AT: THF ORJECT RU T' AT - THAT.
INSTANT HTS W EAPONS CONTPO L . PAN EL W ENT OFF AND'lHE L OST AL L
OOHHU NTCA7TONS ( IIHF.AND TNTF RPH ON E ), A T THIS PO~IN'T THE PIL OT
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. t ra ffi c co ntro ller a t " T ehra n's
' M ehra ba d Ai rp o rt, 'H o s s a i n
P i ro uzi , w ho di rected the fi ght-
er p i lo ts by ra di o a nd s a w the
. - .object hi ms elf..; '"'...}" -.'; : > '
' ;' .:' " ' And' a '.s eco nd " 'Ira ni a n-''a i r
. fo rce genera l," the: s eni o r.:~i n
1: -. " co mma nd a t the ti me,'a ls o sa w
.:.- ;. -' t he UF O fo r hi ms elf, i nd ga ve
the orderto i ntercep t', the con-
'i ' t ro ller revea led. ' ' " > '
.The s ens a ti o na l cha i n of
, -
:
' ' events bega n a t 10:30 p .m. la s t
;! .Sep tember 18,> w hen ca lls be-
.;-.' .,' .ga n to come, i n to a i r , con-
./ / tro ller...P i ro uzi fro m exci ted
i. ... " ci ti zens .who ha d si ghted., a
1
V' f s tra nge o bject i n the-s ky ." ' It
V'v'i "seemed to be cha ngi ng s ha p e
" ' '.' ^ra p i dly ' . one ca llerdescri bed
:-;> j, ' .,' i t a s "li ke a fa n .w i th fo ur
-^.J- -" bla des,
1
' a no ther .a s " , "some-
* ,. -.ti mes di vi di ng i n tw o a nd jo i n
.' '": ': \ng to gether a ga i n." After the
'v ;' fo urth, s uch ca ll, P i ro uzi , con-
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;
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<: .-: '. y ea rs , went to a i ro utdo o r terr
" I' '^-\ra ce a nd s ea rched the s ky w i th
-. . r- bi no cula rs .
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vi '., \ s a w the o bject,.a recta ngula r
:
- - s ha p e' a bo ut fi ve mi les a w ny
7> J ^''fi t a hei ght o f a bo ut.-6,000 feet
' i ^ o nd " no rlho a s l.of ni y to wo i ',"
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y '. / " T he ri ght ei i d w p s blue, 'tho
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. - f! up a nd do w n a nd mo vi ng to -
_[ '.'' ;;' w a rd tli e .no rth." ^ !.;' -,." : :
',' ' P i ro uzi ' 'no ti fi ed .' t he' . Ai r .
.' 'Force, a nd Gen. Abdula h Yo u-
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o n ga s a ft er i ts cha s e.
Gen. Aza rba rzi n s a i d tha t
w henever the p la nes go t w i th-
i n 15 mi les or so of the UF O ,
mo s t o i thei relectri c a nd elec-
;rp ni c. s y s tems w ere.s uddenly
a nd my s teri o us ly -kno cked.' o ut
unti l they mo ved a w a y .,:,
'"Tha t ha p p ened to H hree di f-
ferent p la nes ," , he no ted./ " We
ha d tw o fi ghters tha t ha p -
. / 'I'mgo i ng to M a ch 2 ( a bo ut
1,400 mi les a n ho ur) a nd I'm
50 mi les behi nd the .object,
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ca n't ca tch hi m. It's no us e to
fo llo w a ny mo re;'I ca n't ca tch
hi m:" -. ' - ' ; ' .' , - .: .' - - ;'..
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1
P i ro uzi
s a i d, the P ha nto m a nd'i ts re-
p la cement .w ere 'cha s i ng the
o bject a ll over, the Ira ni a n s ky
to the no rth a ri d w es t,' w i th 'the
Miles Apart
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B y M ALCOLM BALFOUR w a rd M . Da vi s ha s leveled a t
' "L'a wy ers."a re lea di ng thi s
co untry do w n the! p ri mro s e
p a th to des tructi o n by the
s a va ge cri mi na l element! "..-
T ha t's the s ho cki ng.cha rge
L o s Angeles P o li ce" Chi ef Ed-
dHIEF :Edward. Davis :of
the Ameri ca n lega l p ro fes s i o n^
i '. " T hey do a s p lendi d jo b . .'1'
fo r the cri mi na l," Da vi s .s a i d.
" Our cri mi na ls p ro ba bly ha ve
mo re ' ri ghts , a nd ^p ri vi leges
tha n those i n a ny ,co untry i n
the w o rld. T he lega l p ro fes -
s i o n ha s n' t; tho ught eno ugh
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; ha ve do ne,
:
or fa i led to , do,
ha ve co ntri buted to a ki nd 'of
lega l -.culture tha t -ma kes
o bs ceni ty , p o rno gra p hy a nd a ll
ki nds o f o ther vi ces des cend
o n us li ke n p la gue." ' ( > - . <, .
, .A Da vi s , w ho 's ' p res i dent
:
o f
.the Interna ti o na l As s o ci a ti o n
,o f Chi efs o f P o li ce, Is p urtlc-.
! ula rJy cri ti ca l o f:..-: , > .., V .'.
. ' L a w y ers w ho ' do '" every -,
thi ng tho y 'ca n to s o t mo i re
[ cri mi na ls free w ho a re a w a i t-
'i ng tri a l. ' . .',-,'.-: '-\.; y.: -'.
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: voca te li bera li s m s ucli ;a s lei
ga li zlng' p ro s ti tuti o n.' .' ^ 1".'
Judges .w ho fa ll to
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p eop le o f Ameri ca w a nt i t' to
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. '" L a w y ers ' na ve a do mi na nt
role -jn; Ameri ca n^;s o ci ety ,"
Da vi s s a i d...- . " > . . , , >
" So meho w they w i nd up a s
p res i dents , go verno rs , ma y o rs ,
co ngres s men a nd s ena to rs a nd
they tend to :do mi na te p o li ti ca l
li fe: A.
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bri ght,
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'.w ell-educa ted p eo p le
y et the net p ro duct o f thei r
w o rk a s a gro up do es n't s eem
to co ntri bute ma teri a lly o n a
ba la nced;'-ba si s to a ll Ameri -
ca ns.', " " 'r^^;'i
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i s y s tem
buti .
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w a y fro m thelr'res p o ns i bl|i ti o s
i n tho ' cri mi na rfi eld. T hey do
vi rtua lly ,.no thi ng
:
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the ri ghts .-o f the, vi cti ms .o f
cri me.;! .' It-
^cha rged lli o judi ci a l
s y s tem' w i th bei ng to o leni ent
bi i " cri mi na ls 'a nd'ci ted a 'p er-
o ffi cers w a s gunned do w n by
a n i ndi vi dua l o n p a ro le w ho .
ha d been exp o s ed to o ur jus -,
ti ce s y s tem o n 42 di fferent o c-
he s a i d,
i s a gla ri ng i ndi ct-
ca s i o ns ,
ment o f o ur s y s tem." \
Da vi s bla mes s o ft judges
a nd la w y ers w ho a re lo o co n-
cerned w i th the ri ghts o f
cri mi na ls fo r the hi gh cri me
ra te i n thi s co untry . - ' .-
" In L o s ' Angeles Co unty ,
o nly 16 p ercent of the -p eop le
co nvi cted o f felo ni es a re s ent
to p ri s o n," he s a i d. . .
"Ten y o urs ngo ,' 3 0'p ercent
o f tho s e co nvi cted fo r ho ml-
ci de, robbery , a nd burgla ry
hero , w o re s o nl to p ri s o n.
" T he la tes t fi gures thul w c' ^
huvo a va i la ble s ho w o nly a bo ut
25 p ercent.
" Cri me i s much hi gher ...
but w e're s endi ng a s ma ller
p erc'o nla gc lo p ri s o n. T ha t ha s
to be s o lt judges . T hey a re
mo re co mp a s s i o na te . .% \ bul,
unfo rt una t ely , i t's ' to w a rd tho
s o na l i nci do nt.'w li lcl) li e's a y s
10 greatest UFO mysteries
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te^rr-ra^fee-c^^ w^r^H5^jMMBHBBBHi that theU.S. Air
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t merit agerideshavebeen accusedof deliberately mislead- '..
f Ing Uft American peopleabout reportsof UFOsightings&\
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[other reliablecitizens. ' . .^
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J; -For^earsi Air'Forceinvestigators, have.insistedthe'I
; bbjectssighted.wereprobably/weather balloons,' re- -
fleetediutrt hfiadiights, or even thepla'net .Venus even ".
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'highly experiencedpilots! . -.- >'', ' - l i ."-'-< ': ', '- ":
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man Air horce"Base"lri Ken^
t'ucky when he a'rld his group
were ordered to investigate a
UFOspotted by ground cori-
trollcrs in the tower.
Mantell found the object
iwhich he described as
.beimg ' ' metalli c' ' arid
"huge" and went chasing,
after it. After tellingG odman
tower he was gaining on the
object. Mantell disappeared.
His charred body was
found amid the wreckage of
his JP-51 Mustang some 90
miles way . Although his fel-
lowjairmeh insisted that he'd
been shot down by a UFO,
the Xir Force claimed that he
had died chtis irif; after the
planet Venus !
Roswell incident
A
CCORDINGTO
researc h ers
CharlesBerlitz
andWilliam L Moore,
on July 2, 1947, a UFO
w ith alien beings
aboardcrashednear
Roswell, New Mexico.
In their book. The Roswell
Incident (G rossct & Dunlap.
N.Y .. I980) the two investi-
gators cited dozens of eye
witnesses w'-.o confirme'd the
crash and the government
cover-up that followed.
The government insisted
the object removed by army
personnel from the desert
was aweather balloon. Other
witnesses, however, swore
they saw both the UFO and
the t'ro7.en bodies of the
aliens ar CIA installations.
UFOattack
Only seven months later,
in January of 194 8. aheroic
Air Force fighter pilot. Cap-
tain Thomas Mantell. was
Hyingaroutine trainingmis-
sion in the skies over G od-
that theU.S.
Forcetriedtohide
U.S. Ah Force h as cap tured UFOs and th ei r occup ants,
fq jy/tnessgs. _....
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Deadly due
Ajscant 10 months later, in
October of 194 8. Lt. G eorge
F. G orman of the Air Nation-
al G uard actually engaged in.|
a_^icious dog fight with a
r
UFO he'd chased. v
ATter twice diving out of
the jway of the onrushing
alien craft, G orman broke off
his duel with the more highly
maneuvefable U FO and
'sought thesafety of hisbase.
"Incredibly, the Air Force
' blithely declared that G or-
man had been fighting a duel
to the death with a balloon!
Desert dbwnm
In May of I94 X. in an inci-
dent similar to the Roswell
affair, two retired Air Force
colonels found a downed
UFO in the Mexican desert
about 4 0 milessouth of Lare-
do. Texas.
Stunned by their discov-
ery, the two former Air Force
officers notified the tT.S.
government and the Army
promptly arrived.
The craft, they swore: was
a 50-foot disc and contained
the bodies of four-foot tall
aliens. The UFO. and the
bodies were put aboard Arrrty
trucks and taken to Langley
Air Force Base in Virginia.
(hat had been picked up on
radaror sighted visually bjj
Air Force ground and air
; observersin I975.
For 19 days, afleet of low
flying, brightiy-lit UFOs ho|.;
vered o"ver nuclear weapon
storage areas..nuclear missile
launch sites and Air Force
[ bomber bases in. Montana,
:
|'Michigan and Maine.,. ., ,,, j
i None of the pldrles scram-
, bled .by the Air Force in rer
sponse to. the threat Of the.
hoveringalien craft 'was able
l"to get close to trie;objects. \
Flame-Throwers
In May of I9(S7 Stephen
Michalak, working in the
Canadian wilderness, saw
two glowing objects in the
sky . One landed about 4 00
feet from him and he walked
up to it. shouting in several
languages, including F.nglish
'and Russian. G etting no
answer, he peered inside and
saw a glowingcomputer con-
sole.
: .W hen he touched it his
gloves melted and the object
ibegan to rotate and then took
[off. He was felled by ablast
!
,pf hot gas-from-the UFO
.which set his clothes on fire
-and burned him badly. , ,
;'. Althoughhe had to be hos-
pitalized, government inves-
tigators claimed that he'd
suffered no injuries!
. The Air Force vainly sent
fighters aloft to chase UFOs
Arab connection
In September of 1976, two
Iranian Air Force pilots in F-
4 Phantom jets reported that
"a brilliantly -colored ob-
ject" had ejected a small
craft, that sped directly 'at
them at an incrediblerate elf
speed. ' ' - (
According to the CIA
files, one of the pilotstried-to
fire an AIM-9 missile at trie
UFO but at that instant "his
weapons-control panel went
off. arid fie lost all cotrt
j
munications;". . ,|
Helplessly , he watched
transfixed asthe smaller craYt
returned-to its mother ship
and easily rejoined it. . / ..
. In 1980. as incredulous
airmen watched , - sev eral
UFOs slowly glided in for a
landing at a top secret New
Mexico Air Force installa-
tion.
'Unable tct ap'proach the
alien craft as they sat on the
runway. Air Force personnel
tried to. call for help, only to
learn that all equipment had
ceased to work.
The, UFOs also knocked
out rdda'r"systems at the base
artd'ai d nearby airfield.
Neither the communications
systems nor the radar would
operate until the UFOs sud-
denly soared aloft and dis-
appeared.
Kuwait giant
In 1980. as hundreds of
astonished Arabs and Euro-
pean and American oil Tick)
workers; gaped open -
mouthed, a gigantic UFO
appeared in theskies over oil
rich Kuwait.
Their amazement grew as
the alien craft slowly de-
scended toward the oil fields,
seeming to grow larger the
nearer it came.
W hen it finally came to a
halt .above the oil fields it
blotted out the sun and the
sky . makingit dark as night.
Experts later estimated the
size of the UFO as beingat
least ten miles in diameter.
Swordof Islam
Kuwait wasthe location of
another UFO visitation
this one in the winter of
1978.
A fleet of brightly glowing
UFOs. multi-colored Imliis
flashing, hovered above the
same air field later \ ivlicil hy
the giant craft.
S uper st i t i ous An?:ib
nomads leaped from ilie'r
camels and prostrated them-
selves on the sand, shouting
that the craft \y asa man-
ifestation of M)olia!iuiu-'l.
and calling it the Sword of
Islam.
W esterners working in the
oil fields had than own lex--
religious reason to be ii\v >- 'l
As soon as t In: U ! ( ' '*
appeared above the "d ris' \
and working wells cw\
piece of machinery lor mile*
around stopped work ins: