Iran CE2 Case

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On September 19, 1976 during the early morning hours, Iranian military forces pursued a UFO to the north of the Iranian capital city, Tehran, after calls poured in from residents who witnessed a strange light in the sky. To date, this incident is one of the most compelling UFO cases to ever surface. It was well documented by various U.S. Intelligence agencies, and multiple high-ranking Iranian military officials have gone on record stating their belief that the object was not of this earth.

1 The Incident
- 1.1 The Following Day
2 Defense Intelligence Agency Report
3 References
4 External links
5 Relevant Discussion Threads

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The Incident

Late in the evening hours on September 18, 1976, citizens of the Shemiran district of Tehran reported seeing a bright helicopter or a birdlike object. Iranian officials did not take the reports seriously and offered "stars" as an explanation until talking to Mehrabad tower. Mehrabad International Airport was Tehran's main commercial airport at that time.

The commanding officer, general Yousefi, decided to look for himself. After seeing a bright object larger than a star, the general decided to scramble an F-4 Phantom II jet fighter from Shahrokhi Air Force Base in Hamadan to investigate. Conventional thinking had him worried about a Soviet invasion from the north. As the pilot flew towards the object he noted its brilliance was clearly visible from 70 miles away. As the F-4 moved to within 25 nm (nautical miles) of the object it lost all instrumentation and communications forcing him to break off and return to Shahrokhi. As he did so he regained control of instrumentation and communications.

Soon a second F-4 was launched to intercept the object and acquired a radar lock at 27 nm. As the F-4 came to within 25 nm of the object it began to move away, maintaining the 25 nm distance. The object was so bright it was difficult to estimate the size but the radar signature returned was similar in size to a Boeing 707 Tanker. The light it emitted was likened to a brilliant strobe arranged in a rectangular pattern and alternating blue, green, red, and orange. The sequence of the lights was so fast that it could all be seen at once.

Another object came out of the first object, estimated by the pilot to be about one half to one third the apparent size of the moon. It headed straight for the F-4 at a very high rate of speed. The pilot attempted to fire an AIM-9 missile at the object but at that instant his weapons panel went offline and he lost all communications. At this point the pilot attempted a turn and negative G dive to get away. The object fell in trail about 4 nm behind him for a while, before turning away to rejoin the first object.

Shortly after they joined, another object seemed to come out of the first (primary) object, and descended straight down at a high rate of speed. The F-4 pilot had regained his instrumentation and tracked the object, expecting it to impact with the ground. Instead, the object touched down gently and cast a bright light over an area of about one and a half miles.

The F-4 decreased its altitude and tried to observe and mark the object's position. There was a lot of interference and every time the pilot passed through a magnetic bearing of 150 degrees from Mehrabad (airport) he lost communications. A commercial aircraft heading into Mehrabad about this time also experienced interference but did not report seeing anything unusual. As the F-4 was on final approach it noticed yet another object, cylinder-shaped, about the size of a T-bird.

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The Following Day

The next morning officials investigated the approximate location where the one object had seemingly landed. They found a noticeable "beeper" sound which became loudest near a house. They questioned the people in that house, who stated that they had heard a very loud noise, accompanied by bright light like lightning. The area was checked for radiation.

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Defense Intelligence Agency Report

The DIA assessment called the Iran UFO encounter "An outstanding report. This case is a classic which meets all the criteria necessary for a valid study of the UFO phenomenon." The analysis called the UFO performance "awesome," noting that the objects displayed "an inordinate amount of maneuverability." Additional comments from the DIA included: