MORE INFORMATION ON THAT IRAN CASE ••• STRAIGHT FRO”‘ THE “TOP BRASS”!
In IUR Vol. 1, No. 1, a case in the Foreign Forum feature described an encounter between Iranian Air Force jets and a UFO which ~layed “cat and mouse” with them, appearing on
·radar and “paralyzing” their weapons and electronics systems when the jets attempted to open fire on it. In the interim, rumors began to circulate that a government document de- tailing the incident was being ex- amined by high government officials. UFO researcher Charles Huffer took an interest in securing a copy of this document while in Germany, but all his efforts met with official rebuffs. This past summer on a·trip to the United States, Mr. Hufrer managed to obtain a copy of the original teletype message reproduced below which gives details of the case from the Pentagon. under the auspices of the Freedom of Information Act.
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 Stcite, the Central Intel-
ligence Agency, the White 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!
IUR and others have been intrigued by the fact that this particular UFO report seems to have become the con- cern of the “top brass” in the U.S. military defense structure. Do all UFO reports undergo this sort of distribu- tion and what happens to them .once they reach these prestigious offices?
IUR contacted the local state sen- ator’s office Mititary Liaison Officer who was able to be of some assis- tance in the matter. She called the Army, Navy, and Air Force offices in Washington as well as the Depart- ment of Defense and addressad these very que~tions on behalf of IUR. The answers were i!iuminating: all these agencies agree:d that the “top brass” mentioned in the distribution list were routinely informed of every item of interest which comes out of the sensitive Midd1e East area. Hence. it
is not. unusual at all that copies of the
report should have made their way to these offices. All correspondence that makes the military wires from this area is so relayed. As to whether or not all UFO reports from every area are conveyed to these sources, that question must remain unanswered at this time except by implication; any report from a.”hot” area would be · relayed. What happens to them once. they reach the top brass is ano~her thing. IUR was not able to glean any information on whether or not there exist any files, or a normal procedure in dealing with UFO sightings.
IUR was also able to find some information on the allowed inter- national lighting configurations and colors. The initial, primary object, ac- cording to the report had alternating blue, green, red and orange lights. FAA Federal Aviation Regulation 43 (91.1) on General Operation and Flight Applicability states that blue lights are not authorized on U.S. planes. Furthermore, _the Inter- national Civil Aviation Organization states that blue lights -are Illegal and that only certain stringently specified light cQnfirguations are allowable on aircraf.-. However, IUR must point out that e~en in past sightings personally
investigated, the witnesses have per· ceived the green navigat•onal lights of planes as blue or blue-Jreen. VERBATIM WIRE MESSAGE

~;ave off was that of flashing strobe ights 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 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 Inter- phone). 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 NM as he continued In.his turn away from the primary object the seco~d 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 th~ 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 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
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 they lost their com- munications. (UHF and lnterphone) and the ins fluctuated (instruments -Ed.) from 30 degrees-50 degrees, The one civil airliner that was ap- proaching Mehrabad during this same time experienced communications failure In the same vicinity (KILO ZULU) but did not report seeing any- thing. While the F-4 was on a long final approach the crew noticed anothercylindershapedobject about thesizeofaT-birdat10M[10,000ft.- Ed.] 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 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 “”W1lere 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.
This report forwards information concerning the sighting of an UFO in Iran on 19 September 1976.
A. Atabout12: 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 taad 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 40 NM (nautical miles-Ed.) 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 (UHF and intercom). He broke off the inter- cept and headed back to Shahrokhi. When the F-4 turned away from the
object and apparently was no longer a threat to it the aircraft regained all in- strumentation and communications. At 0140 hrs a second F-4 was launched. The backseater acquired a radar lock on at 27 NM, 12 o’clock high position with the VD (rate of closure) at 150 NMPH. 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 707 tanker. The visual size of the object was difficult to discern because of Its intense brilliance. The light that It
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