(42) Sun 7 Dec 97 19:59 By: George Jiri Opletal To: All Re: 1976 Tehran sighting 1/4 St: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @EID:c7ab 23879f60 @MSGID: 3:632/562 5a299da4 @PID: RA 2.5 43232 Having been pressed to present evidence for the existence of UFOs, here is the first of many documents I intend to post. Most of the documents are FOIA requests from US government agencies and I will document the sources, as carefully as I can. Document 1: DIA report on encounter between UFO and the Iranian Air Force in 1976. Original document obtained by Charles Huffer in 1977. However, I had seen other people obtain the documents from the Defense Intelligence Agency. The report was sent by the Defense Attache at the US embassy in Tehran to the DIA. Note the distribution list…. (any copying mistakes are my fault) ACTION 12043 DIA: DISTR CJCS(01) DJS(03) J3(14) J5(02) NNCC SECDEF(07) DPSECDEF NNIC SECDEF: ASD: ISA(10) :DIA(15) * SECSTATE WASH DC * C I A * NSA WASH DC * WHITE HOUSE WASH DC * CHC * CSAF WASH DC * CNO WASH DC * CSA WASH DC FILE(1) (053) [ more coding, which I have not included] 1235 SEP76 THIS IS IR 6 846 0139 76 1. (U) IRAN 2. REPORTED UFO SIGHTING (U) 3. (U) NA 4. (U) 19 & 20 SEP 76 5. (U) TEHRAN, IRAN; 20 SEP 76 6. (U) F-6 7. (U) 6 846 0008 (NOTE RO COMMENTS) 8. (U) 6 846 0139 76 9. (U) 22SEP 76 10. (U) NA 11. (U) “INITIATE” IPSP PT=1440 PAGE 1 00110101 --- FMail 1.22 * Origin: Beyond Reality bbs, Melbourne, Australia 03 9773-3721 (3:632/562) SEEN-BY: 12/12 218/890 1001 270/101 353/250 396/1 3615/50 51 3804/180 @PATH: 632/562 107 633/260 359 270/101 396/1 3615/50 218/1001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (43) Sun 7 Dec 97 20:02 By: George Jiri Opletal To: All Re: 1976 Tehran sighting 2/4 St: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @EID:c75b 2387a040 @MSGID: 3:632/562 5a299e3a @PID: RA 2.5 43232 PAGE 2 12. (U) USDAO, TEHRAN, IRAN 13. (U) FRANK B, MCKENZIE, COL, USAF, DATT 14. (U) NA 15. THIS REPORT FORWARDS INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SIGHTING OF AN UFO IN IRAN ON 19 SEPTEMBER 1976, A. AT ABOUT 1230 AM ON 19 SEP 76 THE IMPERIAL IRANIAN AIRFORCE (IIAF) COMMAND POST 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 KING OF BIRD-LIKE OBJECT WHILE OTHERS REPORTED A HELICOPTER WITH A LIGHT ON, THERE WERE NO HELICOPTERS AIRBORNE AT THE TIME, THE COMMAND POST CALLED BG YOUSEFI, ASSISTANT DEPUTY COMMANDER OF OPERATIONS, AFTER HE TOLD CITIZEN IT WAS ONLY STARS AND HAD TALKED TO HEHRABAD 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 NORTH OF TEHRAN, DUE TO ITS BRILLANCE THE OBJECT WAS EASILY VISIBLE FROM 70 MILES AWAY, AS THE F-4 APPROACHED A RANGE OF 25 NM HE LOST ALL INSTRUMENTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS (UHF AND INTERCOM), HE BROKE OFF THE INTERCEPT 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 INSTRUMENTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS, AT 0140 HRS A SECOND F-4 WAS LAUNCHED, THE BACKSEATER ACQUIRED A RADAR LOCK ON AT 27NM, 12 O’CLOCK HIGH POSITION WITH THE VC (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 25NM. 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 COLOUR, 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 TOWARDS 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 PAGE 2 00110101 --- FMail 1.22 * Origin: Beyond Reality bbs, Melbourne, Australia 03 9773-3721 (3:632/562) SEEN-BY: 12/12 218/890 1001 270/101 353/250 396/1 3615/50 51 3804/180 @PATH: 632/562 107 633/260 359 270/101 396/1 3615/50 218/1001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (44) Sun 7 Dec 97 20:06 By: George Jiri Opletal To: All Re: 1976 Tehran Sighting 3/4 St: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @EID:070a 2387a0c0 @MSGID: 3:632/562 5a299f62 @PID: RA 2.5 43232 PAGE 3 12043 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 TI 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 SECOND OBJECT WENT TO THE INSIDE OF HIS TURN THEN RETURNED TI THE PRIMARY OBJECT FOR A PERJECT 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 KILOMETRES. THE CREW DESCENDED FROM THEIR ALTITUDE OF 26M TO 15M AND (I am not sure what 26M means here, as a F-4 can not fly that high, 26 miles, could be associated with the landing explain later on as meaning metres, george) CONTINUED TO OBSERVE AND MARK THE OBJECT’S POSITION, THEY HAD SOME DIFFICULTY IN ADJUSTING THEIR NIGHT VISIBILITY FOR LANDING SO AFTER ORBITING HEHRABAD A FEW TIMES THEY WENT OUT FOR A STRAIGHT LANDING, THERE WAS A LOT OF INTERFERENCE ON THE UHF AND EACH TIME THEY PASSED THROUGH A MAG, BEARING OF 150 DEGREE FROM EHRABAD THEY LOST THEIR COMMUNICATIONS (UHF AND INTERPHONE) AND THE INS FLUCTUATED FROM 30 DEGREES – 50 DEGREES, THE ONE CIVIL AIRLINER THAT WAS APPROACHING HEHRABAD DURING THIS SAME TIME EXPERIENCED COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE IN THE SAME VICINITY (KILO ZULU) 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 OVER THE F-4 THE TOWER DID NOT HAVE A VISUAL ON IT BUT PICKED IT UP AFTER THE PILOT THEM TO LOOK BETWEEN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE REFINARY. 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 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 NOTICEAVLE 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 ANYTHING STRANGE LAST NIGHT, THE PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT A LOUD NOISE AND A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT PAGE 3 00110101 --- FMail 1.22 * Origin: Beyond Reality bbs, Melbourne, Australia 03 9773-3721 (3:632/562) SEEN-BY: 12/12 218/890 1001 270/101 353/250 396/1 3615/50 51 3804/180 @PATH: 632/562 107 633/260 359 270/101 396/1 3615/50 218/1001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (45) Sun 7 Dec 97 20:07 By: George Jiri Opletal To: All Re: 1976 Tehran Sighting 4/4 St: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @EID:c6bb 2387a0e0 @MSGID: 3:632/562 5a299f9c @PID: RA 2.5 43232 PAGE 4 LIKE LIGHTENING, THE AIRCRAFT AND AREA WHERE THE OBJECT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE LANDED ARE BEING CHECKED FOR POSSIBLE RADIATION. RO COMMENT: ACTUAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT WAS OBTAINED FROM SOPURCE IN CONVERSATION WITH A SUB-SOURCE, AND IIAF PILOT OF ONE OF THE F-4S, MORE INFORMATION WILL BE FORWARDED WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. BT #9575 ANNOTES JEP 117 PAGE 4 00110101 230010Z Attached with the release of the document was a DIA Defense Information Report Evaluation….it stated.. ‘An outstanding report. This case is a classic which meets all the criteria necessary for a valid study of the UFO phenomena: a. The object was seen by multiple witnesses from different locations (i.e Shamiran, Mehrabad, and the dry lake bed) and viewpoints (both airborne and ground) b. The credibility of many of the witnesses was high (an Air Force general, qualified aircrews, and experienced tower operators). c. Visual sightings were confirmed by radar. d. Similar electromagnetic effects (EME) were reported by three separate aircraft. e. The were physiological effects on some crew members (i.e loss of night vision due to the brightness of the object) f. An inordinate amount of maneuvrability was displayed by the UFOs --- FMail 1.22 * Origin: Beyond Reality bbs, Melbourne, Australia 03 9773-3721 (3:632/562) SEEN-BY: 12/12 218/890 1001 270/101 353/250 396/1 3615/50 51 3804/180 @PATH: 632/562 107 633/260 359 270/101 396/1 3615/50 218/1001