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This Black Vault copy reproduces an article by Captain Henry S. Shields of HQ USAFE/INOMP titled "Now You See It, Now You Don't!" It recounts a late-1976 episode near Tehran in which two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 crews chased a bright object. Both jets lost instruments or communications, and one crew watched smaller objects detach, with one coming down to the ground. The article says no further explanation came, and it notes that the results of later radiation tests were never reported.
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# NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'TI. ) Captain Henry S. Shields, HQ USAFE/INOMP Sometime in his career, each pilot can expect to encounter strange, unusual happenings which will never be adequately or entirely explained by logic or subsequent investigation. The following article recounts just such an episode as reported by two F-4 Phantom crews of the Imperial Iranian Air Force during late 1976. No additional information or explanation of the strange events has been forthcoming; the story will be filed away and probably forgotten, but it makes interesting, and possibly disturbing, reading. Until 0030 on a clear autumn morning, it had been an entirely routine night watch for the Imperial Iranian Air Force's command post in the Tehran area. In quick succession, four calls arrived from one of the city's suburbs reporting a series of strange airborne objects. These Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) were described as 'bird-like', or as brightly-lit helicopters (although none were airborne at the time). Unable to convince the callers that they were only seeing stars, a senior officer went outside to see for himself. Observing an object to the north like a star, only larger and brighter, he immediately scrambled an IIAF F-4 to investigate. Approaching the city, the F-4 pilot reported that the brilliant object was easily visible 70 miles away. When approximately 25 NM distant, the interceptor lost all instrumentation and UHF/Intercom communications. Upon breaking off the intercept and turning towards his home base, all systems returned to normal, as if the strange object no longer regarded the aircraft as a threat. DECLASSIFY ON: 4 Dec 81 by: ALS/I HQUSAF
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