Now You See It, Now You Don't! (NSA copy)

·.~'A second F-4 was
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.:rambled ten minutes after tl.- first. -..... . ·. ·
·1'h~ b~te~ rep~~ted~radar-lock on the UF_?__at 2.7 ~M/12. ~·~lock
high position, and ~ rat'i- 9{ closure of 150 knots. Up?n reachmg the
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25 NM point, th~ :·~bj~ ct·•began ·rapidly moving· away to ~aintain a
constant sep~ration distance while still .visible o~ the radar scope.
While the s iz~ o~ the· ra.dar. r~tu;n wa.s ~o~-p~r·:~;~ t.~: t~at o! a. KC-
135, its hite~se brillian~{inade es.ti~at.ion of .actuai size impossible.
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Visually, it resembl~d fia~hhtg stro.~e ligh_t~ arranged in a re ctangu-
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la'l" pa~tern and alternating blue, gr~en, red·, ~nd orange.
sequence was. so fast th~~ _".l-1_1 _colors. cou~q be se_en at once •
.. As the F-4 continued pursuit .south of Tehran, a second
brightly-Ii~ obje~t (about .one-half to _on~-third the size of the ~oon) .
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. detached from the origiiial UFO and headed straight for the F-4.at a
hrgh}it~ ·~r s.peed·.-.~~:'rh~"bii~t~·:~ttempt~d t6.£:i~e an.AIM:-9. missil~ ·a:i·. _; ~--~~-: ·:
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the' .new· object but :w_as .pr~v.e_n~ed -by a ;sudde_n power loss in his .. :·: .·.- ...
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--.vea.pons control panel. .u~ ~nd inte;n~l :~~~rri~ications' were ·:
simultaneously los~-~-· .'J;'h~ "~~i~~· p~~~-P.t.ly bliti~~e~;-~\urn and neg~tive- .
·c di~~:to·~~cape·~--b:i·~~~ :bj~~- fei1:hi--~h~d ihet.;~·~t. 3~4 NM·.·.
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distance~ ::Cont~~ing ~~e tuI'.n, the. pilot observed the second obje~t . · ·
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turn· ~side .. of'~in:i .. and ,t?e~ away, .su~.sequently r~turning _to the· pri- ·:. ·.".::··: .··-~· :_.: : ·:.;~. ·:··.... ·· . . .~ :~_._(::::. ·>·~;.:.~''.· · ·· ·
.. ,. ·-· · ...~-je~·· an~icipating a _large explosion when it stru.ck -
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the ground. · Howey~r ...:~t..landed gently and_ cast a bright light· over a .
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two-three "kilomete:i:-:ar·ea;~.:)fpe pilot flew as low over the area as·.·.. .. . .
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possible., .fixing. the. ?bject's exact lo.~ation. · ....
• ·up·on return to home base, both crewmen had difficulty" in
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