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This is an article by Captain Henry S. Shields of HQ USAFE/INOMP, here in a copy held by the National Security Agency. It recounts how two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom crews encountered UFOs near Tehran in late 1976. The crews reported losing instruments, communications and weapons control. They said a smaller object detached and chased one jet, and that another object came down and lit the ground. A helicopter search the next day found nothing unusual, and the results of later tests were not reported.
“International UFO Reporter”1 page
A second F-4 was crumbled ten minutes after the first. The backseater reported radar-lock on the UFO at 27 NM/12 o'clock high position, and a rate of closure of 150 knots. Upon reaching the 25 NM point, the object began rapidly moving away to maintain a constant separation distance while still visible on the radar scope. While the size of the radar return was comparable to that of a KC-135, its intense brilliance made estimation of actual size impossible. Visually, it resembled flashing strobe lights arranged in a rectangular pattern and alternating blue, green, red, and orange. Their sequence was so fast that all colors could be seen at once. As the F-4 continued pursuit south of Tehran, a second brightly-lit object (about one-half to one-third the size of the moon) detached from the original UFO and headed straight for the F-4 at a high rate of speed. The pilot attempted to fire an AIM-9 missile at the new object but was prevented by a sudden power loss in his weapons control panel. UHF and internal communications were simultaneously lost. The pilot promptly initiated a turn and negative G dive to escape, but the object fell in behind the F-4 at 3-4 NM distance. Continuing the turn, the pilot observed the second object turn inside of him and then away, subsequently returning to the primary UFO for a perfect rendezvous. The two UFOs had hardly rejoined when a second object detached and headed straight down toward the ground at high speed. Having regained weapons and communications systems, the aircrew watched the third object, anticipating a large explosion when it struck the ground. However, it landed gently and cast a bright light over a two-three kilometer area. The pilot flew as low over the area as possible, fixing the object's exact location. Upon return to home base, both crewmen had difficulty in DECLASSIFY CN: 4D281 by: ACS71, HQ45MR 33
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