The U.S. Government & the Iran Case

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NETHERLANDS

FINLAND

76 Societe V•ucluslonno d'Etudo
Dos PhenomenH Spatlaux
El ?o:'ltet
77 Union des Groupen1ents
Esplotogiques de France et ~es
Pays de Langue Fr~ncalse
Valence
78 Verification el Elude des Ovnl
pour Nimes et la Contree
Avoisanle (VERONICA)
Nimes

84 Nlderfands UFO OnderZlek
Bureau
The Hague
ISNOBOVO
Uithuizermeeder

95 The UFO Research1ra of
FlnlAind
Turitu

NORTHERN IRELAND
88 UFO Research Centre
Armagh

95 Edinburgh University UFO
Rosearch Society
Edinburgh

ITALY

SWEDEN

87 Centro UFOlogico Nazlonalo
Milan
88 Gruppo Clypeus
Turin
89 Independent Natlonst Com·
mission for the Study of
Anomalous Aerial Phenomena
(CNIFAA)
Bologna
90 LI Conttct lntematlonal
Rome
91 S.H.A.D.O.
Genoa

97 Art>etagruppen for UFOlogl
So<!ertalje
98 Gotesborgs Informations
Center for Olclentlfleradt
Flygande Foremal
Goteborg
19 Swedish UFO Research Center
Nassjo
100 UFO Sverfge
Motala

SPAIN
79 Centro de Estudlos Inter·
planotartos (CEI)
Barcetcna
80 Circulo de Eatudlos Sobrt
ObJoctos no ldentlflcados
Valencia

PORTUGAL
81 Centro de Estudos
Astronomicos •de Fer1omtnos
lnsolitos
Lisbon

DENMARK

BELGIUM
82 Groupament pour l'Etude des
Sciences d'1¥1nt·garde
Brussels
83 Societe Beige d'Etude des
Phenomcnts Spatlau.x (SOBEPS)
Brussels

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NTERNt.ilONAL
NCIDENTS OF
NTEREST

92 Dansk UFO Center
Thisted
93 Sk1ndln1vlsk UFO Information
(SUFOI)
Kastrup
94 UFO Studlekreds
Copenhagen

JAPAN

SCOTLAND

WEST GERMANY
101 Centrales Enlorschunganetz
Aubargewohnllcher Phanomene
(CEN~P)

Mannheim
102UFO·SIG
Berlin

YUGOSLAVIA
1030DISEJA
Slovenija

104 CAB lntematlon&I
Yokohama

NEW ZEALAND
105 Clvillan Saucer
Investigation
Auckland
106 New Zealand Scientific Space
Research Group
Auckland

AUSTRALIA
107 Austrsllan Co-ordination
Soctlon-Centre for UFO Studies
(ACOS) ·
Goslord, New South Wales
108 Australian Flying Saucer
Reaearch Society
Adelaide, South Australia
109 Queensland UFO Research
Bureau
Brisbane, Queensland
110 Tasmanian UF~ Investigation
Center (TUFOIC)
Hobart, Tasmania
111 UFO Information Center
(UFOIC)
Lane Cove, Victoria
112 UFO RetHrch Network
Sydney, New South Wales
113 Victoria UFO Reseerch
Society
Moorabin. Victoria

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT &"THE IRAN"'CASE

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 detailing the incident was being examined 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 translating the official acronyms, the
document was received by the following 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 concern of the "top brass" in the U.S.
military defense structure. Do all UFO
reports undergo this sort of distribution and what happens to them .once
they reach these prestigious offices?
IUR contacted the local state senator's office Mititary Liaison Officer
who was able to be of some assistance in the matter. She called the
Army, Navy, and Air Force offices in
Washington as well as the Department 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 international lighting configurations and
colors. The initial, primary object, according 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 International 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.

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VERBATIM WIRE MESSAGE

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 birdlike 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 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 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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~;ave off was that of flashing strobe

ights arranged in a rectangular
pattern and alternating blue, green,
red and orange in color. 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 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 Interphone). 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 communications. (UHF and lnterphone)
and the ins fluctuated (instruments
-Ed.) from 30 degrees-50 degrees,
The one civil airliner that was approaching Mehrabad 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 [10,000 ft.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 mountains 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 anything 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.
when it becomes available. · ·
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. •• end moving off into the dis t11nce.

In IUR, Vol. 2, No. 11, the Foreign
Forum feature mentioned a case
wherein a Guatemalan· camera crew
videotaping a car commercial turned

their camera towards a "UFO" which
fortuitously flew into their field of
view. The Incident took place on Oct.
5, 1977 at 10:(~ AM, In Guatemala

City and If" the first incident, to our
knowledge, of a color videotape
recording a "UFO." Through the
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