UFO sightings in Iran
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There have been a number of UFO sightings in Iran that have been reported since 1976. In recent years there has been a rise in the number of documented sightings, beginning in 2003.
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[edit] 1976
The 1976 Tehran UFO Incident was a radar and visual sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) over Tehran, the capital of Iran. The incident is particularly notable for the electromagnetic interference effects on aircraft near the UFO. Two F-4 jet interceptors independently lost instrumentation and communications as they approached, only to have these restored when they left. One F-4 also lost its weapons systems when it was about to fire on the object. The incident is well-documented in a U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) report with a distribution list that included the White House, Secretary of State, Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Security Agency (NSA), and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Various high Iranian military officers directly involved with the events have also gone on public record stating their belief the object was an extraterrestrial craft.
[edit] 2003
In August 2003, two tourists saw a couple of yellow-white colored UFOs near the Caspian Sea in Iran.[1]
[edit] 2004
In April, of 2004, a mass UFO sighting (known as the 2004 Iran UFO sighting) occurred between April 12-21. The UFO's were sighted by thousands of people and one was filmed by Iranian TV.[2] According to reports, some of the UFOs were seen hovering or flying over nuclear facilities which sparked media frenzy since the sighting occurred at the time when the United States and other countries were criticizing Iran's nuclear program.[3] It is unclear if the objects sighted were UFOs or if they were spy planes or the planet Venus.
Many photos of UFOs in Iran surfaced shortly during the UFO sighting. Many of the photos were deemed unknown by some UFO groups but written off as either hoaxes , conventional aircraft or the planet Venus.[4]
[edit] 2005
A tourist said that he saw a UFO hovering near the Tomb of Cyrus the Great in Iran. [5]
