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u,·(~) 'RANK B. MCKfNZlE, C~L, USA', DAn
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ID~"" THll REPORT 'ORNARDS INFOR"ATI0~ CONClRNING THE
lIGHTING OF AN U'O IN IRAN ON Ig .£PTfMBER 1871~ .
A. ~T ABOUT 1231 AM ON I~ .IP 76 THE IMPERICAL ·IRANIAN
AlR.·FO·RCE (lun COMMA·HO PO.T RECflVED fOUR T£LlPHONE CALLI
... 'RO~'·c.nnENI LIVING IN THE: IHEMIRAN A~U OF UHRAN IAYlN;
THAf~ THEY HAD IEIN IT RANGE OBJECTa IN THE IKY~ lOME REPORTED
. A k~~b.OF BIRD-LIKE OBJECT WHILE OTHERS R~PORTED A HELICOPTlR
. :MIT" A.LIGHT ON. THERE NER( hO HELICOPTER~ AIRBORNE AT THAT
TIME.T·HE COMMAND POll CALLED IG YOUSE'l ...unUNT DEPUTY
CO"~ANDER 0' OPERATIONS. AfTfR HE TOLD THE tlTltEN IT NAI O~
'TARI~~D HAD TALkED TO MEHRAIAD TOWER HE DECIDED TO LOOK 'OR'
HIMIELf•. HE NOTICED AN OBJECT IN THE IKY 'IMILAR TO AlTAR
·IIGGl~·AND IRIGHTER. HE DECIDED TO SCRAMBLE AN , •• 'ROM
IHAHROKHI A'BTO INVESTIGATE, •
I. AT '1~8 HRI ON THE 18TH THE ,-. TOOK O'f AND PROCEEDED
TO·A·'~lNT AIOUT 48 N~ NORTH OF TEHRAN. DUE TO IT' IRILLIANCE
THE OBJ~CT MAl IASIlY VISIBLE FROH 7. MIllS AWAY.-~·~·
U· THf.··'•• APPROACHED A RANGE 0' 25 Nt! HE Lon ALL INITRUME" iAJION ....: .:•.
AND-:COMMUNICAHONS (UHF AND INTERCOM). HE BROKE 0" THE . ::~... ~:
. I"'TER.tEPT AND HEAD"ED lACK TO IHAHROKHI. WHEN THE F.4C TURNED .~ .".: '.
·~N~T .'ROM THi .OBJECT ·AND APPARENTLY MAl NO LONGER A THR(AT~··:
. TO ·1:T<lH~ ASRCRAfT··RUAINlO ALL INITRUMENUnON AND CO".:.·.·~~"·
.: MUNItA.TIONI, AT lUI HRS A IECOND '.4C NAI LAUNCHED, THE ..,. '.:
BACKlt"ATU ~CClUlREO A RADAR LOCK ON AT 17 NM. II O'CLOCK ... :~ ..:-,
HIG~ POlltJON ~IT~ THE VC (RATE OF CLOIURE) AT IS' MMPH, .~.!~
A~ T~E RANGE DECREASED·TO 25 "'M THE OBJ!CT MOVED A_A, AT A : ....
. . IPEE·O :,rHAT ~u V.IIIBLE ON THE RAO.AR SCOPE AND .IT.UED AT 25N~..f}:.~:
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IN'TANT HI' WilPON" CONTROL PANIL W!NT 0" AN~ HE LO'T ALL
CQMMUNICATION. (UHF AND INTERPHONf),.AT 'THI'PDINTTH! PILOT
INITIATED A·TURN AND NEGATIVE G DIV! To.G!T AWAY, A' HE
TURNEO THE OBJEAZ FELL IN TRAIL AT ~HAT APPfARED TO 8E AIOUT .
hoCNM, AS HE CONTINUED IN H1& TURN ANAY FROM THE PRIMARY
OBJECT. THE IECOND OBJECT WENT TO THEIN'IDE OF HII TURN THEN
RrtuR~ED TO THE PRIMARY OBJECT FOR A PER'ECT REJOIN,
'O~·jHDRTLY AFTER THE IECOND OBJECT JOINED UP WITH THE
'RJM.R~ OBJECT ANOTHER OBJECT APPEARED TO COME OUT 0' THE
OT'HER,.IIOE OF THE PRIMARY OBJECT GOING 'TRAI''''T DONN,AT ,
GREAt.RATE OF SPEED. THE F.~ CREW HAD REGAINED COMMUNICATIONS
AND"THE WEAPON. CONTROL PANEL AND WATCHED TH! OBJECT APPROACH
THE GROUND ANTlCIPAUNG A LARGE EXPLOIION. THIS OBJECT APPEARED ::...~.';<:
TO "CQ.t.t£ TO REST GENTLY ON THE EARTH AND CAST A'VERY BRIGHT - .: :;'.
'LIGH~OV£R AN AREA 0' ABOUT :2.~ KILOMETERa, ..' .
THE CREW DESCENDED FROM THEIR ALTITUDE OF 28M TO 15M AND ~:.
CONTI~UED TO OBSERVE AND MARK THE OBJECTIS POSITION, THEY !-.
HAD I.OME DIFF'ICULTY IN ADJUSTING TH!1R NIGHT YUIBILITY 'OR···· -
~ANDING SO AFTER OR8ITING MEHRABAD A fEW TIMES THEY WENT OUT :~"
'OR .~~STRAIGHT IN LANDING, THERE WAS A LOT Of INTERFERENCE ~~.~~
ON THE UHf A~D EACH TIME THEY PAiSED THROUGH A MAG, SEARING ~~ . ~
OF 158 OEGRE~ IIRO,", EHRABlD THEY L.on THEIR CDMHUNICATIONS (UHF '.. ,.
AND tNTERPHONE) AND THE INS FLUCTUATED FROM ~B DEGREES. Be DEGREES~~-~:
THi ·ONE CIVIL AIRLINER THAT WAS APPROACHING MEHRABAD DURING THIS
.. IAM£ .TI"E ~XPERIENCEO·COMMUNICATIONS 'AlI;URE IN THE lAM! . I ...•..; •• ':.
VICI·NIn· (KH.-O ZUL.U) BUT 010 NOT RlPORT IEUNG ANYTHING, ':':~:"<
WHIL~·.THE F.4 WAS ON A LONG fINAL APPROACH THE CREW NOTICED .{.~
A~DTH'Efl: '~LINDER 8HAPED OBJECT (ABOUT THE IUE OF A T.SIRD ....:. .
AT UU'l WITH BRIGHT STEADY LIGHTS ON fACH END AND A flUHER ..:';.:-:.,:-
. INTM£ MIDDLE, WHEN QUERIED THE TOWER lTATED THERE WAS NO . ',', .
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ItfI.W['YEO TO ~1V£ LANDED ARE lUNG' CHECKED 'OR POIIU!.E IlADllnO~.
RD· COMHENTII _ ACTUAl. IN'ORMATION CONTAINED IN THII R!PO~T . '
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'ORWAROtO WHEN IT BECOHES AVAILABLE.
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