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vertically extremely fast and avoided additional fire. In Jafari's case, missile firing mechanisms were rendered inert several times at the moment aa 4 Woo rm 1 . 4 astonishing trait: They repeatedly evaded attack at the very last moment, just when the pilots locked on to the target and were ready to fire, as if they somehow "knew," or registered in some way, when the pilots were about to push the button. These last-minute evasions seem too perfectly timed, and were repeated too many times, to be coincidental. Both cases are among the best illustrations on record of some kind of intelligent confrolby a UFO. Despite the distance between them, the objects appeared to be highly cued in to the actions of the aircraft with which they were engaged. And neither UFO retaliated or harmed the jets, despite their aggressive maneuvers. One would surmise that our government would clearly have been interested in such remarkable events, despite claims to the contrary. And it was. The fascinating FOIA documents tell the real story. The 1976 Iranian incident was a major news event in Tehran, and even American television was on the scene. As General Jafari described earlier, U.S. Air Force officer Lieutenant Colonel Olin Mooy had attended the debriefing the day after the incident. It was Mooy who penned a three-page U.S. government memorandum titled "UFO Sighting” which was classified and distributed as a teletype from the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency to the secretary of state, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the White House, and the Air Force, Army, and Navy. This highly unusual report [13] spells out in detail the information presented at the briefing that Jafari attended, including a description of the primary object and the secondary, smaller objects; the loss of on-board instrumentation in conjunction with attempts to fire; and an apparent landing of one object. Most significant was the incredible DIA evaluation of Mooy's descriptive narrative, written by Air Force Major Colonel Roland Evans on October 12,1976. It states: An outstanding report: this case is a classic which meets all the criteria necessary for a valid study of UFO phenomena. The object was seen by multiple witnesses from different locations (i.e., Shemiran, Mehrebad and the dry lake bed) and viewpoints (both airborne and from the ground). The credibility of many of the witnesses was high (an Air Force General, qualified aircrews and experienced tower operators). Visual sightings were confirmed by radar. Similar electromagnetic effects (EME) were reported by three separate aircraft. There were physiological effects on some crew members (i.e., loss of night vision due to the brightness of the object). An inordinate amount of maneuverability was displayed by the UFOs. [14] The evaluation indicates that the reliability of the information was "confirmed by other sources" and its value was high (defined as "unique, timely and of major significance"). It was used, or planned for use, as he was about to launch his missiles. Both UFOs demonstrated an uncanny,