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seen at once. The object and the pursuing _interphone) and the INS fluctuated from 30 F-4 continued on a course to the south of degrees to 50 degrees. The one civil airlin- Tehran when another brightly lighted er that was approaching Mehrabad during object, estimated to be one-half to one-third this same time experienced communica- the apparent size of the moon, came out of _ tions failure in the same vicinity (Kilo the original object. This second object Zulu) but did not report seeing anything. headed straight toward the F-4 ata very While the F-4 was on a long final fast rate of speed. The pilot attempted to approach, the crew noticed another cylin- fire an AIM-9 missile at the object but, at der-shaped object (about the size of a T- that instant, his weapons control panel went bird at 10M) with bright steady lights on off and he lost all communications (UHF each end and a flasher in the middle. and interphone). At this point the object When queried, the tower stated that there fell in trail at what appeared to be about 3-4 was no other known traffic in the area. NM. As he continued in his turn, away During the time that the object passed over from the primary object, the second object the F-4, the tower did not have a visual on went to the inside of his turn, then retumed it but picked it up after the pilot told them to the primary object for a perfect rejoin. to look between the mountains and the "D. Shortly after the second object refinery. joined up with the primary object, another "E. During daylight, the F-4 crew was object appeared to come out of the other taken out to the area in a helicopter where side of the primary object going straight the object apparently had landed. Nothing down at a great rate of speed. The F-4 was noticed at the spot where they thought crew had regained communications and the _ the object landed (a dry lake bed), but as weapons control panel and watched the _ they circled off to the west of the area they object approach the ground, anticipating a picked up a very noticeable beeper signal. large explosion. This object appeared to At the point where the return was the loud- come to rest gently on the earth and cast a est was a small house with a garden. They very bright light over an area of about 2-3 landed and asked the people within if they kilometers. The crew descended from their had noticed anything strange last night. altitude of 25,000 to 15,000 [feet] and con- The people talked about a loud noise and a tinued to observe and mark the object's very bright light like lightning. The air- position. They had some difficulty in craft and area where the object is believed adjusting their night visibility for landing, to have landed are being checked for possi- so, after orbiting Mehrabad a few times, _ ble radiation. they went out for a straight-in landing. "More information will be forwarded There was a lot of interference on the UHF, when it becomes available.” and each time they passed through a mag. Interesting report! Unfortunately, what- bearing of 150 degrees from Mehrabad ever future information was made available they lost their communications (UHF and _ was denied to FoIA filers, save for the fol- lowing message, entitled “Defense Information Report Evaluation"—an assessment of the quality of the Iran sight- ing details as determined by the DIA. (The DIA is the military version of the CIA, incidentally, which deals with foreign mili- tary intelligence.) According to. this form, checked boxes reveal that the reliability of information was “confirmed by other sources"; the value of information was “high (unique, timely, and of major signifi- cance)"; and the utility of the information was "potentially useful". The "remarks" section contained the following: "An outstanding report. This case is a classic which meets all the criteria neces- sary for a valid stady of the UFO phenome- non: "a) The object was seen by multiple wit- nesses from different locations (i.e., Shamiran, Mehrabad, and the dry lake bed) and viewpoints (both airborne and from the ground). "b) The credibility of many of the wit- nesses was high (an Air Force general, qualified aircrews, and experienced: tower operators), "c) Visual sightings were confirmed by radar. "d) Similar electromagnetic effects (EME) were reported by three separate air- craft. "e) There were physiological effects on some crew members (i.e., loss of night vision due to the brightness of the object). "f) An inordinate amount of maneuver- ability was displayed by the UFOs." That's all that's been made available about the Tehran incident. It is important to notice that the effects mentioned in the above commentary and evident in the origi- nal description have occurred many times in other cases. The electromagnetic effects are most notable across such cases; in fact, just six weeks ago, a UFO penetrated air- space over an Argentinian airport and induced electrical failure over the entire airport and runway areas. And, amateur video footage from Mexico, taken at night- time in the past several years' UFO wave, show brightly lit objects joining and sepa- rating as described above. MIDDLE EAST UFO INCIDENTS 2. Kuwait, 1979 In an unrelated incident also in the Middle East, the following document is Message 290606Z, January 1979, from the American Embassy in Kuwait City to the 66 ¢ NEXUS DECEMBER 1995 - JANUARY 1996