UFO sightings in Iran

This is a list of alleged sightings of unidentified flying objects or UFOs in Iran.

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 ranking Iranian military officers directly involved with the events have also gone on public record stating their belief the object was an extraterrestrial craft.

2003

* In August 2003, two tourists saw a couple of yellow-white colored UFOs near the Caspian Sea in Iran. [ [http://www.ufoinfo.com/sightings/iran/030820.shtml Iran UFO 2003] ]

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. [cite web |url=http://www.ufoinfo.com/sightings/iran/040400.shtml |title=UFO Sighting Report April 12th-21st 2004 : The Cities of Iran |accessdate=2007-03-22 |format= |work= ] 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. [cite web |url=http://www.ufoarea.com/events_irans_airforce_ordered.html |title=Iran's air force ordered to defend nuclear facilities from `flying objects' |accessdate=2007-03-22 |format= |work= ] It is unclear if the objects sighted were UFOs or if they were surveillance aircraft 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. [cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title =Iran starstruck by UFO phenomenon | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =BBS News | date =April 30, 2004 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3671271.stm | accessdate =2007-03-22]

2005

* A tourist said that he saw a UFO hovering near the Tomb of Cyrus the Great in Iran. [http://www.ufoinfo.com/sightings/iran/050416.shtml Iran UFO 2005] ]

2007

* Eyewitnesses told the Fars News Agency (FNA) that a radiant UFO had crashed in the Barez Mounts of Kerman on Wednesday morning. Abulghassem Nasrollahi, the Deputy General of the Kerman province in Iran told the news agency that all the aircraft in the area had been accounted for, but did not rule out the possibility that the object could be a meteor. Another source also told the FNA that the object was on fire with thick smoke coming from it, and claimed that this implied the object was not a meteor. However, meteors appear as bright fireballs in the sky, as they are heated to high temperatures due largely to ram pressure as they fall at high speeds through the Earth's atmosphere. Meteors often burn up completely before reaching the ground and some leave a smoke-like trail in their wake. Abulghassem noted that a few days earlier, in Rafsanjan, a similar incident was reported by witnesses.

References

External links

* [http://mufoncms.com/cgi-bin/manage_sighting_reports.pl?mode=latest_reports MUFON - Last 20 UFO Sightings and Pictures]