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ATTACHMENT 3 1976/Iran/Visual-Radar-Physical Effects The following is a memorandum prepared by Col. Frank B. McKenzie, U.S. Air Force, [ITRUE?] and released Pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request. This memorandum describes the 1976 jet chase of UFOs over Teheran, Iran. As indicated on its first page, this memorandum was written on September 22, 1976 -- three days after the incident -- and was circulated to numerous agencies, including the Secretary of State, the CIA, the White House, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Secretary of Defense. Because the photocopy is hard to read,…

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@ aa This report forwards information conceming the sighting of a UFO in Iran on 19 September 1976. A. At about 1230 a.m. on 19 Sep. 76 the (deleted) recerved four telephone calls from. citizens living in the Shemiran area of Tehran saying that they had seen strange objects in the sky. Some reported a kind of bird-like odject while others reported a helicopter with a light on. There were no helicopters airborne at that time. After he told the citizens it was only stars and had talked to Mehrabad Tower, he decided to look for himself. He noticed an object in the sky similar to a star bigger and…

3-4 The following is quoted from a form attached to the document just quoted, and released by the Defense Intelligence Agency, [TIRUE?] concerning the 1976 Iran sighting. This form is reprinted in Clear Intent, Supra, page 84. The form, entitled "Defense Information Report Evaluation", evaluates the quality of the information contained in the document. The form indicated in checked boxes that the reliability of information was "Confirmed by other sources," that the value of information was "High (Unique, Timely, and of Major Significance)," and that the utility of information was "Potentially …

The October 1, 1976 issue of the Iran Times, published in Washington, D.C. published what purported to be a first- hand account from one of the pilots, based on a tape of the actual pursuit. The article, reprinted in part in Clear Intent, 85, states: The tape of Imperial Air Force Lt. Jafari's reports to the control tower at — Mehrabad airport was made available. The 23-year-old pilot told controllers that the UFO had doubled back on its pursuers, and he was in danger of being forced down. Jafari was piloting the first of two jet fighters which took off from Shahrokhi Air Base in Hamadan to in…

++ Transcript of a conversation between John Cathcart (reporter) and Lt. Gen. Azarbarzin, deputy commander-in-chief of operation of the Imperial Iranian Air Force; headquarters in Tehcean, Iran Date: Jan 4, 1977 Q: The story we have indicates that two jets were scrambled after a UFQ--- is that trae? A. That is true. They both were scrambled ara they locked on the target but they received a very strong jamming. And then they lost almost every avionics system they had on the airplane. Q. Is it true that they were unable to fire their missile? A. No, they could not because they had very strong ja…

Azarbarzin , pg 2 - Les. Are you plaAding to take any further action? No, no....we do not but we have...all we have done we have given all the information....of course that was the request from the U.S. We have given all this information to our MAG(?)*I think they ae it to the organization in the States and...we haven't done anything since that time. Q. You mean you passed the information to the Bee States Air Force? A. Yes. Q. They requested it, did they? A. Well, actually, they have this procedure if we have some information on UFO we're just exchanging all this information and we did it. Q.…

oo ABE IVeBILA, ps} 3 A. or Q. A. Were you a skeptic yourself before now....has your attitude changed somewhat to these objects or is it just a daily occurance to you? I don't understand you. What I'm saying is, you know, obviously as a general were you previously skeptical about the reports of UFOs and strar.ge venicles, are you now, have you changed you mind somewhat? No, we haven't changed our mind yet. But we know there is something and we have seen even the shape because according to the raport from one of our Pilots who was almost crossing under the UF2 he explained the shape of the cock…