File 32670 · September 19, 1976
Tehran UFO Incident
Tehran, Iran
Opened 9/10/2026
Sighting photograph. Image pulled from the public post. — Wikipedia / DIA Report
Standing
Unidentified
On the public record, and still open. A claim, paper, or film — not a finding that it was ours, and not a finding that it was not.
Declassified U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency eight-page report on the incident details radar contacts, electromagnetic interference, and pilot testimony.
What was claimed
Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom jets intercepted a large bright UFO over Tehran. The object emitted smaller objects and interfered with aircraft electronics and communications. Radar-visual confirmation from multiple sources including ground control.
What is on the record
This file is a working record — a report, not a verdict. Official paper, if any, is linked where we have it.
On the night of September 18-19, 1976, citizens in Tehran reported a bright object in the sky. The Imperial Iranian Air Force scrambled two F-4 Phantom II jets from Shahrokhi Air Base. The first jet's instrumentation and communications failed as it approached the UFO, which was described as a brilliant light with strobing colors. A second F-4, piloted by Lieutenant Parviz Jafari, acquired radar lock and pursued. The object emitted a smaller bright object that headed toward the jet, prompting the pilot to prepare to fire, but systems failed again. The smaller object then returned to the main craft. Ground radar at Mehrabad Airport also tracked the objects. The case was documented in a detailed U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency report and is considered a classic radar-visual encounter.
Could this have been ours?
The known sky, that night.
Satellites were already up. The station was not. Starlink was not.
Always
Aircraft, balloons, meteors
Landing lights, flares, lanterns, reentries, fireballs. They are on the known sky. They do not close a file by themselves — they are what a serious look has to hold the claim against.
Orbit · Space — the desks for lights that are already named.
Sources
Related files
Same craft, same place, same years. A neighbor in the catalogue — not a conclusion.
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