UFO incident: Tehran
It was named Tehran UFO for the sighting of an unidentified flying object in the early morning of September 19, 1976 over Tehran, the capital of Iran. In the early morning of September 19, 1976 at 0:30 local time, the Imperial Iranian Air Force received four phone calls from citizens living in the Shermiran district of the capital, who reported seeing strange objects in the sky. Some reported a bird-shaped object, others reported a helicopter with a searchlight. The Iranian Air Force decided to solve the case by sending an F-4 Phantom II fighter to investigate the origin of the phenomenon and intercept a possible intruder. The Iranian fighter jet took off at 01:30 local time and headed for a point about 75 km north of Tehran. Due to its brightness, the unidentified object was clearly visible from a distance of 130 kilometers. An artistic interpretation of the fact described above When the F-4 approached 45 kilometers from an unidentified object, it lost all i...