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. . l8~ 1111 THll REPORT ,oRWAR0S 1HFORNATIO~ C0NCfRNlMG THE
IIGHT~NG Of AN u,o JN IRAN ON SP IEPT[MBER 1P76~ .
A, ~T ABOUT 1238 AM ON l~ ~1, 7a TH£ IMPf~IDAL IRANIAN
._· AIR.:,o·RcE u1,n COMMAND POt·T RECEIVED f0UR TfL[PHONE CALLI
. ,io~ ~,1JltfN& LIVING lN THf IH!MIRAN AR[A OF TEHRAN IAYING
, THAJj JHET HAti lflH STRANGE OBJECTS IN THE IKY~ IOHE AtPORTfO
A lllNO. Of' 81R0•L1KE OBJECT WHILE OTHERS H ~PORTED A HELtCOPT[R
• "WIT~ • - LlGHT 0H 1 THERE WER( HO HELICOPTERS AlRB0RNE AT THAT
TIME, T~E COMMAND POil CALLfO BG YOUSE,l, .~SISTANT DEPUTY
CON~AHOER o, OPfRATIONI, A,T[R HE TOLD THE tlTitEN IT NAS ONLY
ITARI ANO HAD TALkfD TD MEHRABAD TOWER HE DECIDED TO LOOK ,oR
·HHllEL·, , . HE NOUC[0 AN OBJECT IN TH[ IKY llHlLAR TO A ITAR
· llGGlR ·AHO IRIGHTfR, HE 0ECI0E0 TO SCRA"BLE AN,., !ROM
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