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~ A aecond F-' wa.1 1cJ'.1.mbled ten mlaulea 1.fl•r ~~
The ~ckaeateJ' repol't.Cd ·radar-lock on the UFO at Z7 NM/lZ o'clock
i_:b poUUOll, .nd a · r;.te o! clo1ure o! 150 knots. Up~n reaching the
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~- NM polnt, tr.c object bccan rapidly movin, 1.way to m.int.1.in a
.:.:,,15tant aeparatioo d l.ta.nce while 1t ill _vi1ible on the radar scope.
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·. . . ,ile the sl::c o! the radar return wa, c:omp.1.ublc to that o! a _KC-
135, ita int enu bri\U..ncc ffl1.de c,tim&t~oo o{ 1.ctU1.l , i &e lmposaiblc.
Visually, ic re1cmbl•d n1.shing strobe li~hts arunged in a rcctanau-
1.. r pa~tcrn and .tternattni blue, green, red, ~nd orani•• Their
11cquenc:c was so fast that all color~ could_ be seen at once.
f!!!!I Aa the F-4 continued puuuit ,owb ol Tehran, a second
bri1ht1y-lit o~ject (about one:h.a.l! to one-third the ,l&e o! the moon)
. dcu.ched from the origin1.l Ul"O and he&dcd str.1.ight Ior the F-4 .1.t a
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hlah r,1,t• o! ,peed. The pilot a.ttcmpted to Hre .1.n AIM-9 missile at
the new object but was prevented by ,1, ,uddcn power 101s in hia
._c;a.pona control f,aticl. UHF and lntern,1,l communications were
,imultaneously loat.- !fhe pilot promptly initiated a turn and nc,atlve-
-c dlv• to ea cape , but the object !ell ln ~hind the F-4 at 3-4 NM
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diatanc:c. ~or,,lnuinc .the tu~~• the. pilot obacrve~ the second object
turn lnside o!'him acd thoc aw,1,y, ■ ubacqucntly returnin, to the pri-. . . . .
c!S ThC: two UFOs had hardly rejoined when • second object
C:ctacbed and hc•decl. 1traiab1 down toward the 1ro"1ld at hi&h speed.
Havinc recaincd weapons and communications ■ yatcma, the aircrew
...,&tc:hcd th• third object, &nttcipatin& a l•r&c explosion when i1 atruc\c
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the srou.nd. However • . it landed aently an.d cut a bri1ht Uaht over a
. - .. .two-three kilometer area. - The pilot new ,U low over the area aa
posslblc., !lxing the object'• ex.ct lo~&tlon.