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looking up this is somewhere in the

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skies Branzburg

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September 18th 1976 Tehran Iran it was

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approximately 10:30 p.m. when the first

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phone call came in to Hussein Peruzzi a

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nightshift supervisor at the air traffic

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control tower at the me Rabat Airport he

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was training a small group of air

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controllers at the time his lesson

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however was soon interrupted by a phone

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call coming in from a civilian in the

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area the voice of a concerned woman came

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over the receiver as she reported to him

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that she was seeing a strange object

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like a Sun in the sky about a thousand

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meters above her the colors of the

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object changed from blue to orange to

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red to yellow it was interesting but

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these misidentifications happened all

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the time

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he didn't have any aircraft in that area

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our radar was not working it was out of

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operation for maintenance so we had

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nothing on radar either I did nothing

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about it then because I was busy with

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over flying aircraft and frankly I

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thought she was seeing a star Peruzzi

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went back to work brushing off the call

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and getting back to his lesson with his

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trainees but then the phone rang again

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it was a different woman now reporting a

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similar object in the sky along with her

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young child the woman reported seeing a

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strange object lighting up changing

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direction splitting in two and then

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merging back together began to wonder

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what was happening I asked my trainees

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if they could see anything

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they couldn't we told the woman the same

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theory of a star and return to work but

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countless frantic civilians were

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reporting the strange lated object

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hovering above the city and they wanted

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answers Peruzzi was set on giving them

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an answer so he made his way onto the

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terrace of the flight tower binoculars

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in hand and tried to locate the object

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himself he expected to see a bright

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gaseous star staring back at him but it

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soon became clear that this object was

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not a distant star in fact it didn't

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appear to be that distant at all I saw

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the object in the northeast part of

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Tehran it was a rectangular shape about

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five miles away at a height of about six

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thousand feet the right end was blue the

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left end was blue and in the middle was

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a flashing red light the object was

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cease lying up and down and moving

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towards the north very very slowly

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Peruzzi was intrigued the erratic

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behavior left him very curious as well

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but even more curious was that the

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object suddenly disappeared and then

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reappeared a mile or so away in mere

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seconds it was stunningly bright but he

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was able to make out a shape of the

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object it appeared to be almost starfish

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shaped to reassure him that he wasn't

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hallucinating he handed the binoculars

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over to one of the trainees to

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corroborate what he was seeing the

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trainee was seeing the same exact thing

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Peruzzi was concerned at this point

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because no aircraft was scheduled to

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land and this thing surely looked like

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it was getting closer and closer to the

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restricted airspace but there was

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something that concerned Peruzzi even

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more several aircraft

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due to cross into our flight information

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region and this object was clearly in

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space where this was to happen the

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incoming flights began to contact us by

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radio concerned as they were hearing

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emergency signals coming from an

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automatic aircraft distress transmitter

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the first report in was a BOAC airliner

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who called and asked if an aircraft had

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crashed in the area because he was

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indeed receiving an automatic signal

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Peruzzi assured him there was no crashed

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aircraft nor had any made a forced

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landing then came several other calls

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including a Swiss airplane of Lufthansa

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and an Iran Airlines plane all reporting

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having heard the emergency signal it was

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now clear that Peruzzi had to do

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something for the safety of all the

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flights in the area and perhaps even

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more importantly for the entire city of

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Tehran the whole thing to the local air

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force headquarters because by now I was

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getting really worried a little after

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midnight I explained the situation to

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one of the officers on duty and he

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relayed the information to Brigadier

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General Abdullah Yosef II the senior

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officer in charge that night not a half

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hour later the general himself phoned me

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back and told me he personally went

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outside to try to observe the object his

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exact words to me where that's

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definitely not a star

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general abdullah yusuf ii knew that an

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investigation by the iranian air force

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was now the only option to determine

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what could possibly be a threat to the

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city of Tehran he ordered an f4 phantom

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fighter jet from Shiraki air force base

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into the air to get a better look at the

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potentially dangerous object piloted by

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captain mohammad reza aziz connie the

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phantom jet made its way towards the

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supposed object aziz connie reported

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that the object was of such brilliance

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that it could be seen from almost 70

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miles away it appeared to be rectangular

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in shape and judging by the distance it

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was very very large the pilot increased

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his velocity attempting to get a closer

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look

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but even surpassing Mach 2 speeds he

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couldn't catch up to this unbelievably

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fast object as it hurtled to the

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boundaries of Tirana unable to observe

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the object at a distance aziz knie was

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ordered back to base as he was about a

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hundred and fifty miles away the pilot

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then noticed that the object had

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suddenly reappeared directly above the

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city of Tehran it had somehow traveled

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an impossible distance at impossible

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speeds he headed towards the object

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again as it seemed to have stopped

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mid-flight

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as he approached at about 25 nautical

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miles his navigational equipment on

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he got away from the object and the

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equipment would return to normal but

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every time he got close it would shut

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down again confused and obviously

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concerned Azis Connie had no choice but

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to return to base entirely after landing

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in reporting what he'd seen Ozzy's kane'

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quite shaken also reported the

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instrumentation malfunctions whenever he

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was within a certain proximity to the

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object this is when general Yousefi

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ordered a different pilot and different

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plane to be scrambled the plan was to

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see if it was faulty equipment or if

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this object was actually affecting the

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planes within 15 minutes

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lieutenant Parviz Jafari a major and

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squadron commander were suited up got in

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a different f4 phantom and took off in

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the vicinity the object was last seen in

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as the tower below radioed that they did

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indeed have the object tracked on radar

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they triangulated it and soon Jafari

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speck towards it a roast object which

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was flashing with intense red green

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orange and blue the light was so bright

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that I was not able to see its body the

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sequence of flashes was extremely fast

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like a strobe light on it with radar at

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30 degrees left at range of 25 miles the

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size on the radar scope was comparable

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to the at least 707 tanker as he closed

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in on the object he could make out a

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faint diamond shape to it with lights on

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all points of the diamond then he

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noticed that these lights at the points

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began to disconnect from the main object

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this is when things got both interesting

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and downright terrifying for other

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object with different shapes separated

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from the main one at different times

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during the close encounter whenever they

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were close to me my remember jammed and

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my radio communications were garbled

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one of the objects had toward me I

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thought it was a missile I tried to

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launch a heat-seeking missile to it but

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my missile panel went out Jafari wasn't

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quite sure how to proceed

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he had no defense if this object decided

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to actually fire a weapon on him

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it steadfastly moved towards him Jafari

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had no functioning missiles and no

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communication with the tower he became

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very frightened at this point if this

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object got any closer he genuinely

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believed he would have to eject from the

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plane but looking at his ejection

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to avoid a head-on collision with the

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object Jafari banked hard left to avoid

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it he turned to look out his window and

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the object was completely gone out of

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sight but before he could even take in

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this impossibility another one of the

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detached objects began circling the

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plane Jafari accelerated and tried to

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get away from the object but it

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continued following him this was the

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most unusual cat-and-mouse game he'd

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ever experienced in the air and he

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wasn't even sure if this thing was a

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plane a threat or even from this world

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watching as the object caught up to him

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he made a quick negative gene nosedive

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and the object shot past him and

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disappeared

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having literally risked his life to

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merely dodge this oncoming object and

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with his instrumentation failing at

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every turn jafari finally got a signal

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on his radio to talk to the town general

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Youssef II was listening on the line and

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ordered Jafari to head back to base as

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Jafari began his descent he looked back

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to still see the main diamond-shaped

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object hanging stationary in the air

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suddenly another object separated from

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it and started heading towards Jafari

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but instead of targeting him it headed

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towards the ground one of the separated

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object landed in an open area radiating

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a high bright light in which the sands

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on the ground were visible some 15 miles

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from the ground

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Jafari expected some sort of explosion

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as the object hurtled downward but to a

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surprise there was a radiating bright

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light and the object actually slowed

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down and seemed to make a gentle planned

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landing in the array oil refinery in the

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city of mera Bob below after reporting

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all of this to general Youssef II back

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at the tower Youssef II said they'd seen

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the object land as well and made one

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less effort to have jafari fly over and

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see if he could make any discernable

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observations of the impact site and see

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just exactly what the object could be

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jafari excited and still on guard took

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the order and headed over where he saw

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it land

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as soon as he got close his radio once

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again went dead and his instruments went

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haywire

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when he finally got a good distance from

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the object the radio returned in general

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Yousefi finally ordered Jafari to come

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back to base upon his return to the

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command center

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jafari was escorted directly to the

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flight tower where he was told that

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while he was landing the main

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diamond-shaped object in the sky had

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suddenly disappeared within an instant

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with excitement and confusion filling

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the room they thought it best for jafari

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to get some rest

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and make an official report the next

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morning as the early hours rolled on

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Jafari returned to headquarters to give

294
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an extensive interview to several

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Iranian generals and an individual from

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the United States this was one Colonel

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Olin Moy a US Air Force officer with the

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US military advisory and assistance

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group posted in Tehran Jafari explained

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everything a moment by moment as moy

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continue taking extensive notes when

302
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Jafari got to the part where he

303
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attempted to fire missiles on the object

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but couldn't moissan plea told him

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you're probably lucky you couldn't fire

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on it after this statement jafari had

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many questions for this u.s. colonel as

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it seemed he knew more about what this

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could possibly be than he was letting on

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during my interview at headquarters

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after the incident the American

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lieutenant colonel ala boy took notes

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but after it was over I could not find

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him to talk with the investigation into

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the object that either gently crashed or

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landed on the ground was still a big

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source of interest and possibly even a

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remaining threat an emergency signal

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both with the Iranian Air Force and

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other aircraft in the area was still

321
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being

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ported these signals are known as a

323
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squawk it's a sound similar to the

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beeping of an ambulance or police car

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and indicates to any planes in the

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vicinity of an incident that there was

327
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either a crash landing or a pilot had to

328
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eject from an aircraft this particular

329
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squawk had gone on for days after the

330
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object touched down on the ground so

331
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where was it and what in the hell had

332
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now landed on the outskirts of Tehran

333
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after a close medical examination and

334
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permission to return into the air jafari

335
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accompanied a helicopter pilot to the

336
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area where it witnessed the object land

337
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the emergency squawks continued

338
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something had to be down there they

339
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landed in the vicinity and began a

340
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thorough search of the ground Jafari

341
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looked for burned areas on the ground or

342
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an impact site but he found nothing the

343
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ground was as smooth as ever and Jafari

344
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was confused and concerned he went so

345
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far as to knock on the doors of several

346
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small homes in the area inquiring if

347
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anyone had seen or heard anything

348
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happened the night prior several

349
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residents reported having heard a

350
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powerful rumbling at one point during

351
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the night that shook the walls but it

352
00:18:20,740 --> 00:18:18,170
was brief and no crushed aircraft or

353
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explosion site had been witnessed or

354
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found four weeks after the event would

355
00:18:29,850 --> 00:18:27,350
no more answers jafari was ordered to

356
00:18:32,650 --> 00:18:29,860
base to give countless interviews to

357
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scientists and members of the iranian

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air force he was tested for

359
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radioactivity on several occasions and

360
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had to undergo blood tests every month

361
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for almost half a year the interviews

362
00:18:49,030 --> 00:18:46,430
Tafari gave were redundant

363
00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:49,040
but concise and when he did ask where

364
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the information was going he was told

365
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that it wasn't a need to know for a

366
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pilot

367
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it would soon become clear where the

368
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information was going and who had taken

369
00:19:06,370 --> 00:19:02,400
over the official documentation of the

370
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Tehran UFO incident the United States

371
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intelligence agencies once classified

372
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document was released through the

373
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Freedom of Information Act the Defense

374
00:19:24,170 --> 00:19:18,030
Intelligence Agency documented the event

375
00:19:29,090 --> 00:19:24,180
in a great detail and it was sent to NSA

376
00:19:30,820 --> 00:19:29,100
the White House and the CIA this is

377
00:19:33,230 --> 00:19:30,830
where things get really interesting

378
00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:33,240
having what we can assume some

379
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connection to the fact that the Iranian

380
00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:37,590
Air Force fighter jets were purchased

381
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from the United States and manufactured

382
00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:43,050
by American industry what exactly was in

383
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the skies of Tehran that had both

384
00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:48,210
outmaneuvered and directly affected the

385
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instrumentation and weapons on our most

386
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sophisticated fighter jets but more

387
00:19:59,000 --> 00:19:56,640
importantly why was all this information

388
00:20:03,080 --> 00:19:59,010
being passed on to the US agencies in

389
00:20:05,210 --> 00:20:03,090
such a regimented manner in an interview

390
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with Lieutenant General Abdullah Azzam

391
00:20:11,030 --> 00:20:08,670
Ozzie then deputy commander-in-chief of

392
00:20:15,530 --> 00:20:11,040
operations for the Imperial Iranian Air

393
00:20:17,660 --> 00:20:15,540
Force he stated both jets had locked

394
00:20:20,030 --> 00:20:17,670
onto the object with their radars but

395
00:20:21,830 --> 00:20:20,040
had received very strong jamming has had

396
00:20:22,250 --> 00:20:21,840
an airliner passing through the area at

397
00:20:24,770 --> 00:20:22,260
the time

398
00:20:26,930 --> 00:20:24,780
one phantom pilot got close enough to

399
00:20:29,150 --> 00:20:26,940
see the size shape and color of the UFO

400
00:20:31,130 --> 00:20:29,160
as of this day we don't know what the

401
00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:31,140
object or objects were that were in the

402
00:20:36,230 --> 00:20:33,690
sky but we did what was protocol at the

403
00:20:39,170 --> 00:20:36,240
time we passed all the information on to

404
00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:39,180
the US Air Force but the question still

405
00:20:47,540 --> 00:20:44,850
remained why we have this procedure we

406
00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:47,550
have information on UFOs we exchanged it

407
00:20:51,890 --> 00:20:49,710
we gave all the information to the u.s.

408
00:20:54,230 --> 00:20:51,900
of course that was the request from the

409
00:20:56,690 --> 00:20:54,240
US we have given all this information to

410
00:20:59,570 --> 00:20:56,700
our maag I think they send it to

411
00:21:03,140 --> 00:20:59,580
organizations in the United States this

412
00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:03,150
would explain the presence of Maag or

413
00:21:06,890 --> 00:21:06,090
the military advisory and assistance

414
00:21:09,350 --> 00:21:06,900
group

415
00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:09,360
in that of Colonel Olin Moy at the

416
00:21:16,670 --> 00:21:12,690
briefing Safari had been a part of but

417
00:21:19,610 --> 00:21:16,680
the Air Force is one thing how did a UFO

418
00:21:21,860 --> 00:21:19,620
report in Tehran then make its way to

419
00:21:25,220 --> 00:21:21,870
the desks of several intelligence

420
00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:25,230
agencies and eventually even the White

421
00:21:32,150 --> 00:21:29,370
House it seemed to have started with a

422
00:21:35,930 --> 00:21:32,160
classified message sent to the Pentagon

423
00:21:40,010 --> 00:21:35,940
by Colonel Frank B McKenzie the defense

424
00:21:42,650 --> 00:21:40,020
attache at the US Embassy in Tehran in

425
00:21:45,890 --> 00:21:42,660
the message it followed the same string

426
00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:45,900
of events and details as seen in Colonel

427
00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:49,890
Olin Moyes report as well the document

428
00:21:55,340 --> 00:21:52,530
itself was finally Declassified and

429
00:21:58,310 --> 00:21:55,350
released largely through the persistent

430
00:22:00,290 --> 00:21:58,320
efforts of Charles Huffer in American

431
00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:00,300
mathematics teacher at the US Armed

432
00:22:08,390 --> 00:22:04,650
Forces High School in Berlin he spent

433
00:22:10,820 --> 00:22:08,400
months while on vacation in 1977 filing

434
00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:10,830
Freedom of Information Act requests and

435
00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:14,490
appeals he went so far as going to the

436
00:22:20,690 --> 00:22:17,090
Pentagon and physically knocked on doors

437
00:22:22,580 --> 00:22:20,700
office to office attempting to get any

438
00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:22,590
information he could on this highly

439
00:22:28,580 --> 00:22:26,370
intriguing UFO incident when the

440
00:22:31,190 --> 00:22:28,590
Pentagon finally Declassified and

441
00:22:34,130 --> 00:22:31,200
released the Iran UFO message from

442
00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:34,140
Colonel McKenzie it matched most of the

443
00:22:38,810 --> 00:22:36,090
documents that had already been made

444
00:22:41,990 --> 00:22:38,820
public however there were a few

445
00:22:44,330 --> 00:22:42,000
interesting revelations which included

446
00:22:47,540 --> 00:22:44,340
Mackenzie's message being sent to the

447
00:22:50,900 --> 00:22:47,550
Defense Intelligence Agency which then

448
00:22:54,020 --> 00:22:50,910
retransmitted it the CIA the NSA the

449
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:54,030
Secretary of State in ultimately the

450
00:22:59,770 --> 00:22:56,850
White House and this was all under what

451
00:23:02,630 --> 00:22:59,780
was considered a standard procedure for

452
00:23:07,310 --> 00:23:02,640
many years American and Canadian

453
00:23:11,140 --> 00:23:07,320
military forces operated under Jaina 146

454
00:23:14,150 --> 00:23:11,150
E or the joint Army Navy and Air Force

455
00:23:16,250 --> 00:23:14,160
procedures for reporting vital

456
00:23:19,340 --> 00:23:16,260
intelligence sightings

457
00:23:22,010 --> 00:23:19,350
one portion of this requires reports to

458
00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:22,020
the Pentagon on any UFO incidents

459
00:23:27,890 --> 00:23:24,290
involving military installations

460
00:23:30,890 --> 00:23:27,900
equipment or personnel and includes two

461
00:23:34,420 --> 00:23:30,900
and a half pages of specific details to

462
00:23:37,070 --> 00:23:34,430
check for an unidentified flying objects

463
00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:37,080
because of our planes being part of an

464
00:23:41,930 --> 00:23:39,450
international affair it would only make

465
00:23:45,670 --> 00:23:41,940
sense that this policy be put into place

466
00:23:48,230 --> 00:23:45,680
for such a dramatic UFO encounter

467
00:23:50,270 --> 00:23:48,240
another important side note to all of

468
00:23:52,820 --> 00:23:50,280
this is that the fact that during the

469
00:23:56,090 --> 00:23:52,830
tehran UFO incident there were other

470
00:23:59,540 --> 00:23:56,100
reported sightings as well and they not

471
00:24:01,010 --> 00:23:59,550
only bore a striking resemblance but so

472
00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:01,020
did the fact that it was reported

473
00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:03,930
directly to the United States in a

474
00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:09,090
similar fashion on September 25th 1976

475
00:24:14,510 --> 00:24:12,290
King has sawn the second of Morocco

476
00:24:17,150 --> 00:24:14,520
instructed his commander of the Royal

477
00:24:19,970 --> 00:24:17,160
gendarmerie to inquire about a strange

478
00:24:22,250 --> 00:24:19,980
unidentified craft that he and others

479
00:24:25,940 --> 00:24:22,260
had witnessed in the early morning hours

480
00:24:28,610 --> 00:24:25,950
over the skies of Morocco it was late at

481
00:24:32,510 --> 00:24:28,620
night on September 18th when king hassan

482
00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:32,520
ii described the UFO as a quote silvery

483
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:35,130
luminous circular shape that gave off

484
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:37,770
intermittent trails of bright sparks and

485
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:41,210
fragments and made no noise a

486
00:24:46,340 --> 00:24:44,010
confidential memo which was made public

487
00:24:48,970 --> 00:24:46,350
through WikiLeaks was sent to the US

488
00:24:52,100 --> 00:24:48,980
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger

489
00:24:55,340 --> 00:24:52,110
asking for help or information on the

490
00:24:59,090 --> 00:24:55,350
strange disc-shaped craft that flew over

491
00:25:01,670 --> 00:24:59,100
Morocco according to the memo reports of

492
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:01,680
the UFO sighting came pouring in from

493
00:25:07,730 --> 00:25:05,010
Agadir the Marrakesh area Casablanca

494
00:25:09,100 --> 00:25:07,740
Rabat Quneitra and other areas

495
00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:09,110
throughout Morocco

496
00:25:13,550 --> 00:25:11,520
despite being reported from different

497
00:25:15,890 --> 00:25:13,560
locations around the country the

498
00:25:20,090 --> 00:25:15,900
description of the object remained

499
00:25:22,820 --> 00:25:20,100
consistent within each report the UFO

500
00:25:25,220 --> 00:25:22,830
was described as disc shaped silver in

501
00:25:26,899 --> 00:25:25,230
color occasionally throwing off trials

502
00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:26,909
of bright Sparks and Fred

503
00:25:32,749 --> 00:25:30,210
mince the craft made no sound as it flew

504
00:25:35,659 --> 00:25:32,759
slowly overhead traveling up the

505
00:25:39,739 --> 00:25:35,669
Moroccan Atlantic coast in a northerly

506
00:25:43,039 --> 00:25:39,749
direction after a significant and

507
00:25:45,460 --> 00:25:43,049
lengthy delay Henry Kissinger applied to

508
00:25:49,099 --> 00:25:45,470
the enquiries by the Royal gendarmerie

509
00:25:51,289 --> 00:25:49,109
stating the following it is difficult to

510
00:25:54,049 --> 00:25:51,299
offer any definitive explanation as to

511
00:25:58,070 --> 00:25:54,059
the cause of origins of the UFOs cited

512
00:26:03,039 --> 00:25:58,080
in Moroccan area between 100 and 130

513
00:26:05,419 --> 00:26:03,049
local time 19 September 1976 an

514
00:26:09,139 --> 00:26:05,429
extensive investigation of this subject

515
00:26:12,259 --> 00:26:09,149
was made in the u.s. 1969 under the

516
00:26:14,570 --> 00:26:12,269
Condon committee this study indicates

517
00:26:17,419 --> 00:26:14,580
that detailed sightings of UFOs by

518
00:26:20,180 --> 00:26:17,429
reliable witnesses can be explained in

519
00:26:22,629 --> 00:26:20,190
many ways for example local balloon

520
00:26:24,950 --> 00:26:22,639
aircraft satellite activity

521
00:26:27,169 --> 00:26:24,960
meteorological or atmospheric conditions

522
00:26:30,859 --> 00:26:27,179
including meteor events and by

523
00:26:32,659 --> 00:26:30,869
astronomical objects the United States

524
00:26:35,089 --> 00:26:32,669
government is unaware of any u.s.

525
00:26:37,249 --> 00:26:35,099
aircraft a satellite activity I have a

526
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:37,259
military or civilian in the Moroccan

527
00:26:42,019 --> 00:26:39,210
area which may have been mistaken for

528
00:26:45,799 --> 00:26:42,029
such sightings as that on 19 September

529
00:26:48,259 --> 00:26:45,809
however this does not preclude aircraft

530
00:26:50,409 --> 00:26:48,269
flights of other countries or unusual

531
00:26:53,389 --> 00:26:50,419
atmospheric conditions or events as a

532
00:26:55,940 --> 00:26:53,399
possible cause although there was no

533
00:26:57,919 --> 00:26:55,950
major meteor shower in September the

534
00:27:00,080 --> 00:26:57,929
sporadic meteor 8 in the northern

535
00:27:02,299 --> 00:27:00,090
hemisphere is at a maximum in the early

536
00:27:04,070 --> 00:27:02,309
morning and the autumn months but

537
00:27:06,979 --> 00:27:04,080
meteors are usually visible at an

538
00:27:10,129 --> 00:27:06,989
altitude around 100 kilometers not one

539
00:27:12,049 --> 00:27:10,139
kilometer however subjective estimates

540
00:27:14,349 --> 00:27:12,059
at the height of such sightings are

541
00:27:16,849 --> 00:27:14,359
usually too low the flat trajectory

542
00:27:19,609 --> 00:27:16,859
Southwest to Northeast could conceivably

543
00:27:22,789 --> 00:27:19,619
be compatible with a meteor or decaying

544
00:27:24,769 --> 00:27:22,799
satellite in order to analyze the

545
00:27:26,810 --> 00:27:24,779
Maracana been thoroughly further

546
00:27:29,089 --> 00:27:26,820
descriptions or photographs from the

547
00:27:31,399 --> 00:27:29,099
local area would be needed in the

548
00:27:33,979 --> 00:27:31,409
meantime one would tend to believe the

549
00:27:37,549 --> 00:27:33,989
event was indeed a meteor and probably a

550
00:27:39,529 --> 00:27:37,559
spectacular one or on the account of

551
00:27:42,139 --> 00:27:39,539
descriptions of slow velocity

552
00:27:43,999 --> 00:27:42,149
noise and burning fragments it could

553
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:44,009
have been indicating satellite part of

554
00:27:50,899 --> 00:27:47,690
which there is no precise reentry record

555
00:27:53,479 --> 00:27:50,909
this response and it's delay were

556
00:27:56,299 --> 00:27:53,489
presumably because Kissinger had to be

557
00:27:59,060 --> 00:27:56,309
brought up to speed on the UFO front and

558
00:28:02,200 --> 00:27:59,070
his response had to be concise and

559
00:28:06,799 --> 00:28:02,210
downplay any talk of interplanetary

560
00:28:09,529 --> 00:28:06,809
travelers or unexplained phenomena this

561
00:28:13,039 --> 00:28:09,539
came in the form of first acknowledging

562
00:28:15,619 --> 00:28:13,049
the Condon report which first and

563
00:28:19,219 --> 00:28:15,629
foremost pronounces that UFOs aren't

564
00:28:22,190 --> 00:28:19,229
worthy of further study at least in the

565
00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:22,200
United States and that they pose no

566
00:28:29,539 --> 00:28:26,369
national security threat second the

567
00:28:32,899 --> 00:28:29,549
explanations of meteors or satellite

568
00:28:35,149 --> 00:28:32,909
pieces most likely came from the usual

569
00:28:38,499 --> 00:28:35,159
briefings on UFOs from the United States

570
00:28:41,629 --> 00:28:38,509
Air Force the main branch of military

571
00:28:45,710 --> 00:28:41,639
existing for the sole purpose of keeping

572
00:28:48,849 --> 00:28:45,720
our skies safe could this Moroccan UFO

573
00:28:50,089 --> 00:28:48,859
have been a meteor or satellite

574
00:28:53,479 --> 00:28:50,099
absolutely

575
00:28:56,239 --> 00:28:53,489
a silver luminous object giving off a

576
00:29:00,019 --> 00:28:56,249
bright trail and Sparks is not unlike

577
00:29:03,169 --> 00:29:00,029
many descriptions of a meteor but not

578
00:29:06,379 --> 00:29:03,179
many meteors can slow down or change

579
00:29:07,820 --> 00:29:06,389
their trajectory which is what was

580
00:29:10,580 --> 00:29:07,830
reported in raqqa

581
00:29:14,599 --> 00:29:10,590
spending more than an hour in total as

582
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:14,609
well the object also slowed as if to

583
00:29:20,659 --> 00:29:17,970
make a landing sound familiar

584
00:29:23,060 --> 00:29:20,669
and the last piece of the report that

585
00:29:26,839 --> 00:29:23,070
really connected to the Tehran incident

586
00:29:30,529 --> 00:29:26,849
the Southwest to northeast course of the

587
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:30,539
object if it continued on that course it

588
00:29:37,670 --> 00:29:34,170
would have ended up directly over Iran

589
00:29:40,830 --> 00:29:37,680
so could it have been the same object or

590
00:29:44,130 --> 00:29:40,840
objects that Jafari and the other pilots

591
00:29:46,460 --> 00:29:44,140
had come into contact with it seemed all

592
00:29:49,620 --> 00:29:46,470
too coincidental

593
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:49,630
returning to the Tehran incident we

594
00:29:53,130 --> 00:29:51,490
learn of another document that was

595
00:29:57,510 --> 00:29:53,140
shared within the Defense Intelligence

596
00:30:01,230 --> 00:29:57,520
Agency late in 1978

597
00:30:03,900 --> 00:30:01,240
Todd Zico then a UFO researcher and one

598
00:30:07,020 --> 00:30:03,910
of the founders of citizens against UFO

599
00:30:10,620 --> 00:30:07,030
secrecy uncovered this highly revealing

600
00:30:12,650 --> 00:30:10,630
document he'd received a copy of a

601
00:30:15,810 --> 00:30:12,660
military intelligence analysts

602
00:30:19,470 --> 00:30:15,820
evaluation report of the Iran incident

603
00:30:21,810 --> 00:30:19,480
as reported by Colonel Mackenzie this

604
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:21,820
report was written by Air Force Major

605
00:30:28,950 --> 00:30:25,450
Roland B Evans who was then stationed at

606
00:30:33,540 --> 00:30:28,960
Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha Nebraska

607
00:30:36,810 --> 00:30:33,550
in 1979 UFO researcher and author Bob

608
00:30:41,100 --> 00:30:36,820
Pratt phoned major Evans to discuss the

609
00:30:44,730 --> 00:30:41,110
report in great detail major Evans then

610
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:44,740
40 had served as a military capabilities

611
00:30:51,030 --> 00:30:47,650
analyst for the Defense Intelligence

612
00:30:53,490 --> 00:30:51,040
Agency in Washington for four years

613
00:30:56,580 --> 00:30:53,500
he was then reassigned to off at Air

614
00:30:59,460 --> 00:30:56,590
Force Base in July in 1978 where he was

615
00:31:02,850 --> 00:30:59,470
serving as an electronic warfare officer

616
00:31:05,940 --> 00:31:02,860
flying in an rc-135 reconnaissance

617
00:31:08,940 --> 00:31:05,950
aircraft with the 343rd reconnaissance

618
00:31:11,940 --> 00:31:08,950
squadron major Evans told him the

619
00:31:14,550 --> 00:31:11,950
following the incident came through as a

620
00:31:16,290 --> 00:31:14,560
routine intelligence analysis I was

621
00:31:19,230 --> 00:31:16,300
given the report because my field is

622
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:19,240
electronic warfare the DIA intelligence

623
00:31:23,310 --> 00:31:21,250
community is broken up by region within

624
00:31:25,410 --> 00:31:23,320
each region we have some specialties I

625
00:31:27,690 --> 00:31:25,420
was in the Middle East region and I was

626
00:31:30,210 --> 00:31:27,700
an air defense expert I was given this

627
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:30,220
particular case because of my electronic

628
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:33,250
warfare and air defense field in his

629
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:35,770
evaluation of the Tehran case filed

630
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:39,970
october 12th 1976 major Evans stated the

631
00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:42,490
following the object was seen by

632
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:44,110
multiple witnesses from different

633
00:31:49,230 --> 00:31:46,570
locations and view points airborne and

634
00:31:51,629 --> 00:31:49,240
the ground the credibility of many of

635
00:31:53,490 --> 00:31:51,639
these witnesses was high an Air Force

636
00:31:56,399 --> 00:31:53,500
general qualified air crews and

637
00:31:58,139 --> 00:31:56,409
experienced our operators visual

638
00:32:01,379 --> 00:31:58,149
sightings were confirmed by radar

639
00:32:03,710 --> 00:32:01,389
similar electromagnetic effects eme were

640
00:32:06,419 --> 00:32:03,720
reported by three separate aircraft

641
00:32:08,519 --> 00:32:06,429
there were physiological effects and

642
00:32:10,049 --> 00:32:08,529
some of the crewmembers ie loss of night

643
00:32:12,779 --> 00:32:10,059
vision due to the brightness of the

644
00:32:14,490 --> 00:32:12,789
object an inordinate amount of

645
00:32:17,940 --> 00:32:14,500
maneuverability was displayed by the

646
00:32:20,249 --> 00:32:17,950
UFOs to me there were too many

647
00:32:22,169 --> 00:32:20,259
circumstances that fit in indicating

648
00:32:24,180 --> 00:32:22,179
this thing was not an aberration it was

649
00:32:26,190 --> 00:32:24,190
not swamp gas or anything else of the

650
00:32:30,269 --> 00:32:26,200
sort there's just no other way to

651
00:32:32,639 --> 00:32:30,279
explain it it was real it was there this

652
00:32:35,129 --> 00:32:32,649
case is a classic which meets all the

653
00:32:38,100 --> 00:32:35,139
criteria necessary for a valid study of

654
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:38,110
the UFO phenomena there's another

655
00:32:43,470 --> 00:32:40,450
interesting side note to this entire

656
00:32:45,230 --> 00:32:43,480
affair concerning that of our original

657
00:32:47,820 --> 00:32:45,240
pilot Purvis Jafari

658
00:32:50,129 --> 00:32:47,830
after the events had taken place and

659
00:32:53,909 --> 00:32:50,139
word began to spread among some military

660
00:32:57,060 --> 00:32:53,919
ranks someone very specific to the keen

661
00:33:00,840 --> 00:32:57,070
interest in the event in that was

662
00:33:04,470 --> 00:33:00,850
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi the last Shah of

663
00:33:07,409 --> 00:33:04,480
Iran while still in power at the time

664
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:07,419
the Shah had visited Jafari squadron at

665
00:33:12,350 --> 00:33:10,690
Shiraki airbase the Shah called a

666
00:33:15,299 --> 00:33:12,360
meeting attended by high-ranking

667
00:33:17,460 --> 00:33:15,309
officers and the pilots involved with

668
00:33:21,269 --> 00:33:17,470
the incident in wanted to hear a

669
00:33:23,940 --> 00:33:21,279
play-by-play of the event when they came

670
00:33:27,299 --> 00:33:23,950
time for jafari side of the story the

671
00:33:29,269 --> 00:33:27,309
Shah asked him point-blank quote what do

672
00:33:32,249 --> 00:33:29,279
you think it was endquote

673
00:33:35,310 --> 00:33:32,259
jafari responded that in his opinion

674
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:35,320
whatever it was could not be from our

675
00:33:39,980 --> 00:33:37,570
planet because if anyone on this planet

676
00:33:43,590 --> 00:33:39,990
had such power it would bring the whole

677
00:33:46,889 --> 00:33:43,600
planet under its command the Shah

678
00:33:47,879 --> 00:33:46,899
responded simply by nodding and leaving

679
00:33:52,230 --> 00:33:47,889
Parviz Jafari

680
00:33:54,299 --> 00:33:52,240
with a firm quote yes the Shah then went

681
00:33:56,490 --> 00:33:54,309
on to explain to the pilots that they

682
00:33:57,610 --> 00:33:56,500
were not the first to report such

683
00:34:00,730 --> 00:33:57,620
incidents in

684
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:00,740
I ran well we may never know what the

685
00:34:05,350 --> 00:34:02,330
other cases are that the Shah was

686
00:34:08,020 --> 00:34:05,360
referencing we do see a long history of

687
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:08,030
UFO events having occurred in and around

688
00:34:13,899 --> 00:34:11,810
Iran one of the most recent could

689
00:34:17,649 --> 00:34:13,909
possibly shed some light on the bright

690
00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:17,659
object scene back in 1976 but we'll have

691
00:34:24,820 --> 00:34:22,070
to fast forward to 2004 Bob Beck Chuck

692
00:34:27,369 --> 00:34:24,830
vah he is an accomplished journalist who

693
00:34:30,909 --> 00:34:27,379
has written extensively on the Iranian

694
00:34:35,020 --> 00:34:30,919
Air Force in an article in the October

695
00:34:37,139 --> 00:34:35,030
2013 edition of combat monthly tagua he

696
00:34:39,820 --> 00:34:37,149
stressed how Iran had attempted to

697
00:34:43,090 --> 00:34:39,830
intercept what it believed to be a US

698
00:34:46,510 --> 00:34:43,100
spy drone flying over nuclear facilities

699
00:34:48,879 --> 00:34:46,520
in current day what was intriguing about

700
00:34:52,450 --> 00:34:48,889
these reports or how the Iranians

701
00:34:54,730 --> 00:34:52,460
described the intruding objects they

702
00:34:59,470 --> 00:34:54,740
were said to be some sort of luminous

703
00:35:01,960 --> 00:34:59,480
object and almost silver in color this

704
00:35:04,990 --> 00:35:01,970
could compare to the descriptions by the

705
00:35:08,860 --> 00:35:05,000
pilots and witnesses of the 1976

706
00:35:11,470 --> 00:35:08,870
incident over Tehran but tattva he also

707
00:35:13,870 --> 00:35:11,480
states that perhaps it wasn't so much an

708
00:35:16,870 --> 00:35:13,880
otherworldly light in the modern

709
00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:16,880
incidents but light emitting from a

710
00:35:22,300 --> 00:35:20,930
drone to enable night photography these

711
00:35:24,940 --> 00:35:22,310
drones are thought to have been

712
00:35:26,590 --> 00:35:24,950
developed through the CIA to gain

713
00:35:31,330 --> 00:35:26,600
intelligence on Iran's nuclear

714
00:35:33,790 --> 00:35:31,340
capabilities in the article d'água he

715
00:35:37,150 --> 00:35:33,800
explains that quote according to Iranian

716
00:35:39,460 --> 00:35:37,160
sources the CIA's intelligence drones

717
00:35:42,190 --> 00:35:39,470
displayed astonishing flight

718
00:35:45,220 --> 00:35:42,200
characteristics including an ability to

719
00:35:49,090 --> 00:35:45,230
fly outside the atmosphere attain a

720
00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:49,100
maximum cruise speed of Mach 10 and a

721
00:35:55,810 --> 00:35:52,250
minimum speed of zero with the ability

722
00:35:58,840 --> 00:35:55,820
to hover over a target finally these

723
00:36:01,900 --> 00:35:58,850
drones use powerful ECM that could jam

724
00:36:05,770 --> 00:36:01,910
enemy radars using very high levels of

725
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:05,780
magnetic energy disrupting navigational

726
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:07,290
systems

727
00:36:14,150 --> 00:36:10,410
in one intercept over the Iraq nuclear

728
00:36:17,750 --> 00:36:14,160
facility in November of 2004 an Iranian

729
00:36:20,690 --> 00:36:17,760
f4 tomcat tried to lock its radar onto a

730
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:20,700
luminous object only to have the radar

731
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:24,450
being disrupted the pilot discard the

732
00:36:29,870 --> 00:36:27,090
object has been spherical with something

733
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:29,880
like a green afterburner creating a

734
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:31,890
considerable amount of turbulence behind

735
00:36:39,070 --> 00:36:35,490
it the intruder then increased its speed

736
00:36:42,170 --> 00:36:39,080
and disappeared out of sight

737
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:42,180
tada he proposes that these supposed

738
00:36:47,570 --> 00:36:44,850
objects are more likely in experimental

739
00:36:51,470 --> 00:36:47,580
missile of sorts that could one day

740
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:51,480
become unmanned aircraft looking back

741
00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:53,850
once again at pervy safaris descriptions

742
00:37:00,140 --> 00:36:56,970
of flights leaving the main object and

743
00:37:02,210 --> 00:37:00,150
heading towards him he did think that it

744
00:37:04,970 --> 00:37:02,220
could perhaps have been a missile of

745
00:37:05,810 --> 00:37:04,980
some sort coming at him in tuk Valley's

746
00:37:08,660 --> 00:37:05,820
conclusions

747
00:37:11,450 --> 00:37:08,670
he stated that quote if the luminous

748
00:37:15,590 --> 00:37:11,460
objects described by Iran really did fly

749
00:37:18,670 --> 00:37:15,600
at Mach 10 jam radars and zoom away from

750
00:37:22,910 --> 00:37:18,680
jet interceptors then this suggests a

751
00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:22,920
hypersonic aircraft mature and reliable

752
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:24,930
enough to be trusted with sensitive

753
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:28,530
reconnaissance missions so this brings

754
00:37:34,210 --> 00:37:30,890
forth an interesting question

755
00:37:38,030 --> 00:37:34,220
could what Parviz Jafari have seen in

756
00:37:40,850 --> 00:37:38,040
1976 have been a highly advanced and

757
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:40,860
highly classified reconnaissance drone

758
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:44,090
technology spying on Iran

759
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:47,050
there is a huge gap in technological

760
00:37:54,220 --> 00:37:51,010
advancement between 1976 and 2004

761
00:37:56,980 --> 00:37:54,230
understandably but is it possible that

762
00:37:59,830 --> 00:37:56,990
the large diamond or rectangular shaped

763
00:38:02,470 --> 00:37:59,840
craft and the small lighted objects that

764
00:38:05,790 --> 00:38:02,480
detached could have been very early

765
00:38:09,220 --> 00:38:05,800
versions of what we now know as drones

766
00:38:11,830 --> 00:38:09,230
this begs another question was the

767
00:38:14,890 --> 00:38:11,840
United States so intrinsically connected

768
00:38:17,830 --> 00:38:14,900
to the event not because of the Iranian

769
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:17,840
leased fighter jets but by covertly

770
00:38:23,380 --> 00:38:20,570
implementing this possibly early drone

771
00:38:26,050 --> 00:38:23,390
technology to keep a bird's-eye view on

772
00:38:31,030 --> 00:38:26,060
the Iranians activity both in the air

773
00:38:33,580 --> 00:38:31,040
and in and around nuclear sites it was

774
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:33,590
only a year prior that President Gerald

775
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:36,290
Ford spoke directly to the nation with

776
00:38:42,970 --> 00:38:39,530
the Shah yet aside since your Imperial

777
00:38:45,970 --> 00:38:42,980
Majesty's last visited Washington the

778
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:45,980
world has seen many changes but

779
00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:48,650
throughout this period the United States

780
00:38:55,630 --> 00:38:51,170
commitment to peace and progress for the

781
00:38:58,180 --> 00:38:55,640
world has remained firm our commitment

782
00:39:01,510 --> 00:38:58,190
to a continuity of relations and

783
00:39:05,410 --> 00:39:01,520
constructive cooperation with friends

784
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:05,420
such as Iran has remained constant even

785
00:39:10,750 --> 00:39:09,170
while the world has changed as you

786
00:39:15,190 --> 00:39:10,760
mentioned mr. president the world is

787
00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:15,200
changing very rapidly sometimes for the

788
00:39:22,900 --> 00:39:18,710
better and sometimes I hope not for the

789
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:22,910
worse but in that changing world those

790
00:39:29,410 --> 00:39:26,090
who remain faithful to the principles of

791
00:39:32,590 --> 00:39:29,420
human dignity and human liberties will

792
00:39:37,140 --> 00:39:32,600
have in a spirit of interdependence to

793
00:39:39,779 --> 00:39:37,150
try to if necessary create the new world

794
00:39:43,019 --> 00:39:39,789
President Gerald Ford published a

795
00:39:45,690 --> 00:39:43,029
directive that very year explaining in a

796
00:39:47,910 --> 00:39:45,700
memorandum circulated by Secretary of

797
00:39:51,269 --> 00:39:47,920
State Henry Kissinger that would quote

798
00:39:55,260 --> 00:39:51,279
permit us material to be fabricated into

799
00:39:58,620 --> 00:39:55,270
fuel in Iran for use in its own reactors

800
00:40:01,289 --> 00:39:58,630
end quote the directive also would allow

801
00:40:04,170 --> 00:40:01,299
the Iranians to buy and operate in

802
00:40:07,500 --> 00:40:04,180
American built nuclear processing plant

803
00:40:10,170 --> 00:40:07,510
for extracting plutonium from reactor

804
00:40:14,940 --> 00:40:10,180
fuel interviewed by The Washington Post

805
00:40:17,460 --> 00:40:14,950
in 2005 Henry Kissinger said this of the

806
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:17,470
deal they were an allied country and

807
00:40:22,349 --> 00:40:20,410
this was a commercial transaction we

808
00:40:26,099 --> 00:40:22,359
didn't address the question of them one

809
00:40:28,260 --> 00:40:26,109
day moving towards nuclear weapons but

810
00:40:31,859 --> 00:40:28,270
had the question been addressed in the

811
00:40:34,230 --> 00:40:31,869
most covert of ways could the u.s. have

812
00:40:37,380 --> 00:40:34,240
been using the most early versions of

813
00:40:39,870 --> 00:40:37,390
drone technology to spy on Iran

814
00:40:43,230 --> 00:40:39,880
this does not however explain the

815
00:40:46,049 --> 00:40:43,240
massive craft or mothership of sorts

816
00:40:48,870 --> 00:40:46,059
witnessed by Parviz Jafari and the other

817
00:40:51,180 --> 00:40:48,880
pilots but is it possible that the

818
00:40:53,460 --> 00:40:51,190
drones were released by some sort of

819
00:40:57,510 --> 00:40:53,470
high-altitude carrier of the smaller

820
00:40:59,880 --> 00:40:57,520
luminous objects in question the strings

821
00:41:02,910 --> 00:40:59,890
to tie the drone activity in modern day

822
00:41:06,299 --> 00:41:02,920
to that of what jafari witnessed in 1976

823
00:41:09,029 --> 00:41:06,309
is rather loose it's completely

824
00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:09,039
theoretical like most other explanations

825
00:41:15,210 --> 00:41:12,130
for the event but when the true answers

826
00:41:18,150 --> 00:41:15,220
seems so well hidden and buried beneath

827
00:41:20,730 --> 00:41:18,160
US intelligence agencies politics

828
00:41:22,519 --> 00:41:20,740
Foreign Relations and even the

829
00:41:26,039 --> 00:41:22,529
possibility of an extraterrestrial

830
00:41:31,019 --> 00:41:26,049
intervention the public is left with no

831
00:41:33,299 --> 00:41:31,029
other choice but to speculate returning

832
00:41:35,430 --> 00:41:33,309
to the timeline of Iran and their

833
00:41:38,519 --> 00:41:35,440
nuclear capabilities in relation to

834
00:41:40,500 --> 00:41:38,529
unknown objects in the vicinity there is

835
00:41:44,010 --> 00:41:40,510
another incident that leads us to

836
00:41:46,529 --> 00:41:44,020
another question when Iran suspicious

837
00:41:50,130 --> 00:41:46,539
nuclear program was revealed to the

838
00:41:52,319 --> 00:41:50,140
public Western nations led by US and is

839
00:41:55,859 --> 00:41:52,329
you warned it to abandon its nuclear

840
00:41:58,319 --> 00:41:55,869
activities the u.s. attempted to gather

841
00:42:00,660 --> 00:41:58,329
information concerning the activities at

842
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:00,670
three important Iranian nuclear

843
00:42:07,109 --> 00:42:04,210
facilities the reactor of Bashar in

844
00:42:11,279 --> 00:42:07,119
additional reactor in Arak and the fuel

845
00:42:13,829 --> 00:42:11,289
enrichment plant at non tons in the tog

846
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:13,839
Valley article he relays another

847
00:42:21,690 --> 00:42:16,210
interesting story that took place at the

848
00:42:24,150 --> 00:42:21,700
pushia reactor site on January 26 2012 a

849
00:42:27,059 --> 00:42:24,160
mission was launched when an Iranian Air

850
00:42:29,190 --> 00:42:27,069
Defense Command radar site near Bashar

851
00:42:32,670 --> 00:42:29,200
captured site of an unknown aircraft

852
00:42:35,309 --> 00:42:32,680
flying towards the area a fighter jet

853
00:42:37,529 --> 00:42:35,319
was ordered to scramble but only moments

854
00:42:40,620 --> 00:42:37,539
after it took off to pursue the object

855
00:42:44,430 --> 00:42:40,630
the fighter jet exploded killing both

856
00:42:47,420 --> 00:42:44,440
crew members instantly the reason for

857
00:42:50,730 --> 00:42:47,430
the incident remains a mystery

858
00:42:52,529 --> 00:42:50,740
was it a fatal malfunction within the

859
00:42:55,789 --> 00:42:52,539
jet itself or could it have possibly

860
00:42:59,569 --> 00:42:55,799
been at the hands of the unknown object

861
00:43:02,039 --> 00:42:59,579
either way it leads to our next question

862
00:43:04,740 --> 00:43:02,049
whether or not these objects in the

863
00:43:08,430 --> 00:43:04,750
skies of Iran were malevolent or not

864
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:08,440
perhaps the real danger or threat didn't

865
00:43:17,190 --> 00:43:10,690
actually lie with the unknown objects

866
00:43:19,499 --> 00:43:17,200
but with ourselves in her 2010 book UFOs

867
00:43:20,849 --> 00:43:19,509
generals pilots and government officials

868
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:20,859
go on the record

869
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:23,490
investigative journalist Lesley Kane

870
00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:26,170
stresses that in the case of Parviz

871
00:43:31,769 --> 00:43:29,170
Jafari and other pilots who have been in

872
00:43:34,079 --> 00:43:31,779
similar incidents that time and time

873
00:43:36,720 --> 00:43:34,089
again we see that even given the

874
00:43:39,539 --> 00:43:36,730
opportunity to somehow use a weapon

875
00:43:43,829 --> 00:43:39,549
against our human pilots these unknown

876
00:43:47,370 --> 00:43:43,839
objects rarely if ever do so the

877
00:43:49,980 --> 00:43:47,380
aggressor is usually always us with some

878
00:43:52,620 --> 00:43:49,990
good reason protecting our national

879
00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:52,630
security and the defense of our nations

880
00:43:59,339 --> 00:43:55,690
in general as human beings is essential

881
00:44:01,650 --> 00:43:59,349
but hearing lay the problem when it

882
00:44:03,450 --> 00:44:01,660
comes to technology and demonstrations

883
00:44:06,570 --> 00:44:03,460
far beyond that of our

884
00:44:09,570 --> 00:44:06,580
defense do we risk becoming the threat

885
00:44:12,860 --> 00:44:09,580
to ourselves more than these objects or

886
00:44:15,570 --> 00:44:12,870
the supposed intelligence behind them

887
00:44:19,860 --> 00:44:15,580
here's an interview with Leslie Kane

888
00:44:21,810 --> 00:44:19,870
with our teen news in 2010 we don't know

889
00:44:23,460 --> 00:44:21,820
to what extent things are being kept

890
00:44:25,710 --> 00:44:23,470
secret by the government we don't know

891
00:44:27,870 --> 00:44:25,720
to what extent they do know what these

892
00:44:29,790 --> 00:44:27,880
things are don't know what they are but

893
00:44:31,530 --> 00:44:29,800
certainly they must be baffled by them

894
00:44:33,690 --> 00:44:31,540
and you know it's understandable to me

895
00:44:35,190 --> 00:44:33,700
that a government would not want

896
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:35,200
especially the United States government

897
00:44:38,220 --> 00:44:36,610
would not want to step out and say well

898
00:44:40,380 --> 00:44:38,230
there's strange things flying around our

899
00:44:42,330 --> 00:44:40,390
skies you know they affect aircraft they

900
00:44:44,580 --> 00:44:42,340
sometimes affect national security and

901
00:44:46,260 --> 00:44:44,590
gosh darn it we can't tell you what they

902
00:44:48,060 --> 00:44:46,270
are and we have no control over them I

903
00:44:49,470 --> 00:44:48,070
mean it's just not an announcement that

904
00:44:50,610 --> 00:44:49,480
anybody would really want to make but

905
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:50,620
the interesting thing is that other

906
00:44:55,980 --> 00:44:52,810
governments such as Belgium France the

907
00:44:57,090 --> 00:44:55,990
UK have acknowledged the reality of UFOs

908
00:44:59,450 --> 00:44:57,100
they have acknowledged that there are

909
00:45:01,770 --> 00:44:59,460
unexplained phenomenon in the sky and

910
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:01,780
nobody's panicked and it hasn't caused

911
00:45:06,540 --> 00:45:04,090
any big disruptions in the society so it

912
00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:06,550
seems that we want the United States

913
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:08,710
government to behave a little more like

914
00:45:11,820 --> 00:45:10,210
the rest of the world and we don't think

915
00:45:13,860 --> 00:45:11,830
it's going to be such a big disaster if

916
00:45:17,430 --> 00:45:13,870
they Doris and try to find out a little

917
00:45:20,010 --> 00:45:17,440
more about it in her book Leslie Cain

918
00:45:22,370 --> 00:45:20,020
also argues that the risks in engaging

919
00:45:26,570 --> 00:45:22,380
military with something this powerful

920
00:45:29,250 --> 00:45:26,580
and completely unknown are self-evident

921
00:45:33,090 --> 00:45:29,260
no one can predict the behavior of

922
00:45:35,610 --> 00:45:33,100
something we don't understand she also

923
00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:35,620
goes on to make a crucial observation

924
00:45:39,780 --> 00:45:38,050
that rings true with Jafari and other

925
00:45:42,900 --> 00:45:39,790
pilots in these situations

926
00:45:45,870 --> 00:45:42,910
she says that quote they had received no

927
00:45:49,910 --> 00:45:45,880
training or any preparation for dealing

928
00:45:53,220 --> 00:45:49,920
with such an unanticipated eventualities

929
00:45:55,980 --> 00:45:53,230
so in essence it appeared that the

930
00:45:58,590 --> 00:45:55,990
threat was a complete lack of protocol

931
00:46:02,670 --> 00:45:58,600
by foreign and domestic pilots in

932
00:46:05,010 --> 00:46:02,680
relation to encountering UFOs instead of

933
00:46:06,750 --> 00:46:05,020
creating a way of dealing with the issue

934
00:46:10,350 --> 00:46:06,760
it was either dismissed as a

935
00:46:11,050 --> 00:46:10,360
misidentification or it was flat out to

936
00:46:16,300 --> 00:46:11,060
now

937
00:46:19,030 --> 00:46:16,310
as ever happening in 2017 a bombshell

938
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:19,040
article from the New York Times took the

939
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:22,970
world by storm titled glowing auras and

940
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:23,810
black money

941
00:46:29,980 --> 00:46:27,370
the Pentagon's mysterious UFO program

942
00:46:32,770 --> 00:46:29,990
the public was treated to have linked

943
00:46:35,410 --> 00:46:32,780
the article co-written by Leslie Kane

944
00:46:38,770 --> 00:46:35,420
ralph Blumenthal and Pentagon

945
00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:38,780
correspondent Helene Cooper in the

946
00:46:43,750 --> 00:46:41,330
article we learned of a secret Defense

947
00:46:46,300 --> 00:46:43,760
Department program called the advanced

948
00:46:49,540 --> 00:46:46,310
aerospace threat identification program

949
00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:49,550
or a tip earlier this week the New York

950
00:46:54,010 --> 00:46:51,650
Times in Politico revealed the existence

951
00:46:56,530 --> 00:46:54,020
of a secret government program to

952
00:46:58,510 --> 00:46:56,540
investigate UFO sightings it was

953
00:47:00,430 --> 00:46:58,520
especially focused on encounters by

954
00:47:03,190 --> 00:47:00,440
members of the military the program

955
00:47:05,890 --> 00:47:03,200
began in 2007 and ended 5 years later

956
00:47:07,900 --> 00:47:05,900
but it's former head Luis Elizondo is

957
00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:07,910
convinced that something compelling is

958
00:47:11,830 --> 00:47:09,530
out there what we are seeing is

959
00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:11,840
something that is is not traditional

960
00:47:16,720 --> 00:47:14,330
aircraft it's not a drone it's not

961
00:47:19,150 --> 00:47:16,730
something that we can easily say oh

962
00:47:21,580 --> 00:47:19,160
that's an airplane or that belongs to

963
00:47:23,380 --> 00:47:21,590
this country or that country in fact my

964
00:47:26,230 --> 00:47:23,390
submission is that what we are looking

965
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:26,240
at is truly by definition exotic

966
00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:28,370
technologies beyond beyond next

967
00:47:33,730 --> 00:47:31,130
generation technologies among the

968
00:47:35,980 --> 00:47:33,740
reports analyzed by a tip was a video

969
00:47:39,190 --> 00:47:35,990
that had been released that depicted a

970
00:47:41,230 --> 00:47:39,200
white oval shaped object that was chased

971
00:47:44,530 --> 00:47:41,240
by two fighter jets off the coast of

972
00:47:46,579 --> 00:47:44,540
California in 2004 during a training

973
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:46,589
exercise

974
00:47:53,209 --> 00:47:49,170
the object was originally picked up on

975
00:47:56,569 --> 00:47:53,219
radar of the USS Princeton by Navy chief

976
00:47:59,569 --> 00:47:56,579
petty officer kevin day eventually

977
00:48:02,140 --> 00:47:59,579
fighter jets off the USS nimitz carrier

978
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:02,150
were deployed to intercept the object

979
00:48:08,359 --> 00:48:04,890
this object which has since become known

980
00:48:11,150 --> 00:48:08,369
as the Tic Tac UFO was moving at high

981
00:48:14,259 --> 00:48:11,160
speeds and had no apparent means of

982
00:48:17,509 --> 00:48:14,269
propulsion it went from an elevation of

983
00:48:20,539 --> 00:48:17,519
65,000 feet dropped to the surface of

984
00:48:24,349 --> 00:48:20,549
the ocean and then ascended to 24,000

985
00:48:26,989 --> 00:48:24,359
feet within seconds one of the pilots

986
00:48:31,009 --> 00:48:26,999
commander david flavor witnessed all of

987
00:48:33,529 --> 00:48:31,019
this after the chase the object took off

988
00:48:37,219 --> 00:48:33,539
at breakneck speeds and disappeared out

989
00:48:39,589 --> 00:48:37,229
of sight this is what commander flavor

990
00:48:42,410 --> 00:48:39,599
had to say about what occurred after the

991
00:48:44,509 --> 00:48:42,420
incident we watched it for five minutes

992
00:48:46,849 --> 00:48:44,519
with our eyeballs and there was four of

993
00:48:49,009 --> 00:48:46,859
us and we all have the same story we all

994
00:48:50,269 --> 00:48:49,019
saw the same stuff we all came back and

995
00:48:52,039 --> 00:48:50,279
looked at each other and scratched her

996
00:48:54,499 --> 00:48:52,049
head and said WTF you know I mean

997
00:48:55,849 --> 00:48:54,509
serious what was that now we go out and

998
00:48:58,039 --> 00:48:55,859
we have these things that are coming at

999
00:49:00,729 --> 00:48:58,049
will and there's nothing we can do about

1000
00:49:04,190 --> 00:49:00,739
it we don't know what they are we have

1001
00:49:06,829 --> 00:49:04,200
confirmed sighting by two aircrew four

1002
00:49:08,450 --> 00:49:06,839
of us two planes that said look this is

1003
00:49:10,130 --> 00:49:08,460
not an airplane this is not a weather

1004
00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:10,140
balloon this is not a blip it has

1005
00:49:13,190 --> 00:49:12,210
performance well beyond you know in the

1006
00:49:15,499 --> 00:49:13,200
airplanes that we were flying at the

1007
00:49:16,969 --> 00:49:15,509
time were literally brand-new super

1008
00:49:21,109 --> 00:49:16,979
hornets right out of the Boeing factory

1009
00:49:22,969 --> 00:49:21,119
and you go why wasn't something done you

1010
00:49:25,190 --> 00:49:22,979
know I know there are other events that

1011
00:49:26,479 --> 00:49:25,200
are not out recent events where people

1012
00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:26,489
have been called in to go hey I've seen

1013
00:49:31,190 --> 00:49:28,650
this thing so the investigation process

1014
00:49:34,009 --> 00:49:31,200
is still going on you know you go well a

1015
00:49:36,109 --> 00:49:34,019
tip ended so you go what are they doing

1016
00:49:37,459 --> 00:49:36,119
since then well I mean I'm pretty sure

1017
00:49:38,599 --> 00:49:37,469
there's still people looking at this and

1018
00:49:41,180 --> 00:49:38,609
there's still people that are taking

1019
00:49:42,259 --> 00:49:41,190
this serious I will tell you that there

1020
00:49:43,519 --> 00:49:42,269
are people inside the United States

1021
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:43,529
government that are taking this serious

1022
00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:45,930
and I've been I've went down to DC twice

1023
00:49:50,029 --> 00:49:48,450
you know behind closed doors to go and

1024
00:49:52,309 --> 00:49:50,039
I've got a lot of you gotta be joking

1025
00:49:55,279 --> 00:49:52,319
yeah I mean this seriously happened and

1026
00:49:57,019 --> 00:49:55,289
and I'm like yeah it did happen and it

1027
00:49:57,940 --> 00:49:57,029
is real you know what are you doing

1028
00:50:00,700 --> 00:49:57,950
about it

1029
00:50:02,799 --> 00:50:00,710
these individuals who commander flavor

1030
00:50:06,309 --> 00:50:02,809
spoke to have since made several

1031
00:50:09,609 --> 00:50:06,319
comments on the briefing one of those

1032
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:09,619
individuals was Senator Mark Warner the

1033
00:50:14,770 --> 00:50:11,450
vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence

1034
00:50:17,020 --> 00:50:14,780
Committee after the briefing he stated

1035
00:50:21,240 --> 00:50:17,030
the following I think some of the press

1036
00:50:23,559 --> 00:50:21,250
reports are accurate I think people are

1037
00:50:26,680 --> 00:50:23,569
taking this issue much more seriously

1038
00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:26,690
and I'm not gonna get into any of the

1039
00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:27,890
contents of the briefing was a

1040
00:50:34,120 --> 00:50:30,050
classified briefing

1041
00:50:35,900 --> 00:50:34,130
but what I I think the one of the key

1042
00:50:37,220 --> 00:50:35,910
takeaways I have is that the

1043
00:50:39,230 --> 00:50:37,230
[Music]

1044
00:50:41,569 --> 00:50:39,240
the military and others are taking this

1045
00:50:43,280 --> 00:50:41,579
issue seriously which I think in

1046
00:50:46,370 --> 00:50:43,290
previous generations may not have been

1047
00:50:48,349 --> 00:50:46,380
the case while we may not know how many

1048
00:50:51,319 --> 00:50:48,359
individuals were involved with these

1049
00:50:54,500 --> 00:50:51,329
briefings or what was specifically said

1050
00:50:58,220 --> 00:50:54,510
the response to the briefings soon spoke

1051
00:51:01,700 --> 00:50:58,230
for itself it wasn't long after that the

1052
00:51:05,329 --> 00:51:01,710
US Navy announced a new protocol in

1053
00:51:07,370 --> 00:51:05,339
relation to UFO reporting the US Navy is

1054
00:51:09,230 --> 00:51:07,380
set to introduce new guidelines for

1055
00:51:10,910 --> 00:51:09,240
military personnel on reporting

1056
00:51:14,180 --> 00:51:10,920
sightings and encounters with

1057
00:51:16,579 --> 00:51:14,190
unidentified aircraft it says it's

1058
00:51:18,740 --> 00:51:16,589
updating and formalizing the process of

1059
00:51:20,900 --> 00:51:18,750
collecting and analyzing the sightings

1060
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:20,910
the Navy said in a statement that the

1061
00:51:25,460 --> 00:51:23,490
move is in response to a quote number of

1062
00:51:28,010 --> 00:51:25,470
reports of unauthorized and or

1063
00:51:30,099 --> 00:51:28,020
unidentified aircraft entering various

1064
00:51:33,289 --> 00:51:30,109
military controlled ranges and

1065
00:51:35,289 --> 00:51:33,299
designated airspace in recent years to

1066
00:51:37,730 --> 00:51:35,299
be clear the Navy is not saying

1067
00:51:40,309 --> 00:51:37,740
extraterrestrial spacecraft are behind

1068
00:51:43,039 --> 00:51:40,319
those experiences but it does want to

1069
00:51:46,039 --> 00:51:43,049
create a more orderly system to record

1070
00:51:48,859 --> 00:51:46,049
and study the events it seemed as though

1071
00:51:52,089 --> 00:51:48,869
things were changing in terms of how

1072
00:51:56,299 --> 00:51:52,099
military would handle the issue of UFOs

1073
00:51:58,880 --> 00:51:56,309
at least from a Navy standpoint this

1074
00:52:02,180 --> 00:51:58,890
does not account for the army Marines or

1075
00:52:05,210 --> 00:52:02,190
even the Air Force who we'd assume would

1076
00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:05,220
want to be all over this maybe they are

1077
00:52:14,299 --> 00:52:09,690
we simply don't know hell we didn't even

1078
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:14,309
know about a tip for years so with

1079
00:52:19,549 --> 00:52:16,890
technology far beyond anything even our

1080
00:52:23,630 --> 00:52:19,559
most advanced and experienced pilots

1081
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:23,640
can't identify or understand it begs a

1082
00:52:29,660 --> 00:52:27,930
much larger question is this a threat to

1083
00:52:33,829 --> 00:52:29,670
national security for each nation

1084
00:52:37,789 --> 00:52:33,839
dealing with it and if so are we more of

1085
00:52:39,740 --> 00:52:37,799
a threat than we think when it comes

1086
00:52:42,530 --> 00:52:39,750
down to it does anyone on this planet

1087
00:52:46,010 --> 00:52:42,540
have any clue what we are actually

1088
00:52:47,579 --> 00:52:46,020
dealing with when it comes to UFOs does

1089
00:52:50,770 --> 00:52:47,589
it even matter

1090
00:52:52,900 --> 00:52:50,780
it does to the pilots who encountered it

1091
00:52:55,510 --> 00:52:52,910
and it does to the hundreds upon

1092
00:52:59,410 --> 00:52:55,520
thousands of people across the world

1093
00:53:02,349 --> 00:52:59,420
who've experienced it as well and as we

1094
00:53:06,430 --> 00:53:02,359
move forward on the UFO issue we have

1095
00:53:09,490 --> 00:53:06,440
cases like the 1976 to run incident to

1096
00:53:15,329 --> 00:53:09,500
look back on in order to fuel the fire

1097
00:53:20,799 --> 00:53:15,339
of curiosity within us all Parviz Jafari

1098
00:53:23,440 --> 00:53:20,809
died in 2018 but he left behind an

1099
00:53:26,380 --> 00:53:23,450
incredible career as an Air Force pilot

1100
00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:26,390
and witness testimony to one of the most

1101
00:53:31,270 --> 00:53:29,210
compelling and officially documented UFO

1102
00:53:36,069 --> 00:53:31,280
events of all time

1103
00:53:38,890 --> 00:53:36,079
in fact he recounted the event at a 2007

1104
00:53:43,059 --> 00:53:38,900
conference at the National Press Club in

1105
00:53:45,430 --> 00:53:43,069
Washington DC the audio clips of Jafari

1106
00:53:47,859 --> 00:53:45,440
you heard throughout this episode came

1107
00:53:51,220 --> 00:53:47,869
directly from his presentation in

1108
00:53:52,059 --> 00:53:51,230
Washington he was joined by other pilots

1109
00:53:54,579 --> 00:53:52,069
generals

1110
00:53:57,039 --> 00:53:54,589
and government officials who on the

1111
00:54:00,690 --> 00:53:57,049
record recounted similar experiences in

1112
00:54:04,089 --> 00:54:00,700
the air with unknown aerial phenomena

1113
00:54:06,609 --> 00:54:04,099
the staggering amount of testimony and

1114
00:54:08,789 --> 00:54:06,619
calls for action by military officials

1115
00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:08,799
and pilots from across the globe

1116
00:54:15,579 --> 00:54:11,210
screamed that something must be done

1117
00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:15,589
about the UFO issue in our skies when

1118
00:54:21,640 --> 00:54:18,410
faced with the unknown what could we do

1119
00:54:25,900 --> 00:54:21,650
to initiate contact without the threat

1120
00:54:28,270 --> 00:54:25,910
of danger looming in the air perhaps it

1121
00:54:32,319 --> 00:54:28,280
could be best summarized but Parviz

1122
00:54:34,180 --> 00:54:32,329
Jafari himself he had two regrets from

1123
00:54:38,710 --> 00:54:34,190
that incident in the late hours of

1124
00:54:41,380 --> 00:54:38,720
September in 1976 one was that he did

1125
00:54:45,849 --> 00:54:41,390
not have a camera to capture images of

1126
00:54:48,609 --> 00:54:45,859
the UFO understandable and at least this

1127
00:54:51,460 --> 00:54:48,619
has changed in terms of being capable of

1128
00:54:53,560 --> 00:54:51,470
capturing UFOs as displayed by the more

1129
00:54:57,730 --> 00:54:53,570
recent Navy encounters

1130
00:55:01,240 --> 00:54:57,740
but Jafari ii regret truly showed that

1131
00:55:05,620 --> 00:55:01,250
sometimes words are far more important

1132
00:55:10,680 --> 00:55:05,630
than any action could ever resolve later

1133
00:55:15,390 --> 00:55:10,690
on I was so sorry that why I did not

1134
00:55:20,840 --> 00:55:15,400
call on the radio asked him who are you

1135
00:55:34,140 --> 00:55:20,850
please make a communication with us

1136
00:55:36,610 --> 00:55:34,150
[Music]

1137
00:55:38,350 --> 00:55:36,620
somewhere in the skies is produced by

1138
00:55:40,300 --> 00:55:38,360
Third Kind productions in association