{"type":"documents","slug":"1976-iranian-f4-incident-report","title":"Iranian F-4 Incident Report","url":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/1976-iranian-f4-incident-report","description":"Military report recounting Iranian fighter jets engaging a luminous object near Tehran","date":"1976-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Report"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","disclosureRating":8,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"## Summary\n\nOn the night of 18 September 1976, Iranian Air Force F-4 interceptors scrambled to investigate bright lights over Tehran. Pilots reported electronic malfunctions and close approaches to a structured object.[^1][^2][^3]\n\nU.S. Defense attaché notes and Iranian logs describe the encounter in detail, making it one of the most documented international UFO cases.\n\n<PDF src=\"https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/13/2002761354/-1/-1/0/JOINT_CHIEFS_STAFF_REPORT.PDF\" />\n\n[^1]: [Joint Chiefs of Staff report concerning the sighting of a UFO in Iran on 19 September 1976](https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/13/2002761354/-1/-1/0/JOINT_CHIEFS_STAFF_REPORT.PDF)\n\n[^2]: [Reported UFO Sighting Iran (DIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room)](https://www.dia.mil/FOIA/FOIA-Electronic-Reading-Room/FileId/238156/)\n\n[^3]: [The U.S. Government and the Iran Case (NSA)](https://www.nsa.gov/portals/75/documents/news-features/declassified-documents/ufo/us_gov_iran_case.pdf)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/1976-iranian-f4-incident-report","title":"Iranian F-4 Incident Report","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/documents/1976-iranian-f4-incident-report","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}}