Skeptoid #315: The Tehran 1976 UFO

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Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

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🗓️ 19 June 2012

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Declassified military documents show that Iranian fighter planes engaged a UFO in 1976. Here's what's actually known.

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0:00.0	It was 1976 in the skies above Tehran, and a pair of Iranian fighter pilots in their
0:09.6	American F4 Phantom jets were chasing down a mysterious UFO.
0:15.3	They even had it on their radar screens.
0:17.5	Suddenly, their instruments went haywire, and they were forced to return to base.
0:23.0	Had the UFO just attacked them with some kind of electronics jammer?
0:27.9	Or might this famous UFO case have a more earthly explanation?
0:33.3	The Tehran 1976 UFO is coming right up, unskeptoid.
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1:31.8	The Tehran 1976 UFO.
1:35.8	Just about every well-known UFO story is billed as among the best documented and most believable.
1:42.2	Well, they can't all be right, and certainly some documentation is better than others.
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