Summary

Iranian Air Force Brigadier General (retired) who on September 19, 1976, as a squadron commander flying an F-4 Phantom II over Tehran, acquired radar lock on a UAP the size of a Boeing KC-135 tanker. When he attempted to fire an AIM-9 heat-seeking missile, all weapons control and communications failed. A US Defense Intelligence Agency cable documenting the incident was distributed to the White House, Secretary of State, Joint Chiefs of Staff, NSA, and CIA, and is one of the most officially corroborated military UAP encounters on record. The DIA paper rated the report as an 'outstanding' source of UAP-related data.

Roles

• -Brigadier General, Imperial Iranian Air Force (ret.)
• -Squadron Commander, F-4 Phantom II Intercept, September 1976

Organizations

Education

• -Imperial Iranian Air Force Academy - pilot and tactical combat training
• -Qualified on F-4 Phantom II; rose to squadron commander rank

Early Career

• -Commissioned into the Imperial Iranian Air Force and trained on the F-4 Phantom II, one of the most capable fighter aircraft of the era
• -Rose to the rank of squadron commander, indicating a distinguished operational and leadership record before the September 1976 incident

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