What happened
After civilian calls, Pirouzi saw a bright object over the Shemiran district, which he described as rectangular with lights at each end. Gen. Youssefi saw it from his balcony and ordered an intercept. Nazeri's F-4 lost instruments and radio as it closed in and turned back. Jafari's F-4, launched about ten minutes later, got a radar lock. He said the object flashed red, green, orange and blue so brightly he could not see its body. A smaller object came out of it toward his jet. As he tried to fire a Sidewinder, his weapons panel and radio failed. Heading home, he said he saw the primary, diamond-shaped object release another bright object that came down gently to the ground. A search of the area the next day found nothing but a beeping emergency beacon. A report went to the Joint Chiefs, the CIA, the DIA and others. Jafari spoke about the case at the National Press Club in 2007.