"If the prosaic explanation seems strained, consider the 
alternative: that the "UFO" was an extraterrestrial spaceship with 
the remarkable ability to__selectively__ disable __many__ avionic 
systems on the F-4, __only__ the radio equipment on an airliner, 
without causing __any__ interference in any IIAF air-defense 
radars or the Mahrabad radio equipment. Despite this remarkable 
defensive capability, the "UFO" decided to fire an "old-fashioned" 
rocket-missile at the second F-4, which missed the airplane and 
landed on a dry lake bed __without__ causing an explosion."
Firstly, as pointed out before, there is no mention of a rocket-
missile in the report.  There is no basis to make the claim that 
it did not explode.  The report states that this object was not 
even heading toward the F-4 crew but rather directly downwards to 
land gently on the ground.  Klass seem to have mixed up the 
sighting to his liking.  There were two objects.  The one that 
followed the crew, which RETURNED to the primary craft and second 
object landed on the ground and never went near the craft.  Thus his entire 
argument about the object shooting towards the F-4, missing and crashing is 
complete nonsense.
"And the next morning this rocket-missile mysteriously 
disappeared, leaving behind only a mysterious beeping radio 
signal, similar to that emitted by crash locator beacons."
There was no rocket-missile.  If it was a locator beacon why was 
it never found?  Kind of defeats the purpose of the instruments, 
does it not?!
I might add one more thing, General Yousefi, a pilot of the second 
F-4, and an air traffic controller have confirmed the accuracy of 
the DIA reports on Sightings.  Yousefi stated that ufo did indeed 
land and went on to say that it was picked up on ground radar.  
This is very different to what Klass claimed.  Also the US Defense 
Department has admitted that on that night its Defense Systems 
Program Satellite was observing Tehran.  They claimed that some 
significant event occurred  there but claim to not know what it 
was (the pics remain classified).  
Regards, George Opletal
 
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