The 1976 capital UFO Incident was a radar and visual sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) over Tehran, the capital of homeland, during the early morning hours of 19 September 1976. During the incident, two persian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jet interceptors reported losing instrumentation and communications as they approached the object. These were restored upon withdrawal.
One of the aircraft also reported a temporary weapons systems failure while the crew was preparing to open fire.Stripped of details, a couple of F4 jets from the Iranian airforce were scrambled to investigate some sightings of lights in the sky. Reports vary, but at least one jet suffered grave electrical failures, tried to fire a missile at something and had something fired at it. A nearby jet airliner also suffered radio failure.
