A strange UFO sighting from Iran triggered claims of extraterrestrials and government cover-ups. The Iranian Airforce was filmed firing on an alleged white orb UFO on Jan 17, which the Airforce later identified as drones. However, some alien enthusiasts and paranormal researchers does not believe the government report.
This is not the first incident of similar UFO sightings in Iran. The Iranian Airforce has encountered alleged UFOs as early as 1976 in the infamous Tehran UFO Incident. According to reports two F-4 Phantom II jet interceptors temporarily had system failures such as losing communication and failure to use weapons while approaching an unidentified object detected on radar. Residents reportedly saw bright light in the sky in the area and the system of the jets were restored upon withdrawal.
The latest incident also happened in Tehran. According to the anonymous report in filed in Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), the incident was witnessed by a thousand of Iranian residents in the center of Tehran Enghelab square. Videos of the alleged UFO has also gone viral in the internet.
"Many Airforce aircrafts started flying above Tehran searching for these glowing orbs but they couldn't find anything," the report said. It added that the Airforce identified it as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones, however, the report continued that it looked nothing like drones. "As you see in videos UAVs can't fly like that and can't change their direction suddenly."
The report also pointed out that the Iranian Airforce doesn't need and start shooting UAVs in the center of Tehran like they are in the middle of war, hinting that it may be controlled by extraterrestrials. "Just UFOs and alien technology can fly and move like that," the report said describing the its swift movements.
The case is currently under investigation in the MUFON. However, the details of the UFO sighting were called into question because same videos have been uploaded in the internet a day before the reported date of the sighting according to Daily Express. MUFON also admitted that some videos submitted to their database are hoaxed.