An F-4 jet intercepted an unidentified flying object (UFO) near Tehran, Iran observed by multiple eyewitnesses. When the F-4 approached within 25 nm, it lost all instrumentation and communications. A second object emerged from the first and approached the F-4 rapidly before it regained systems. The pilots observed additional objects emerge and witnessed bright lights over a large area before landing.

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