Iran Says American Spy Planes Seen Over Nuclear Sites
How do they know, if their radar didn't register anything? Can you say "stealth bombers?"In a media frenzy, newspapers reported last year that U.F.O.'s had been seen by people in several parts of the country, mostly in northern and northwestern regions where Iran's nuclear sites are located.
The state television showed pictures of a sparkling white disc in April and said the object was filmed over Tehran. A reporter for the state run news agency IRNA said he observed a similar object for 90 minutes in the northern city of Bilesavar.
The press, however, reported that military and civilian radar did not register any violations into Iran's air space. The Defense and Foreign Ministries both dismissed assertions that United States spy drones had entered the country last year every time journalists called, emphasizing that no flying object could penetrate Iranian skies without being identified.
If Iran's anti-aircraft units can shoot down satellites and comets, they are a far more formidable threat than any of us had heretofore realized.However, Iran's air force was ordered to shoot down any suspicious flying object near Iran's nuclear facilities, the Ressalat daily reported in December.
"All anti-aircraft units and jet fighters have been ordered to shoot down any flying objects over Iran's air space," the daily quoted the spokesman for the Regular Army Air Force, Col. Salman Mahini, as saying.
"The unidentified flying objects could be satellites, comets or spying or reconnaissance crafts trying to monitor Iran's nuclear installations," he said.