Shiraz UFO Photo: Teenager Jamshid Saiadipour Photographs Hat-Shaped UFO
Sixteen-year-old Jamshid Saiadipour photographed a glowing hat-shaped UFO hovering motionless outside his Shiraz/Tehran home at 4 a.m. Published in Tehran Magazine on May 18. The photo was included in U.S. DIA files and released in 1980 via FOIA. U.S. officials showed interest due to superficial resemblance to classified Tacit Blue aircraft, though Tacit Blue did not hover, did not glow, and was not yet flying in 1978.
Background
On May 13, 1978, sixteen-year-old Jamshid Saiadipour reportedly photographed a glowing, hat-shaped object outside his window in Shiraz, Iran, at about 4 a.m. The account says the photograph appeared in Tehran Magazine on May 18, 1978, and was later included in U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency files. Inclusion in a DIA file shows that U.S. authorities archived or reviewed the report; it does not authenticate the photograph or identify the object. Comparisons with the later Tacit Blue aircraft do not confirm the case, given the differing reported characteristics and chronology.