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February 13, 2005
U.S. Drones Probe Iran

The Washington Post explains that Iran's UFOs are U.S. reconnaissance drones. In December, Iranians living along the Caspian Sea and on the Iraq border began reporting sightings of red flashes in the sky, streaks of green and blue, and low, racing lights that disappeared moments after being spotted. Iranian air force commanders identified the UFOs as U.S. drones.

According to the Post, the U.S. has been flying surveillance drones over Iran for nearly a year to seek evidence of nuclear weapons programs and detect weaknesses in air defenses:
U.S. officials confirmed that the drones were deployed along Iran's northern and western borders, first in April 2004, and again in December and January. A former U.S. official with direct knowledge of earlier phases of the operation said the U.S. intelligence community began using Iraq as a base to spy on Iran shortly after taking Baghdad in early April 2003. Drones have been flown over Iran since then, the former official said, but the missions became more frequent last year.

From California Yankee.

Posted by Dan Spencer at February 13, 2005 09:35 AM | TrackBack
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