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Iran Unveils Flying Saucer
FARS News Agency ^ | 2011-03-16 | FARS News Agency

Posted on 03/22/2011 8:08:54 AM PDT by Michael Barnes

The unmanned flying saucer, named "Zohal", was unveiled in a ceremony attended by Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.

Zohal, designed and developed jointly by Farnas Aerospace Company and Iranian Aviation and Space Industries Association (IASIA), can be used for various missions, specially for aerial imaging.

The flying machine is equipped with an auto-pilot system, GPS (Global Positioning System) and two separate imaging systems with full HD 10 mega-pixel picture quality and is able to take and send images simultaneously.

Zohal uses a small, portable navigation and monitoring center for transmission of data and images and can fly in both outdoor and indoor spaces.

The second project unveiled in the exhibition was a light sports plane. The plane designed and developed by Dorna Aerospace Company is a full composite sports plane and complies with the Standard Test Method (ASTM).

It is the third ISA-class model introduced to the world and can be used for private flights, aerial patrolling and surveillance.


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Iran Unveils Flying Saucer Using Old B-Movie Stock Photo

picked up from /. this a.m., funny stuff..

1 posted on 03/22/2011 8:08:58 AM PDT by Michael Barnes
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To: Quix; Las Vegas Dave; TaraP

getta load of this ;)


2 posted on 03/22/2011 8:09:33 AM PDT by Michael Barnes
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To: Michael Barnes

Too funny! If the have anything like this, we are DOOOOOOOOOMED!!! Hahahaha!

I don’t doubt that they have some balloons that can loft ground surveillance tech, but they do not have a “flying saucer”.


3 posted on 03/22/2011 8:14:00 AM PDT by Mr. Jazzy (Pray for our nation against the enemies of freedom.)
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To: Michael Barnes

Don't mess with Zohal!

4 posted on 03/22/2011 8:17:11 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 789 of our national holiday from reality. - It's 3 AM, where is the 'president'?)
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To: Michael Barnes
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And to think that people scoffed at me and TOTUS when we said we needed to applaud the Islamic world for their contributions to science and technology.

5 posted on 03/22/2011 8:19:21 AM PDT by newheart (The trouble ain't too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. -Mark Twain)
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To: Michael Barnes

LOS ANGELES, CA .. 20th Century Fox has filed suit against Iran for copyright violation .. the studio claims that Iran's fictional "new flying saucer" is a copy of the Jupiter II, the fictional space ship used in the popular TV series "Lost in Space," which ran from 1965 to 1968... developing...

6 posted on 03/22/2011 8:19:35 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: Michael Barnes

This info was released by the Iranian SIT AROUND AND MAKE SH-T UP BUREAU.


7 posted on 03/22/2011 8:29:14 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Michael Barnes

Next from Iran ‘THE FLYING CUP!”


8 posted on 03/22/2011 8:49:17 AM PDT by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: Michael Barnes
Coanda-effect UAV
9 posted on 03/22/2011 9:01:44 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
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To: Michael Barnes


Here's a liftoff shot of just one of their vehicles on a test flight. All others have been photoshopped in!
10 posted on 03/22/2011 9:08:53 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Mr. Jazzy

So that’s who was flying over Jerusalem back in January of this year!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggzl8z9Csho


11 posted on 03/22/2011 9:14:10 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Michael Barnes

Haver commented on another thread about it . . .

IF the pic is at all reliable, they may have a typical saucer . . . IF . . . there’s a toroid of mercury in movement around a core etc. etc. etc.

If it’s merely a fan driven hovering sort of copter affair . . . whoop-t-do.


12 posted on 03/22/2011 10:44:00 AM PDT by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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