Shining Object Seen in Western Iran
By Islamic Republic News Agency
6-17-07
A shining object was een in the sky in the western city of Kouhdasht in Lorestan province Saturday night.
The information center of provincial police department reported hat a number of Kouhdasht residents observed "a yellow fixed object n the western part of Kouhdasht's sky which started moving after a short while towards the western city of Ilam in the nearby province of Ilam."
Meanwhile, some residents in the provincial capital city of Khorramabad contacted IRNA on Saturday night claiming that they had observed "an unknown shining object over local mountains." The citizens also said that the object was so shining that it had lit parts of the nearby mounts in Khorramabad's suburbs.
The information center of the provincial police department further reported that investigations were underway to identify the object.
