Washington (Republic Pk) The United States was expressing surprise about the American F15 plane shot down in Iran in April, but the first statement of the pilot regarding the incident has revealed. The pilot has described an interesting and surprising scenario of chasing Iranian drones before ejecting from the jet to save his life. In addition to the American pilot, there was also a weapons officer in this cockpit and both were later rescued by US forces.
It was reported by CNN that the pilot had briefed American intelligence officials and explained the situation before ejecting. At least four sources familiar with the matter said that several Iranian drones were hovering in the air, all moving together in the form of a single drone that looked like jellyfish.
One source said that several drones were connected and moving like a drone, there were drones above and below, small drones under the large drones looked like they were the legs of the large drones, something like aliens.
Another source said that the American pilot saw a scene in the air that looked like mines of drones. According to the report, two other sources said that the investigation into the real reason for the downing of the American plane in Iranian airspace is still undetermined, however, according to initial reports, it is possible that this formation of drones may have somehow helped Iran to shoot down the American plane, however, it is not clear whether in addition to the pilot, the weapons officer on board the F-15 aircraft also saw the same formation of drones or not.
US intelligence officials disagree on how to interpret the pilot’s statement and whether the pilot was in a state to remember the incident or not? as two sources said the pilot was not fully conscious due to a head injury.
It is important to mention here, this was the second time during the Iran-US war that the same pilot’s plane had been shot down. At the beginning of the war, the same pilot’s plane was among the planes targeted by friendly fire from Kuwaiti forces. This means that the same pilot has shot down two planes during the Iran-US war. Both times he managed to eject and he told this alleged story.
According to the report, a source said that the intelligence officials who took the briefing also asked pilot, “Are you sure you saw exactly what you are describing?” According to the report, a debate has erupted in US intelligence after the pilot’s statement that if the pilot really saw what he described, it would be a dangerous and major advancement in Iran’s drone capabilities.
According to two sources, US intelligence agencies had never previously expected that Iran had the specific drone capabilities described by the pilot, but there are reports that Iran was receiving assistance from Russia and China in drone technology. The kind of capability the pilot described is, in which an operator operates multiple drones simultaneously.