In New Delhi, members of a flying club reported a cigar-shaped object in the sky which was about one hundred feet long.[1]
2004
On 27 September, 2004, team of scientists in Samudra Tapu spotted a white object resembling a "snow man" on top of an adjacent mountain ridge. India Today speculated the UFO could be "a spy drone from across the border" or "a spy balloon".[2]
2007
In October, a strange "fireball" was photographed in the skies of Kolkata, claimed to be shape-shifting.[3]
2013
In June, residents in Chennai observed five specks of bright orange light in night sky.[4]
In August, troops of the Indian Army spotted several UFOs near Ladakh border.[5]
2015
In Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, a local resident claimed to have taken a photo of a large UFO. However, a rash of similar photos from other parts of the world depicting the appearance of a UFO similar to the one in the movie Independence Day were most likely "created using digital editing software or even a mobile phone app, as some on the market allow UFOs to be blended into pictures".[6]
In June, a boy from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh reportedly captured a flying saucer in his father's phone while clicking photos of clouds.[7]
2023
In November, a UFO was spotted over Imphal airport which disrupted flight services for three hours. Two Indian Air ForceRafale fighter jets were scrambled from a nearby air base.[8] The search yielded no result at the unidentified objects were not seen again.[9]
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