As the world grapples with the recent revelations of a whistleblower alleging U.S. government secrecy on Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), India has its own share of ‘alien’ object sightings that have sparked curiosity and debate.
The whistleblower’s evidence presented to Congress claims that the U.S. government is holding alien spacecraft, a revelation that has sent shockwaves across the globe. Meanwhile, in various parts of India, locals and scientists alike have reported sightings of unidentified objects in the sky over the years, with some incidents causing quite a stir.
From the cigar-shaped object spotted in New Delhi in 1951 to the more recent sightings in Ludhiana, Punjab, and Vadodara, Gujarat in 2021, India’s history of UFO sightings is as diverse as it is intriguing. Here’s a short list of all the reportedly “extraterrestrial” sightings over Indian skies over the years.
Units of the Indian Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) reported over 100 sightings of UFOs in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir between August and October.
Observers described the objects as yellowish spheres that rose from the Chinese side, traversed the sky for several hours, and then disappeared. Despite investigations involving ground-based radar, spectrum analysers, and a reconnaissance drone, the objects remained unidentified.
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