UFO sightings in India

{{Short description|List of alleged UFO sightings in the nation of India}}

This is a list of alleged sightings of UFOs in India.

1951

In New Delhi, members of a flying club reported a cigar-shaped object in the sky which was about one hundred feet long.{{cite web |title=Top Shelf Witnesses / Metallic Cigar |url=http://www.nicap.org/510315newdelhi_dir.htm |access-date=22 November 2023 |website=NICAP}}

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".{{Cite web |last=Vinayak |first=Ramesh |title=Was it a spy drone from across the border? Was it a weather balloon? Was it a UFO? |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/unidentified-flying-objects-ufo-sighting-in-himachal-pradesh-in-2005-120392-2012-11-01 |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=India Today |date=2 November 2012 |language=en}}

In October, a strange "fireball" was photographed in the skies of Kolkata, claimed to be shape-shifting.{{Cite web |date=October 22, 2013 |title=UFO puzzle has city in a tizzy |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/UFO-puzzle-has-city-in-a-tizzy/articleshow/2500882.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022131133/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-10-30/kolkata/27991931_1_object-ufo-meteor |archive-date=2013-10-22 |access-date=22 November 2023 |url-status=live |website=Times of India}}

In June, residents in Chennai observed five specks of bright orange light in night sky.{{cite news |date=23 June 2013 |title='UFO' sighted in Chennai? |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/ufo-sighted-in-chennai/article4842512.ece |access-date=7 December 2014}}
In August, troops of the Indian Army spotted several UFOs near Ladakh border.{{cite news|title=Army troops sight UFO in Ladakh again|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/army-troops-sight-ufo-in-ladakh-again/article5035906.ece|access-date=7 December 2014|work=The Hindu|date=19 August 2014}}

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".{{Cite web |last=Austin |first=Jon |date=2015-10-14 |title=Biggest, best ever UFO photograph? Witnesses snap 'Independence Day-like mothership |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/612097/Biggest-best-ever-UFO-photograph-Witnesses-snap-Independence-Day-like-mothership |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Daily Express |language=en}}
In June, a boy from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh reportedly captured a flying saucer in his father's phone while clicking photos of clouds.{{Cite web |date=2015-06-27 |title=Kanpur boy clicks pictures of a UFO, but it is a bit too perfect to be believed |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/trendkanpur-boy-clicks-pictures-of-a-perfect-ufo/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531082606/https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/kanpur-boy-clicks-pictures-of-a-perfect-ufo/lite/ |archive-date=2022-05-31 |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

In November, a UFO was spotted over Imphal airport which disrupted flight services for three hours. Two Indian Air Force Rafale fighter jets were scrambled from a nearby air base.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-21 |title=‘UFO’ spotted over Imphal airport: A brief history of the term, and the unending curiosity around it |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/ufo-imphal-airport-india-meaning-explained-9034834/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} The search yielded no result at the unidentified objects were not seen again.{{Cite news |title=Imphal: UFO spotted over the airport; all that we know so far |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/travel-news/imphal-ufo-spotted-over-the-airport-all-that-we-know-so-far/articleshow/105470529.cms |access-date=2024-04-01 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

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