As time goes by, there are more and more reports of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) appearing online. Unusual objects gently flying above the earth, a brilliant illumination that seemed to be suspended in the air, and ‘alien craft’ with distinctive patterns in the nighttime skies. The US Military published three authenticated UFO footage earlier this year, garnering attention on a global scale. India has its own accounts of allegedly seeing extraterrestrial life.
Here are five locations in India where reports of UFO encounters have been made:

Lagan Kher – Kashmir, Ladakh

On August 4, 2013, many Indian Army officials are said to have concurred that they had spotted a UFO in the Ladakh region near the Line of Actual Control with China. At the time, more than 100 sightings were reported, according to the locals. It wasn’t the first time that Indian soldiers had presented themselves with that.

A similar sighting was reported in 2012 by an ITBP unit stationed in Thakung, close to Pangong Tso Lake, who claimed to have observed “two yellowish spheres” emerge from the horizon on the Chinese side, hang in the sky for a few hours, and then gradually vanish.

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A spherical UFO was reportedly spotted flying over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Delhi mansion on June 14, 2018, according to the Hindustan Times. The Delhi Air Traffic Control was also placed on high alert while a quick but thorough search was conducted. Eventually, the search was suspended after no signs of danger were discovered.

Dependra Pathak, special commissioner of police and spokeswoman for the Delhi police chief, verified the sightings but declined to provide further details “keeping security reasons in mind.”

Pune, Maharashtra

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Mahima Chaudhary, a Jet Airways pilot, called Mumbai Air Traffic Control while in flight to report spotting a weird green and white object floating around 26,300 feet in the sky close to Pune at around 12:45 PM, according to a 2014 Pune Mirror article. Mumbai ATC, however, denied knowing anything about this.

Lucknow – Uttar Pradesh

Exploring UFO sightings in five locations in India where residents and officials have in the past reported seeing extraterrestrial beings, Lucknow, Uttar PradeshAmit Tripathi, a native of Lucknow, was sitting on his balcony in 2014 when he noticed a sparkling object in the sky just near to the sun. He was trying to use his phone’s camera to capture the lovely sunset.
However, he was able to take a picture of the item.

Amit reportedly witnessed the item rapidly spin and rise until it shot straight up into the sky and vanished in less than 40 seconds, according to India Today.

Kannur, Kerala

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Major Sebastian Zachariah’s wife, Divya Sebastian, told The New Indian Express that her husband had unintentionally captured an image of a UFO while exploring the functions of the phone he had just purchased. They even visited the customer service office of the phone firm to see if the phone’s camera had malfunctioned and captured something flawed, but nothing of the sort was discovered.

Upon learning of the incidence, Professor Jayant Murthy of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bangalore simply dismissed the theory and asserted that it might have been a delusion because “these are nothing real.”