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

== Pre-historic era ==
* Pre-historic rock cave paintings related to [[Religion:Hinduism|Hinduism]] found at Charama, Kanker Chhattisgarh state depict human figures wearing suits similar to modern day space suits and drawings similar to flying saucers, each with a fan-like antenna and three legs.<ref name=rashmi>{{cite news|last1=Drolia|first1=Rashmi|title=10,000-year-old rock paintings depicting aliens and UFOs found in Chhattisgarh|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/10000-year-old-rock-paintings-depicting-aliens-and-UFOs-found-in-Chhattisgarh/articleshow/38435091.cms|access-date=7 December 2014|publisher=Times of India|date=15 July 2014}}</ref>

== 1951 ==
* On 15 March, 10:21&nbsp;a.m. in [[Place:New Delhi|New Delhi]], members of a flying club saw a cigar-shaped object in the sky which was about one hundred feet long. The UFO hovered for some time and then vanished from the sight.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nicap.org/510315newdelhi_dir.htm | title=Top Shelf Witnesses, Kolkata , India}}</ref>

== 2004 ==

* On September 24, a team of scientists in [[Earth:Chandra Taal|Samudra Tapu]] spotted a white object resembling a "snow man" on top of an adjacent mountain ridge at around 6:45&nbsp;a.m. ''India Today'' speculated the UFO could be "a spy drone from across the border" or "a spy balloon".|<ref>{{Cite magazine|author=RAMESH VINAYAK |date=April 18, 2012 |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-2005-120392-2012-11-02|access-date=2021-08-09|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

== 2007 ==
* On October 29, a fast moving object was spotted at 30° in the eastern horizon at Eastern [[Place:Kolkata|Kolkata]] between 3:30 and 6:30 am and was filmed using a video camera. Its shape shifted from a sphere to a triangle and then to a straight line. The object emitted a bright light forming a halo and radiated a range of colours. It was spotted by locals and hundreds gathered along the E.M. Bypass to catch a glimpse of the UFO, triggering a frenzy. The video footage was released on a TV News channel and later shown to Dr. D P Duari, the director of MP Birla Planetarium, Kolkata, who found it to be "extremely interesting and strange". Duari later identified the object as be the planet Venus.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131022131133/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-10-30/kolkata/27991931_1_object-ufo-meteor "UFO puzzle has city in a tizzy"]</ref><ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1130823/report-did-a-ufo-come-over-kolkata "Did a UFO come over Kolkata?"]</ref><ref>[http://www.merinews.com/article/kolkata-in-a-tizzy-over-ufo-sighting/127379.shtml "Kolkata in a tizzy over UFO sighting"]</ref>

== 2013 ==
* Residents of Mogappiar, Chennai observed five specks of bright orange light moving from south to north around 8.55 pm on 20 June and was later reported on the local newspaper on 23 June.<ref>{{cite news|title='UFO' sighted in Chennai?|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/ufo-sighted-in-chennai/article4842512.ece|access-date=7 December 2014|work=The Hindu|date=23 June 2013}}</ref>
* On 4 August, soldiers of Indian Army observed unidentified flying objects over Lagan Kher Area, Demchock, Ladakh. It was also reported that army troops had observed more than a hundred different incidents of UFO movements in the border areas of Arunachal Pradesh in the preceding seven months.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==2014==
* A series of pictures of the sunset over the Rajajipuram area of Lucknow on 23 July claimed to show a UFO.<ref>{{cite news|title=Is that a UFO flying over Lucknow? |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ufo-aliens-spotted-flying-over-lucknow/1/373893.html|access-date=7 December 2014|publisher=India Today|date=24 July 2014}}</ref>
* A commercial pilot reportedly informed Mumbai Air Traffic Control room that she spotted a black and blueish UFO near Pune during the first week of October at a height of about 26,300 feet.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Avasthi |first1=Yogesh |title=It's a UFO! |url=http://www.punemirror.in/pune/others/Its-a-UFO/articleshow/44227269.cms|access-date=7 December 2014|publisher=Pune Mirror |date=4 October 2014}}</ref> 
* A photograph published by the news media claimed to show a "nail shaped" UFO over Kochi in the southern Indian state of Kerala on 29 October.<ref>{{cite news|title=Is this an UFO in the sky above Kochi? |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/is-this-an-ufo-in-the-sky-above-kochi/1/398137.html|access-date=7 December 2014|publisher=India Today|date=30 October 2014}}</ref>

== 2015 ==

*In Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, a local resident claimed to have taken a photo of a large UFO.<ref>http://daily.bhaskar.com/news-hf/TOP-pictures-of-ufo-in-gorakhpur-went-viral-5181358-PHO.html</ref> 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".<ref name=Express>{{cite web|last1=Austin|first1=Don|title=Biggest, best ever UFO photograph? Witnesses snap 'Independence Day-like mothership'|url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/612097/Biggest-best-ever-UFO-photograph-Witnesses-snap-Independence-Day-like-mothership|website=The Express|date=14 October 2015|publisher=Daily Express|access-date=30 November 2015|quote=A news agency also released pictures this week of the same UFO allegedly spotted over the Heilongtan Reservoir in south-western China's Sichuan Province. There is also a CGI version of the "mothership" online, suggested the Indian images were created using digital editing software or even a mobile phone app, as some on the market allow UFOs to be blended into pictures.}}</ref>
*In June, a boy from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh reportedly captured a flying saucer in his father's phone while clicking photos of clouds.<ref>{{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/trending/kanpur-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}}</ref>

== 2021 ==

*In January, some local residents from Ludhiana, Punjab claimed that they saw an unidentified flying object (UFO) in the sky.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-19 |title=Watch: UFO Spotted In Ludhiana? Residents Claim They Saw Shiny Unidentified Object In Sky |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-watch-ufo-spotted-in-ludhiana-residents-claim-they-saw-shiny-unidentified-object-in-sky/375462 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531083627/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-watch-ufo-spotted-in-ludhiana-residents-claim-they-saw-shiny-unidentified-object-in-sky/375462 |archive-date=2022-05-31 |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=outlook india |language=en}}</ref> A similar incident occurred in December also.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Livemint |date=2021-12-03 |title=Mysterious lights spotted in sky in northern India, leave many people puzzled |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/mysterious-lights-spotted-in-sky-in-northern-india-leave-many-people-puzzled-11638544453170.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531092155/https://www.livemint.com/news/india/mysterious-lights-spotted-in-sky-in-northern-india-leave-many-people-puzzled-11638544453170.html |archive-date=2022-05-31 |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref>

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== External links ==
* [https://mufoncms.com/last_20_report.html MUFON - Last 20 UFO Sightings and Pictures]

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