UFO sightings in 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.

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".

In October, a strange "fireball" was photographed in the skies of Kolkata, claimed to be shape-shifting.

In June, residents in Chennai observed five specks of bright orange light in night sky.
In August, troops of the Indian Army spotted several UFOs near Ladakh border.

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".
In June, a boy from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh reportedly captured a flying saucer in his father's phone while clicking photos of clouds.

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. The search yielded no result at the unidentified objects were not seen again.