Amid reports of UFO sightings over Imphal skies, the Indian Air Force scrambled two Rafale combat jets to look for them, latest media reports said on Monday. The incident took place on Sunday when an ‘unidentified flying object’ was sighted over skies near Imphal Airport.
According to news agency ANI, the IAF sent two fighter planes at around 2:30 pm on Sunday. The flight operations at the Imphal Airport were hit due to the UFO sighting. In a post on X, the IAF did confirm sending combat jets to search for UFO. However, later, the post was deleted. “IAF activated its Air Defence response mechanism based on visual inputs from Imphal airport.