India's Robot UFO Sighting 🤖

This case is not one particularly well known in the West.

It occurred in the remote region of Northern India on September 27th 2004. Some 40 miles from the nearest inhabited town of Kaksar and around 15,000 ft above sea level.

A team of glaciologists/geologists from Space Applications Centre (SAC), were on an expedition to study the Samundri Tapu glacier in Himachal Pradesh. When at around 6.45 a.m., they spotted a bizarre object.

What appeared to be a white 3 to 4ft. high robot was hovering just above ground level. The head was cylindrical with two “balloon type” attachments, a body, hands and legs. The object looked like it was moving towards the group until it was approximately 50-60 yards away when it seemed aware of the scientists and stopped for a few seconds. It then retreated and reversed back up the hillside. Noiselessly receding into a tiny white dot in the sky.

Dr Anil Kulkarni the senior SAC scientist said the most striking thing about the object was its movement. “It manoeuvred itself in what appeared to be finely-controlled motion. Free-floating balloons don’t do that. It appeared to have the ability to manoeuvre itself around small boulders, elevations and depressions on the ridge”.

A digital photo of the object was released in the Indian Media.



Theories ranged between a UFO, a new Chinese spy drone from just over the border, to a cluster of balloons. But after the initial media reports public discussion faded rapidly.

Then in 2012, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) and Indian Army reported seeing over 100 UFOs in the Ladakh area north of Sama Tapu. They included sightings of yellowish spheres from the Chinese side of the Indian border crossing the sky for hours before vanishing. A ground based radar unit and spectrum analyser were deployed, but unable to detect anything when the objects passed.


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The Indian Astronomical Observatory, National Technical Research Organization and Defence Research Development Organization were all called in to investigate. None of them were able to solve the mystery of these UFOs. Although, officials refused to publicly entertain the idea that this was extra-terrestrial technology.

Astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar declared in India Today “There is no evidence of UFOS being of extra-terrestrial origin” and intelligence officials, believed the sightings might be a crude psychological operation by the Chinese.

Sunil Dhar, who was part of the 2004 expedition, claimed a more intensive study was required, saying. “Left unexplained, the Ladakh sightings risk slipping into the crack between fact and science fiction….”

Perhaps coincidentally, in April of 2019, Lue Elizondo wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of India. Warning of the danger of not taking UAP seriously and highlighting the ongoing tensions between India and its neighbour Pakistan.



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Further information
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Telegraph Online - Suspicious movements

India Today - Was it a spy drone from across the border? Was it a weather balloon? Was it a UFO?

India Today - Mystery Sighting Spooks Soldiers

I heard about this around 2007 but the information was being passed person to person and so had little faith in it being described/reported properly.

So now reading your post confirms that 'something' did happen and I find it very interesting and am glad you presented it.


Johnny

a reply to: mirageman

In his last book, John Keel mentioned UFO sightings in the Himalayas and briefly discussed the idea of "The King of the World", a powerful, but hidden, ruler who lived underground in that area and by whom UFOs were sent out as reconnaissance vehicles from time to time to keep a watch on the state of the surface world.

Cheers

would not be surprised if Beijing was experimenting with recon devices

I wonder how safe the India-China border region is.
I understand there are issues with fresh water between the two countries.

a reply to: mirageman

Good stuff mate - the vid below concerning a UFO sighting from Lake Chandra Taal in the Himachal Pradesh also mentions the incident.

India ha a long history of UFO sightings. Check out the vedas.

Do you think the relationship between sky blobs and ground illness are related?

Seen so many sky blob photos now.

One odd fact concerning India is that there are very few reports of 'cattle mutilations' there.

Despite the country being home to almost a third of the world's cattle population.

Also this thread from Kandinsky involving Uttar Pradesh where people saw 'lights' and were injured - apparently the chief of police was considering 'hybrid insect/robots' as the culprit.


Muhnochwa-India 2002. UFO panic?

a reply to: mirageman
Your premise is not odd at all, it's to do with location. A silly example but true, India has a population of 1,399,050,262,,, USA has a population of 333,760,103. That's 1 billion more people in India, but,,,,,, USA has vastly, vastly more black on black murders than India. I wonder why that is?????
Cattle mutilation in the USA might just be that the cattle mutilators are from around there not India.

Very cool thank you for the info!

originally posted by: infiniteMeow
Do you think the relationship between sky blobs and ground illness are related?

Seen so many sky blob photos now.

IKR setting ISO/shutter speed and getting a decent night shots to much for pretty much everyone.

There was a series of photos that the geologists shot of the 'robot' blob.

But I've been unable to find anything but a tiny thumbnail of the photos.

originally posted by: mirageman

But I've been unable to find anything but a tiny thumbnail of the photos.

Will have a look around MM - also came across this pic which I'm trying to find any background on.

link

A bit out there but also some selected pics in this vid taken from Humanoidlord's thread.

a reply to: karl 12




That pic is from the World Weekly News which according to the documentary film "Men in Black" features "The best damn investigative journalism in the country."

a reply to: mirageman

The robot turning into a white light? Kind of sounds similar to Bigfoot turning into an orange lights as reported elsewhere.

The yellow light there looks like a real one btw and a fleet of them the other side of the Chinese border.

Looking more than likely that these lights are more than just that and can shape shift for real.

originally posted by: mirageman

"The best damn investigative journalism in the country."

Ha yes mate and I'm sure they're not.

It's been bandied about everywhere in relation to Himalayan UFO sightings but is 2011 the earliest posting you could find?

a reply to: karl 12

...It's been bandied about everywhere in relation to Himalayan UFO sightings but is 2011 the earliest posting you could find?

Yes. It's the earliest I've found. But a lot of UFO stories vanish from the web these days.So it might have been posted earlier somewhere.

a reply to: mirageman

One odd fact concerning India is that there are very few reports of 'cattle mutilations' there.

Chris Obrien looked into this... the guy famous for mutilation research..

Isn't it fascinating, that a culture that doesn't permit cattle mutilation
has all but no cattle mutilation?

en.wikipedia.org...#:~:text=The%20strictest%20laws%20are%20in,all%20ages%2C%20is%20completely%20banned.

This is a real indication that culture is the major component
of 'cattle mutiliations'.

Kev