The Beeb via Ace:
India's army reportedly
spent six months watching "Chinese spy drones" violating its air space,
only to find out they were actually Jupiter and Venus.
Tensions have been high in the disputed Himalayan border area
between the two nations in recent years, with India frequently accusing
its neighbour of making incursions onto its territory. Things came to a
head during a stand-off in April
when Chinese troops were accused of erecting a camp on the Indian side
of the de facto boundary known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC). By
that stage, Indian troops had already documented 329 sightings of
unidentified objects over a lake in the border region, between last
August and February, according to the Calcutta-based Telegraph.
It quotes military sources as saying the objects violated the
LAC 155 times. So, the army called the Indian Institute of Astrophysics
to identify the objects. "Our task was to determine whether these
unidentified objects were celestial or terrestrial," astronomer Tushar
Prabhu told the paper. Only once the objects' movements were noted in
relation to the stars were they identified as planets. The Telegraph
suggests the sentry ought to be forgiven, with planets appearing
brighter as a result of the different atmosphere at altitude and the
increased use of surveillance drones.
Dora the Explorer Jackson-Lee has a long-lost relative running the Indian Army.
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