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1st LD Writethru: Indian fighter jet shoots down balloon-like object near Pakistan border

Xinhua, January 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

Indian fighter jet on Tuesday shot down an unidentified balloon-like object over a town in the western state of Rajasthan near the Pakistan border, said local media reports.

A Sukhoi 30 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force shot down the object in Barmer district of Rajasthan after radar picked it, said Press Trust of India.

The report quoted defense sources as saying that the object is likely to be a meteorological balloon and further investigation is underway in Barmer, some 500 km from state capital Jaipur.

Some villagers have reported an incident of certain metal pieces falling down from the sky, said the report.

Indian air force was on high alert on the Republic Day which fell on Tuesday. Endit