Mumbai : While security officials are leaving no stone unturned to ensure security of the city especially for the coming Republic Day, the spotting of six paragliding like objects by a Pawan Hans pilot near Juhu a week ago has raised security concerns in the city.
The pilot who saw these objects informed the authorities that the parachutes of these paragliders were semi – circular in shape and were of blue and white colour
The incident came to light on the morning of January 13 when a Pawan Hans pilot was heading from ONGC Hellipad near Juhu Airport towards Bombay High at nearly 9:00 am. The pilot reportedly spotted around six paragli-ding like objects which were about 1,000 to 1,500 feet above the sea level. In his statement, the pilot further informed that the parachutes of these paragl-iders were semi – circular in shape and were of blue and white colour. These objects were said to be heading towards South – East from North – West direction. These supposed to be para gliders were seen hovering in sky near the Juhu based JW Marriot hotel.
The information of the incident was reported in Santacruz Police station. Also the senior officers fr-om Santacruz Police stati-on have confirmed about the incident being reported.
It is learnt that the information of the same has be-en sent to the officials of Anti Terrorism Squad, Crime Branch and other concerned departments to probe in the matter.
According to sources, the ATS and the Crime Branch are investigating in this case. However, when Free Press Journal approached the ATS and Crime Branch officials for their take on the incident, they preferred not to comment on it.
A similar incident took place on November 3, 2015 when an Air Traffic Control (ATC) officer had noticed a white balloon which was hovering near the Air India hangar. This resulted in a panic like situation amongst the ATC officials but after an observation of the same it was revealed that the balloon was’nt harmful for the movement of aircraft. In May 2015, nearly five balloons were seen floating near the airport which were mistaken first UFOs but were later
