The object exhibited a white coloration. It proceeded to traverse the terminal building, moving in a southerly direction above the ATC tower, where it eventually came to a halt for a period of time. Subsequently, it altered its course to the southwest of the runway, where it remained until 4:05 pm, at which point it vanished from sight. It is worth noting that the sunset occurred at 4:26 pm.
As a result, three flights were affected, but operations resumed at 5.30 pm.
The Eastern Command of the Indian Air Force activated its Air Defence response mechanism in response to the incident. In a statement on X, the Eastern Command stated that the Air Defence response mechanism was activated based on visual inputs from Imphal airport, but the small object was not seen thereafter. A passenger named M Pramod, who was traveling to Chandigarh, expressed that his flight was delayed due to the incident.
He mentioned that they would now be traveling to Chandigarh the following day with a re-issued ticket. The presence of a UAV drone hovering around Bir Tikendrajit Imphal International Airport caused delays for all incoming and outgoing flights.
