Case file · Folklore / legend
Charama 'alien' rock paintings
In 2014 Indian newspapers reported that prehistoric rock paintings near Charama, Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, showed aliens and a flying craft; local tradition speaks of 'rohela' small people.
2014 CE · 20.27, 81.49 · status: claim
The sceptical view
Archaeologists read the figures as stylised humans or spirits, typical of central Indian rock art.