Sirens were heard early this morning at Turkey’s Incirlik airbase, a key NATO facility where US troops are stationed near the southeastern city of Adana, state news agency Anadolu reports.
There is no immediate official comment on the incident, which took place four days after NATO air defences shot down a ballistic missile in Turkish airspace that was fired from Iran, the second in five days.
Residents of Adana, which lies 10 kilometres (six miles) away from the base, were woken at around 3:25 a.m. local time by sirens, which sounded for around five minutes, according to the Ekonomim business news website.
It says a red alert sounded at the base.
Several people posted mobile phone footage on social media of a glowing image flying through the sky, suggesting it could be a missile heading for the airbase, it says.
Across the city, sirens from fire engines and the security forces could be heard for a long time, it adds.
NATO said it shot down a second ballistic missile fired from Iran on Monday, prompting a stern warning from Turkey to Tehran not to take “provocative steps.”
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