We all know that sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and earth spins on its axis from west to east. But on that day my jet plan was at 60 degree latitude near Greenland and the plane exceeded the speed of rotation of the earth on its axis so the sun was found moving from west towards east.

His scientific explanation with regard to the position of sun closer to the west horizon, and the sun was going up, which he had noticed. - When Prof Jayant Narlikar saw the sun rise in the west