India, April 6 -- US President Donald Trump has reportedly revealed that a brief radio message from a stranded F-15 fighter jet crew member initially raised alarm within the US military, with fears it could be part of an Iranian trap.

Speaking to US-based news outlet Axios, Trump said Washington had "beeping information" about the officer's location after the jet went down. But the situation quickly grew uncertain when the airman transmitted a short, unusual message over the radio - "Power be to God."

"What he said on the radio sounded like something a Muslim would say," he said, adding that officials briefly feared the officer may have been captured and that Iran could be "sending false signals" to lure US forces. Track US Iran war liv...