Military Activity over Twickenham?
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Military Activity over Twickenham?
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Monday afternoon about 3pm - stood outside the office at Twickenham Green. Asides from the usual commercial approaches there was a glint in the sky about 20,000ft(?) - looked like a military aircraft doing all sorts of maneouvres and looked like it was deploying flares/ chaff...any ideas? This has puzzled us all.
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Monday afternoon about 3pm - stood outside the office at Twickenham Green. Asides from the usual commercial approaches there was a glint in the sky about 20,000ft(?) - looked like a military aircraft doing all sorts of maneouvres and looked like it was deploying flares/ chaff...any ideas? This has puzzled us all.
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Given the location, it must have been visible to controllers at Heathrow and to aircraft in the vicinity yet nobody has responded. It must also have been visible on radar as anything operating at that altitude would be under radar control. I can't believe that an aircraft operating there would be allowed to drop chaff because of the possible interference to radar.
We shall see....
We shall see....
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HD, thanks for the response and totally agree with you. It seemed to come from Richmond and caught my eye because of the sun - it was making odd maneouvres and it was difficult to make out at first as it seemed to "hang" there for ages then it appeared right above the Green and I could clearly see small "lights" or spark like objects "falling" from the aircraft. 3 of us saw it so this is not just me. Extremely curious to find out what it was.
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Was the 'aircraft' large/small/2 engine/4 engine etc ? Any colour discernible at all ? Shape approximately ? Were the dispersing lights/chaff falling far from the craft and or dispersing in a wide area ? How long was it doing it's manoeuvres and what were they in nature ? Was it fast or slow moving ? How long did it stay on station ?
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SHJ,
Grey (suggesting military), 2 engine, "chaff" didn't fall far and very quickly disappeared. watched this for 10-15mins. It looked like a military aircraft doing tight maneouvres in slow motion but obviously a lot faster than it appeared!
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Grey (suggesting military), 2 engine, "chaff" didn't fall far and very quickly disappeared. watched this for 10-15mins. It looked like a military aircraft doing tight maneouvres in slow motion but obviously a lot faster than it appeared!
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I would have to concur with Mr Chevvron on the evidence so far M'lud. Our friends at Northolt generally fly large circuits continuously over various areas of the capital, but i've seen them keep on top of a point (of interest) droning away, seemingly only getting on my nerves 
the general populace oblivious to the noise. As to the chaff etc, i reserve judgement.
SHJ
the general populace oblivious to the noise. As to the chaff etc, i reserve judgement.SHJ
Related to the above but still apologies for slight thread drift, do our friends from Northolt fly at night? I ask because it was a possible explanation for a noisy and slow moving prop plane over my home just east of London one night last week.
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HD, point taken however, this was not an Islander that's all I am saying and I am not a military expert but it looked extremely like a military aircraft - sort of triangular shaped. Unless someone can categorically tell me exactly what it was, myself, and my colleagues believe it was a military aircraft. Your point is quite right and I totally agree - it was an odd spectacle but surely someone must know!??
it was an odd spectacle but surely someone must know!??
Perhaps it was one of the super high-tech drones that have been seen in the north-east of the UK by many people ? Who's to say, stranger things have happened....SHJ
