Originally Posted by
Asturias56
Hard enough to spot a drone in a clear blue sky - and once one person says "is that a drone?" then you've got everyone pre-programmed to "see" one..
That was indeed mentioned here as a theory here earlier today....
We don’t know (yet) if any of the reported observations were made by ATC and pilots.
There don’t appear to be any reports of confirmed sightings made by those equipped with binoculars/telescopes/image enhancement equipment.
There have been instances in the past of a flawed/mistaken observation of something being seen in the sky being published in a manner that has led to a cascade of “ copy cat” observations from other eyewitnesses.
I’d suggest until the authorities come up with something more concrete it is as valid a theory as to the chain of events at LGW as any other.