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Old 11th Feb 2021, 08:41
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Originally Posted by WB627
A stealth aircraft heard 14 miles away , no need for super sophisticated radar then
I'm guessing that, just like the anti-sub brigade know of density layers and radar is aware of trapped layers, there may have been an acoustic trap which focused the sound a long way. Given the weather conditions over this part of the world just now, probably not surprising.