First time I heard it[1], it was a Harrier in Wales...
The other story around at the time was GATSO's
being toasted by ECM kit.
Nice if it were true!
JC
[1] over 10 years ago, same time as the story about the RAF serviceman
driving a sports car at high speed with no lights on the A1 at night using NVGs (which is less unbelievable).