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Has anybody heard of any recent experiences of this phenomena? I don't mean like spectres of WWII bombers and the like, but real bona-fide flying objects that appear to be aircraft.
I've just sent this email to Manchester Airport:
I live in Edgeley, Stockport – very near the approach path for planes coming in to land from the east or taking off towards the same direction, so am quite used to aircraft noise from flights to and from Manchester Airport, not to mention the occasional visits of the police helicopter.
In recent weeks though, I have become aware of some rather unusual aircraft activity in the skies above.
This usually occurs in the early hours of the morning, between 1 – 3am, a time I have become more familiar with recently following the birth of my young son in February. Basically, some kind of aircraft “buzzes” the area. Initially I thought it may be generator noise from the work going on overnight at the nearby railway track but when the sound returned last night at about 2am, it being Easter weekend, I thought it unusual that work should be continuing. I got out of bed and went to the window and sure enough, just below cloud level, I could see the navigation lights of a smallish aircraft flying very slowly overhead. The aircraft then passed over my house, heading in a northerly direction before returning again a couple of minutes later, flying on an easterly heading before initiating a slow turn back to the north and coming round again. This circling continued for approximately twenty-five minutes with what seemed like little variation in height. Initially I thought “it” may have been several planes on their way to Manchester Airport, but the constant sound (I can tell it is a propeller driven aircraft) ruled that out.
Due to the lack of light, I was unable to identify the type of aircraft, even how many engines, etc. All I could make out were the red and green wingtip lights and a red strobe light, which I presumed was on the top of the fuselage. I couldn’t see any cabin lights nor any landing lights which most planes have switched on by the time they get over Stockport.
At about 2.30, the engine noise decreased and it sounded as though the plane was headed back in the direction of the airport. However, the sound returned just as I was managing to get to sleep a few minutes later.
My partner thinks I’ve lost the plot and have started hearing and seeing things! I am just curious to find out what this plane is doing flying at slow speed above residential areas so late at night.
Anybody any ideas why a prop-driven plane would be circling Stockport in the middle of the night?
I've just sent this email to Manchester Airport:
I live in Edgeley, Stockport – very near the approach path for planes coming in to land from the east or taking off towards the same direction, so am quite used to aircraft noise from flights to and from Manchester Airport, not to mention the occasional visits of the police helicopter.
In recent weeks though, I have become aware of some rather unusual aircraft activity in the skies above.
This usually occurs in the early hours of the morning, between 1 – 3am, a time I have become more familiar with recently following the birth of my young son in February. Basically, some kind of aircraft “buzzes” the area. Initially I thought it may be generator noise from the work going on overnight at the nearby railway track but when the sound returned last night at about 2am, it being Easter weekend, I thought it unusual that work should be continuing. I got out of bed and went to the window and sure enough, just below cloud level, I could see the navigation lights of a smallish aircraft flying very slowly overhead. The aircraft then passed over my house, heading in a northerly direction before returning again a couple of minutes later, flying on an easterly heading before initiating a slow turn back to the north and coming round again. This circling continued for approximately twenty-five minutes with what seemed like little variation in height. Initially I thought “it” may have been several planes on their way to Manchester Airport, but the constant sound (I can tell it is a propeller driven aircraft) ruled that out.
Due to the lack of light, I was unable to identify the type of aircraft, even how many engines, etc. All I could make out were the red and green wingtip lights and a red strobe light, which I presumed was on the top of the fuselage. I couldn’t see any cabin lights nor any landing lights which most planes have switched on by the time they get over Stockport.
At about 2.30, the engine noise decreased and it sounded as though the plane was headed back in the direction of the airport. However, the sound returned just as I was managing to get to sleep a few minutes later.
My partner thinks I’ve lost the plot and have started hearing and seeing things! I am just curious to find out what this plane is doing flying at slow speed above residential areas so late at night.
Anybody any ideas why a prop-driven plane would be circling Stockport in the middle of the night?