Author Topic: What just flew over my house? (Read 4898 times)

Vulcan · « **Reply #15 on:** November 10, 2003, 09:00:18 PM »

Or did it look like this...

Otto · « **Reply #16 on:** November 10, 2003, 09:09:52 PM »

There's been an F-18 sitting up at Willow Grove for a couple of days. As I'm sure you know, none are based there and they are rear in this area.

Is it possiable that's what you saw and it was just lower than you thought. OTOH, F-18 are not quiet

Thrawn · « **Reply #17 on:** November 10, 2003, 10:19:27 PM »

Did the toys in your children's bedrooms start going nuts?

Airhead · « **Reply #18 on:** November 10, 2003, 10:24:11 PM »

Was it Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

mjolnir · « **Reply #19 on:** November 10, 2003, 10:27:12 PM »

First guess sounds like a B-2. Second guess is that you misjudged the size and it was an F-117. Those do have two vert tails, although they're angled.

And Chairboy, you're right, most of the time the B-2 makes as much noise as anything else, but they can make the engines very very quiet when they want to. Saw one do a flyby at a football game one time, sounded like a slight wind was blowing, nothing else. Really freakin' weird.

Fishu · « **Reply #20 on:** November 10, 2003, 11:42:37 PM »

Aurora

texace · « **Reply #21 on:** November 11, 2003, 12:57:29 AM »

The B-2 doesn't have vertical stablizers.

Could it have been an Aurora? Or maybe a Raptor?

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #22 on:** November 11, 2003, 01:07:21 AM »

It looked similar to this one in shape only - the thing was airliner size. And definately low - absolutely no higher than 1000 feet.

I suppose it could have been an optical illusion in the dark and the thing was in fact a 737 - but the only aircraft I see over my home are military and small private planes - the flight paths for Philly are nowhere near me - especially that low.

Dunno though - its rare I cant ID an aircraft - normally I would chalk this one up to my eyes playing tricks on me but the engines were like a whisper.

davidpt40 · « **Reply #23 on:** November 11, 2003, 03:23:45 AM »

Twin tails, large airliner size, delta wing. I'm not sure if any are flying anymore, but I know there is at least 1 flyable XB-70.

Leslie · « **Reply #24 on:** November 11, 2003, 04:46:00 AM »

Coulda been this:

"There appears to be an increase in deployment of these vehicles," Kelleher said. "The only time you see these things are when they are leaving or coming in. A lot of these sightings are at night. Our information is that they spend a long time aloft, weeks at a time. They can be thought of as ocean-going ships, rather than aircraft," he said.

Over the years, the BBDs appear to fall into different size categories. "The ones that dominate our database are very, very large. They are low-flying, silent, and are reported to be about the size of a football field," Kelleher said.

The BBDs have been seen accelerating very rapidly from a hovering position. "They can look as though they are leaping across the sky. Being silent, it's almost spooky," Kelleher said.

Here's a link:

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/black_triangle_020805.html

Les

Nilsen · « **Reply #25 on:** November 11, 2003, 04:54:45 AM »

Saurdaukar.....

Looks like a job for Mulder And Scully.

You can reach em at 202-324-3000...Ask for the x-files.

Here is the address:

Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.

Their office is in the basement.

If you can't get em interested, then try here: http://www.addiction-rehabilitation.com/

Sixpence · « **Reply #26 on:** November 11, 2003, 05:55:55 AM »

It was ET

Replicant · « **Reply #27 on:** November 11, 2003, 06:09:57 AM »

Was it one of these?
F-36 JSF

Nilsen · « **Reply #28 on:** November 11, 2003, 06:12:35 AM »

*Psst! Replicant...its F-35 JSF*

gofaster · « **Reply #29 on:** November 11, 2003, 08:06:56 AM »

I'm thinking SR-71 throttled down for landing.

Clinton retired them from military, but hey, I think NASA still uses one as a test bed and who knows, maybe they're being re-activated for spy flights overseas.