Sheila_P Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Driving home last night just after 10pm, I saw what appeared to be a light aircraft zig-zagging over Woolston Park. It had a bank of blue lights underneath it, which were quite bright. Anyone know what it might be, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 ET's mum and dad out looking for him again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila_P Posted July 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Haha, I wondered where the ringing was coming from! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francine Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Driving home last night just after 10pm, I saw what appeared to be a light aircraft zig-zagging over Woolston Park. It had a bank of blue lights underneath it, which were quite bright. Anyone know what it might be, please? UFO has to be a friend of mine seen the same aircraft a couple of years ago in the same area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila_P Posted July 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 UFO has to be a friend of mine seen the same aircraft a couple of years ago in the same area. A UFO didn t cross my mind. It was a white craft, with wings squared off at the ends. It was flying very low over the trees and doing a little zig-zag. On account of that, my first thought was that it was a remote controlled plane but it seemed too big to be remotely controlled. There were some (possibly approx 5) rectangular bright blue lights on the undercarriage. I am still puzzled by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogon64 Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 it was flying and you don't know what it was..... by definition that is a UFO unidentified flying object Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila_P Posted July 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 it was flying and you don't know what it was..... by definition that is a UFO unidentified flying object It was definitely a light plane but it was the bank of lights and its flying behaviour that set it apart from the norm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Almost certainly the police aircraft. We normally see the helicopter but the police do have a light aircraft which is a turbo prop that has squared off wing ends and I saw it over the park last week during daylight hours. Sounds like it was searching the park and probably using the infra red scan techniques Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Sheila P should know as she knows the pilot, she it was Norm'. :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila_P Posted July 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Sheila P should know as she knows the pilot, she it was Norm'. :grin: Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila_P Posted July 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Almost certainly the police aircraft. We normally see the helicopter but the police do have a light aircraft which is a turbo prop that has squared off wing ends and I saw it over the park last week during daylight hours. Sounds like it was searching the park and probably using the infra red scan techniques Thanks, Indy. It did have squared off wing ends. It was just about dusk when I saw it. It was very low over the trees. Mystery solved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Little question though..... Isn't the police plane blue and yellow like their helicopter and are light aircraft, such as the police plane, able to fly very low over trees doing little zig-zags like you described Sheila. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 The Police plane is/was a Britten Norman Islander twin engine jobbie which is fairly large. It does have square wing tips but it would never be seen flying at anything much less than about 500ft and certainly wouldn't be zig-zagging at tree top level. I haven’t see the plane in ages but it used to be a regular feature in the sky round here flying in long slow circles. http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=428323&nseq=7 Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila_P Posted July 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Little question though..... Isn't the police plane blue and yellow like their helicopter and are light aircraft, such as the police plane, able to fly very low over trees doing little zig-zags like you described Sheila. I only saw it from underneath and from that perspective, it looked white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila_P Posted July 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 The Police plane is/was a Britten Norman Islander twin engine jobbie which is fairly large. It does have square wing tips but it would never be seen flying at anything much less than about 500ft and certainly wouldn't be zig-zagging at tree top level. I haven’t see the plane in ages but it used to be a regular feature in the sky round here flying in long slow circles. http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=428323&nseq=7 Bill You ve got me now, I am rubbish at distance but this one was not too much above roof top level, as I remember. The striking thing was the blue lights underneath it. We only saw it for about 30 seconds or so and I am working from memory (after the surprise/shock). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Chesire police did apparenly have a blue one with a white underside but whether they still have that one I'm not sure. I always thought it had been replaced/repainted with the blue and yellow colours we now associate with them and occasionally see. I coud be wrong though Here's a picture and link showing that one although it doesn't say whether the image is of the one they actually had. Can't see any banks of light under it though but clever what this one could/can do. http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=16728 Being the nosey sort of person I am if I was you Shiela I'd just ask the police and tell them what I saw They have a twitter and facebook page if that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 It definitely wouldn’t have been the police plane (if we still have one) so maybe you saw the same thing that Indy spotted. Also the infra red that the police use is completely invisible unless someone’s invented a BLUE infra RED light. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 Now I'm confused cos Indy said "Almost certainly the police aircraft" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 Indy may well have seen one but I haven’t seen the plane for probably over a year or so and before that it used to be buzzing round almost on a daily basis. Also light aircraft don't zigzag over the trees (unless they're about to crash maybe) and certainly don't normally have banks of bright blue lights on their underside. I think some police forces do have some fairly large remote control planes to help in searching large areas. My guess though is that this was probably some kind of remote control toy helicopter. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila_P Posted July 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 Indy may well have seen one but I haven’t seen the plane for probably over a year or so and before that it used to be buzzing round almost on a daily basis. Also light aircraft don't zigzag over the trees (unless they're about to crash maybe) and certainly don't normally have banks of bright blue lights on their underside. I think some police forces do have some fairly large remote control planes to help in searching large areas. My guess though is that this was probably some kind of remote control toy helicopter. Bill After reading all the posts, I too am leaning towards it being something remote controlled. I thought it would be too large to be remotely controlled but I guess it might just be very light in weight. Hopefully, it will fly again soon and I will try to get a better look. Driving and plane spotting don t make a good combination Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 My guess though is that this was probably some kind of remote control toy helicopter. Bill Ohh blimey I'm getting more confused by the minute I'm almost sure that helicopters (remote or otherwise) don't have squared off wings though Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 The ones with squared off wings do! Bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Might have been the new drone produced at Wharton, looking for a decent road to land on, but couldn't find one without pot holes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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