Big BANG U.K

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17697328

For once I have to agree with Dim and say that we're having the wool pulled over our eyes here.
A chopper not in distress is flat out at about 200mph (ish?) so they scrambled two supersonic aircraft that would almost fall out of the sky at 200mph??
Something in flight that was not identifying itself/following a flight plan maybe?

 

Therefore, what ever scared them enough to go supersonic over land must have come from above rather than flying in from the side.

 

Do you think they could of just been doing test flights while its was thundering hopin no1 would notice ? maybe a naughty tom cruise relation was the pilot n tried a fly by uk like top gun

 

ALIENS

 

Just a thought.
There have been quite a lot of thundery showers around in the last couple of days.
Or is that far too simple an explanation?

 

Apparently such signals can indicate an aircraft has been hijacked or gone rogue. Had that been the case they would have taken the appropriate action, but before they got there the pilot of the helicopter realised he was transmitting on the wrong frequency and switched to the correct one.

 

Sounds like my radio training was pointless then. Should have just pressed any old button.

 

I think there are a number of possible explanations. A helicopter wandering off its flight path perhaps? I saw a documentary a while ago suggesting that all sorts of early warning, automated response systems burst into action if a military aircraft strays outside of a 'box' that has been defined for them to fly in.

Could it also have been a simple case of an over excited fighter pilot getting a bit carried away on an exercise? I remember years ago there was much fuss not far from my way because of fighters straying into air space already cleared for civvy use, and all sorts, and while I'm not in any position to know for certain what a sonic boom sounds like, I know a few parts of the North York moors where the RAF do low altitude combat training, and on at least a couple of occasions I've heard what sounds like an explosion, and one time I was in a hostel when from nowhere all the windows nearly blew out. They are not meant to go supersonic over land I believe, but there's going to be times isn't there? You're not meant to take your car over 70 on the motorway, but it happens. Surely the RAF pilots make mistakes/get a bit carried away just like everyone else.

But my favourite explanation so far is the alien one.

One last thought, if the reports spanned from the west midlands to the south west, can we assume they were heading over to france?

 

Does any1 understand this ive read???

• The QRA Typhoons were scrambled from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. The VC-10 air-refuelling tanker supporting was from RAF Brize Norton.
  
  The two Eurofighter Typhoons were monitored all the way from scramble to interception by radio enthusiasts in the UK. Eurofighter Typhoon call signs were 5KG41 and 5KG42. They were tasked to intercept a civilian registered Westland Gazelle helicopter. The radio enthusiasts monitored the Pilot of 5KG42 reporting that he was flying at Mach 1.2 during part of the flight to reach the area.
  
  All radio intercepts at Fighter Control website. Some of the sections you have to register to gain access to such as the radio monitoring section.
  
  www.fightercontrol.co.uk...

 

I thought radio communications were encrypted these days on military kit.

 

Fair enough Armandii. But it makes you wonder what exactly went on out there, after all, the helicopter was civilian. It all sounds a bit like a cover up to me. What do you think was going on?