Lesley Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I thought I was going mad but it has just been mentioned on the Midlands News - a large boom was heard and felt around 6.10pm in the Midlands, Coventry down to north Oxfordshire and no-one is sure what it is yet. I thought one of the low flying military planes had hit our roof, the dogs weren't happy and neither were the hens. We went out to check the roof and then went down to see if there had been an accident on the main road. A further report will be on the later news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I am wondering if it was a tectonic boom.... I experienced one once when i was in an earthquake in Thailand - was very similar. I have to admit that \I drove back via the Kraft factory in case they'd had another explosion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Blimey we didn't feel or hear a thing in Sainsbury's Banbury, I was making sure OH didn't stock the trolley with biscuits and cakes so slightly preoccupied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Rosie missed it too but then she was ipodling the first she knew was when a friend texted her to ask if she'd heard it. My fireman next door doesn't know what it was either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Article in the Oxford Mail about it (inconclusive) http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/yourtown/oxford/9646658.Huge_mystery_boom_heard_over_county___big_bang_theory_/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Mystery solved - MoD say it was from a Typhoon aircraft http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17697328 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy049 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I was just about to post that WitchHazel! Its trending on Twitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Mystery solved - MoD say it was from a Typhoon aircrafthttp://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17697328 Yes, I've just seen that one Hazel most unlike any sonic boom I've heard before and we used to get lots in Norfolk when they practised out over the sea. The MoD revealed it was from a Typhoon responding to an emergency call. so are Typhoons the fourth emergency service? I think I'll dig me tin hat out just in case... that's the loudest sonic boom I've ever heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 The MoD revealed it was from a Typhoon responding to an emergency call. so are Typhoons the fourth emergency service? The RAF are, they were responding to a helicopter which was sending out a distress signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 How odd, we sometimes get 'copters coming down around here (we're in a training area) but I've never seen a Typhoon doing a Batman impression Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 We get a lot going over us as well and we've never heard anything that sounded like that before either . I just had to pop round to my daughter's so have had a running Twitter commentary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Wow that explains a lot, I was driving just north of Coventry on the M6 at around that time and felt an impact on the side of my car, I thought I had blown a tyre (as there were no cars around me for me to have hit one) but the car drove fine after, it was a complete mystery at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chookiehen Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 We had a similar incident up here earlier in the year, when the RAF broke the sound barrier too close to the coast, and the sonic boom was felt for miles. It's scary stuff when it happens, even though we knew instantly what it was, having experienced it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Apparently the helicopter pilot press the wrong button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Loud, wasn't it!!!! I was at home and felt the whole house shake and the radiators sort of rattled. Horrible really, not knowing what it was, but it's amazing how far away it was heard, but how many people didn't hear it!? I rather suspect there's a bit more to it than we are being told ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 oooo UFO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy049 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Apparently the helicopter pilot press the wrong button. I bet he's embarrassed! I think it was over Kent a couple of days ago they supposedly saw an UFO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I read on FB about cats coming home with shaved areas on their bodies down that way.... Maybe Aliens have given up with us humans and gone for a more intelligent species! They'll be totally confused if the catch our Foggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Loud, wasn't it!!!!I was at home and felt the whole house shake and the radiators sort of rattled. Horrible really, not knowing what it was, but it's amazing how far away it was heard, but how many people didn't hear it!? I rather suspect there's a bit more to it than we are being told ... Me too - having spent a lot of my childhood nestled amongst RAF bases I am well aware that they sometimes cock up It was odd the way it came rolling across the fields, preceded by a rustling wind, then echoed back again a second later. Made my eardrums crackle I understand from my fireman neighbour that the chopper had (allegedly) broadcasted on the frequency reserved for mayday signals in the event of a hijack or terrorist attack.... if that is indeed the case. Personally I'm sat here in my tinfoil hat waiting the invasion of crab people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welovemarmite Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I didnt hear a thing...... I must already be on my own planet so will be at home when the little green men come out og the bushes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Speaking somewhat selfishly, I was just relieved that I didn't have a crashed jet aircraft sticking out of the roof or similar, I'm quite happy that the MoD have given an explanation and completely understand that it may or may not be the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth as long as whatever crisis it was was averted, I guess that's all that matters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I am wondering if it was a tectonic boom.... I experienced one once when i was in an earthquake in Thailand How big was that earthquake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 It's epicentre was in China and it was 3.4 in Bangkok... shook the house and cracked my friend's tennis court. That was 24 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_H Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 As a private pilot, I have read about this incident on some flying forums. Basically, planes & helicopters have devices called transponders - these transmit a signal that can be tracked by air traffic controllers. In uncontrolled airspace, pilots set the 4 dials to read 7000. If a controller wants to track a particular aircraft, they tell the pilot to set a particular number eg. 1234. Certain numbers are reserved for certain 'emergencies'. 7600 is radio failure, 7700 is distress/emergency, 7500 Hijack. When you change code, you set device on standby FIRST(so it doesn't transmit as you 'pass through' other codes) So pilot may have a. not put transponder on standby and transmitted the emergency code as he changed the numbers or b. inadvertently actually set the code to an emergency number. I suspect RAF may have used incident as a practice for the Olympics. H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
