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Looks like this actually happened back in December. (HuffPo's date on the article is listed as 1/5/13 but I assume that's the European version of what we Americans would write as 5/1/13.)

If it's "quite large", I doubt it's a Chinese lantern or party balloon. The only weather balloons I've seen have been white or slightly silver - and would certainly be seen on radar. Ditto for the usual passenger hot air balloons. Drones are supposedly invisible to radar, so I doubt something stealthy would be pained in pretty, eye-catching colors. At the same time, I'm suspicious about what did leave the "unidentified track history" just east of the plane, about 28 seconds earlier. I also find this article rather disconcerting, about drones flying in domestic airspace while being given a "sense and avoid" system that allows them to detect other aircraft and avoid them.

Is that what happened near Glasgow? Could the object that gave the "unidentified track history" be from a drone that wasn't quite as invisible as it was designed to be? Even that doesn't explain why it was blue and yellow, unless the pilot was mistaken or the object was somehow reflecting the colors of things around it. The pilot wouldn't have had the time or opportunity to carefully observe this object.

Whatever the case, I'm glad no one was hurt in this incident.

<blockquote data-quote="RenaissanceLady" data-source="post: 158966" data-attributes="member: 5506">Looks like this actually happened back in December. (<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/01/passenger-plane-jet-ufo-glasgow-airport_n_3191347.html?just_reloaded=1" target="_blank">HuffPo&#039;s</a> date on the article is listed as 1/5/13 but I assume that&#039;s the European version of what we Americans would write as 5/1/13.)&nbsp;If it&#039;s &quot;quite large&quot;, I doubt it&#039;s a Chinese lantern or party balloon. The only weather balloons I&#039;ve seen have been white or slightly silver - and would certainly be seen on radar. Ditto for the usual passenger hot air balloons. <a href="http://rt.com/usa/drone-sykipot-virus-china-471/" target="_blank">Drones are supposedly invisible to radar</a>, so I doubt something stealthy would be pained in pretty, eye-catching colors. At the same time, I&#039;m suspicious about what did leave the &quot;unidentified track history&quot; just east of the plane, about 28 seconds earlier. I also <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/new-army-radar-could-put-drones-domestic-airspace-2014-866975" target="_blank">find this article</a> rather disconcerting, about drones flying in domestic airspace while being given a &quot;sense and avoid&quot; system that allows them to detect other aircraft and avoid them.&nbsp;&nbsp;Is that what happened near Glasgow? Could the object that gave the &quot;unidentified track history&quot; be from a drone that wasn&#039;t quite as invisible as it was designed to be? Even that doesn&#039;t explain why it was blue and yellow, unless the pilot was mistaken or the object was somehow reflecting the colors of things around it. The pilot wouldn&#039;t have had the time or opportunity to carefully observe this object. &nbsp;Whatever the case, I&#039;m glad no one was hurt in this incident.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RenaissanceLady, post: 158966, member: 5506"] Looks like this actually happened back in December. ([URL='http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/01/passenger-plane-jet-ufo-glasgow-airport_n_3191347.html?just_reloaded=1']HuffPo's[/URL] date on the article is listed as 1/5/13 but I assume that's the European version of what we Americans would write as 5/1/13.) [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=15px][COLOR=#333333][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]If it's "quite large", I doubt it's a Chinese lantern or party balloon. The only weather balloons I've seen have been white or slightly silver - and would certainly be seen on radar. Ditto for the usual passenger hot air balloons. [URL='http://rt.com/usa/drone-sykipot-virus-china-471/']Drones are supposedly invisible to radar[/URL], so I doubt something stealthy would be pained in pretty, eye-catching colors. At the same time, I'm suspicious about what did leave the "unidentified track history" just east of the plane, about 28 seconds earlier. I also [URL='http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/new-army-radar-could-put-drones-domestic-airspace-2014-866975']find this article[/URL] rather disconcerting, about drones flying in domestic airspace while being given a "sense and avoid" system that allows them to detect other aircraft and avoid them.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=15px][COLOR=#333333][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]Is that what happened near Glasgow? Could the object that gave the "unidentified track history" be from a drone that wasn't quite as invisible as it was designed to be? Even that doesn't explain why it was blue and yellow, unless the pilot was mistaken or the object was somehow reflecting the colors of things around it. The pilot wouldn't have had the time or opportunity to carefully observe this object. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][FONT=Georgia][FONT=Georgia][FONT=Georgia][FONT=Georgia]Whatever the case, I'm glad no one was hurt in this incident.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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