UFOs?

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UFOs in Our AIRSPACE
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This is one of my pet grumbles - Not UFOs as most individuals would imagine - however these flying objects are UFO's for they are unidentifieable as far as I am concerned, because unlike the regular and scheduled village bus service which I am aware of, these flying objects invading the village airspace are irregular, not scheduled and are random, yet too frequently and far too low and noisy for my liking. Has BJ become a Location/Directional Beacon or the air corridor for all flying objects east of Nottingham? Even as I write this report another helicopter passes from East to West directly overhead and so low a height I could shake hands with the pilot.

Some 2 years ago now I complained to the County Council and East Midlands Airport Authority about the intrusions into airspace not designated for commercial/passenger air traffic ( over BJ). The result of my complaint was .... complete silence ( denial?) from the E M Airport and some minor and ongoing noises as the result of an appointed meeting in the BJ Library with County Hall councillors).....

"What is your problem you may say.?" My problem is the possibility of a potential and significant Air over our village, which may be, or not, an officially designated or accepted air corridor for "Low Flying" passenger, private and military flights.
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Looking into the sky from Burton Joyce it appears that many Passenger Jets now frequently take a landing circuit line over and down ( N to S) Shearing Hill, onto a course over the River Trent in the vicinity of the Ferry Boat Pub, then over Radcliffe and into the air space over Stanton/Keyworth and eventually onto Donnington ( EMA). The potential problem appears to peak at evening/holiday returns into EMA . Often simultaneous flights appear to be coming into the area from the South and into the airspace/junction which frequently has multiple and simultaneous returns from opposing directions, so much so that many deviations to a normal incoming flight paths are deviated in the final stages of their standard landing approach ...........We have actually had large Passenger Jets pass really low over our home ( usually in the late Autumn and around 10.00pm <12.00.)>
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The number of noisy low flying helicopters has increased tremendously over the last year (Police, Ambulance, Channook military etc, private - small and large) with passes both E to W and W to E. Even the RAF uses the air space with Euro Fighter passes - day and night, at a great height (still unbelievably noisy). I regularly see AWACs passing over south of the village, E to W and vice versa, and Yes! - the "Red Arrows" use the Trent Valley for low passes occasionally These are supplemented with regular and frequent trainee pilot flights (from Cranwell ?). Finally high altitude passenger jets have daily N bound corriders on either side of the area - (dumping W C waste in the process I presume?)

Oh!. and to cap it all, I should also add, that, just over a year ago, whilst up on our roof at night star gazing, we saw the brightly lit SPACE CENTRE and the equally lit bright USA SPACE SHUTTLE chasing it - it appeared high over BJ, travelling from NW. to SE. at approx 10.40pm. So now NASA is now on the scene. It is no joke I assure you. :-) (Yes the possible sighting had been publicised earlier in the day on the Local TV News programme )

UFO,s Aah! umbug.. ..

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