Loud Bangs Heard across the UK last night

a reply to: rikgrimsby
From where I was yesterday they were coming from the south / south west

Bathgate, West Lothian. Heard a single loud bang around 02:30 early this morning, made a point of looking at the time because it was so unusual and it even sounded unusual. Kinda deep but sudden, a bit like the one o'clock gun at Edinburgh Castle - definitely not the usual 'crack' of fireworks or firearms.

a reply to: HelenConway

mistake post

a reply to: WilsonWilson

do you remember the strength?

BTW, I love Utopia.. Cant wait for season 3.. I assume thats where you got your ats name?

To add to your map, Watford U.K. About 22:00 Friday 28 Nov. night, lasted a good fifteen to 20 minutes. Sounded like nearby fireworks without the "crackle" of the prettiness, but odd enough for me to go check. I am at least 5 miles from the nearest town, out in the countryside. No sky-lighting, and 4 in quick succession so loud it rattled my boat and crockery inside. Today at 17:00, a short, 10 to 30 sec burst, again like fireworks, but much further away. Again, nothing to be seen.

The mail now has a video recording posted of the bangs taken on a mobile. Have to say do sound like fireworks although something slightly different about them. Didn't hear them in the south east where I am . www.dailymail.co.uk... se.html

And solihull...heard them from around 9pm. Sounded like fireworks but not quite...made me listen carefully and look out...nothing to be seen at all.

when i scan my wifi connections some have vanished ,I only notice this when there are earth quakes or sun spots , BT openzone has all gone anyone else notice this ??

2 days now and no bt openzone , signals are very weak

its just fracking again, what your hearing is shale being compressed then "exploded" which releases gas more so when they do test bore sites.. and being in such a small country with a lot of fracking sites and underground sites its perfectly explainable.
ps. i live in range of local army firing range, infantry and mortar fire sound a lot different.

a reply to: douglas5

I have BT internet and for last couple of days it has been very sluggish indeed. Whether that has anything to do with these noises I don't know.
However, due to the rapid weather change we have had, I would not at all be surprised if these noises were indeed fraking related.



Jane

a reply to: Notgod

You might be right, the farmer who own the land next to me has recently had the ground in two of his fields collapse, they said he must have a mine that runs under the fields that's finally collapsed.

which is possible we are not far from mining areas but it was only a couple of weeks ago now this... so perhaps fracking, and given that we know so little about how the crust beneath us will react to fracking (apart from knowing it will generally react badly...) the actual fracking may be taking place a hundred or more miles away. .. but still doesn't explain the flashes seen in so many places...

Heard this in the South West (UK) around 7PM. Sounded like fireworks/gunfire, but very loud. Lasted for less than 3/4 seconds. Definitely not sonic booms as i have heard them before.

Russia's Northern Fleet is conducting military drills in the English Channel

Sound travels far over water.

Russian media reports that the ships were also conducting drills to "repel air attack".

Mystery solved?

a reply to: angelchemuel

It has totally vanished from my wifi connections which i have never seen before and all the wifi in my area is really weak , there is no fraking this far up north yet

originally posted by: Something Fishy
Russia's Northern Fleet is conducting military drills in the English Channel

Sound travels far over water.

Russian media reports that the ships were also conducting drills to "repel air attack".

Mystery solved?

Ye anti air guns?

a reply to: Foo_Lovers

That is quite worrying - especially as they keep sending their military air crafts into British space - requiring interception [ several times in recent months - that we know of]

Where is the English Channel is it the area around Dorset / West Sussex and Hampshire / Kent ??

Would not explain South Devon that is on the Atlantic or Scotland that borders the North Sea and the North Atlantic ??

My sister's internet has been out since yesterday - went back up at lunchtime today. No problems with ours though (apart from being not fast enough for my son to play on minecraft, but that's nothing new).

Didn't hear anything as far as the bangs go. We often have gun shot/small bangs around here. We have lots of fields surrounding us and these are the farmers having something in the fields apparently to keep the birds away from the crops, but it happens during the day and not at night.

Other ideas - hunting, is it the right time of year? Fireworks (as they are so readily available in the shops at the moment). We get people letting them off here all the time as we are near a golf course and they have this as part of a wedding package. Could we in the middle of a meteor shower? Although if it was it would probably be included in the weather/news. What about the northern lights? Do they make a sound and are they more south than usual at the moment?

As it seems to be widespread and as other incidents have taken place, I wonder if they are connected and this is has another cause.

a reply to: douglas5
How far north are we talking about Douglas....without being specific of course
They are fraking north of the border so I believe and I certainly know they are doing it off shore in the North sea.


Jane

a reply to: angelchemuel

I can feed nessie

These sea monsters are close.

The other ones are far away....


a reply to: douglas5