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kittylover3210 t1_iwsvylr wrote

heard this in east passyunk!!! thought a plane was either about to crash on my house or Russia was finally bombing us

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sbamericana t1_iwsvynq wrote

Yup it was super weird and prolonged.

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stopatthecatch t1_iwsvznq wrote

And there was nothing on Flight Tracker….

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DaCheat452 t1_iwsvzpt wrote

It was a plane of sorts. Really low and really loud.

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Angsty_Potatos t1_iwsw00k wrote

Yup. Down here in east Passyunk and it was scary loud wtf was that

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danmyoo t1_iwsw0j7 wrote

It was a plane. Don't know what it was because it didn't show up on any of the flight radar maps. Most likely a military plane

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JimBucksbury t1_iwsw1uw wrote

Yes, it sounded like low-flying jets, but it passed by slowly, almost like a group of helicopters.

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RoughRhinos t1_iwsw1xw wrote

Yeah that was the loudest plane I've ever heard not at an airport

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sophisticatedtruffle t1_iwsw2go wrote

I heard it in Brewerytown. It spooked us and I came here to see if anyone else heard it!!

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PHL852 t1_iwsw2lx wrote

Yes heard by Center City. I think low flying military aircraft.

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vi_girl t1_iwsw8ne wrote

it was a USAF KC-10 tanker landing at macguire. that was LOUD

EDIT: or maybe not, some ppl claiming it was headed south while the KC10 was north of the city headed east. in any case there's a lot happening tonight.

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duhduhman t1_iwsw9kv wrote

did it just go away suddenly?

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Halloweentwin2 OP t1_iwswdkr wrote

My ears are like in pain from it! So creepy

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sjm320 t1_iwswlis wrote

Replying to PHL852 (#561,857)

I heard it there too. I looked at the temperature and thought, “Isn’t it a little cold for those assholes to be ATVing down Broad Street?”

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mangoteacooler t1_iwswljx wrote

I heard it in Fitler Square, it was so loud that I expected see a plane flying by at street level when I looked out the window - flightradar24 didn’t show anything.

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b-man091 t1_iwsx3uw wrote

Replying to vi_girl (#561,887)

I don’t think so. This plane was not on adsbexchange (i checked immediately as it was so loud) while that kc10 was north of the city en route to McGuire. This plane was heading due south.

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vi_girl t1_iwsxd8j wrote

Replying to b-man091 (#561,992)

it did show up north of the city, I think it's pretty normal for military aircraft to not be 100% accurate on ADS, they have their own system (for example they shut it off entirely once they got out of the city, and the gps froze in one spot)

I could be wrong

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lasion2 t1_iwsxfn2 wrote

Yup. Sounded like a really, really low plane. Slow moving too, right?

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muffpatty t1_iwsxxsm wrote

That was so loud I muted my tv for a couple seconds. No for real I thought we were being invaded, but I didn't get off the couch. I thought about it though.

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LilTheGiant t1_iwsy1x5 wrote

Slow and low, east to west. Sounded like missed approach, but nothing that adds up on flight trackers. Definitely airplane and loud AF, Pennsport.

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acama23 t1_iwsy6b5 wrote

Heard a low plane in HAVERTOWN. Lower than normal.

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Mindless-Location784 t1_iwsydt1 wrote

Cant imagine it was a military plane. That shit would’ve been gone in like a few seconds. That shit was fucking loud and was over the city for at least 15 seconds. And the whole city heard it

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BenDanBreak t1_iwsyp7k wrote

I am so grateful for this thread lol, that was one of the most insane things I’ve ever heard

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Agalir t1_iwsyz2n wrote

Im down here in south philly and it was suuuuper loud. Thought it was a jet but the sound lasted way too long. What's your theory?

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ylli101 t1_iwszmco wrote

I was playing warzone and I thought it was the plane before you drop, it was at the same time lol then my so told me to take off my headphones and ask if I could hear it

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mikearmato t1_iwt3wsx wrote

Air Force base in south Jersey. Probably something coming in..

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hbcadlac t1_iwt5u8l wrote

Sounded like a Hypersonic testicular missle

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Bored_Panda_ t1_iwt7948 wrote

Came here just to post this and I was glad I was not the only one wondering about this. I was watching Seinfeld which was a bit loud, but the noise kept becoming ever louder and louder. By the time I would have felt I need to pause and go check what is happening, it stopped. Very spooky. Does anyone have a high quality recording of the sound? Maybe someone will have a video of it by tomorrow? Feeling very uncomfortable not knowing what just happened here.

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mrchingchongwingtong t1_iwt7xj0 wrote

heard it too (center city), my guess is probably some plane, probably military since it didn't show up on any maps

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thuhboatboat t1_iwthtzl wrote

I heard one just like this in Newark, DE yesterday. It was so loud it stopped me in my tracks.

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K3R3G3 t1_iwti19x wrote

Replying to Juicy_Cheeseberders (#562,761)

Any idea how that works? How the college gets them to do it? Do they have to pay or do various events put in a request for a flyover? I know private colleges make assloads of money, but are they spending it to get fighter jets to fly over sports games?

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baldude69 t1_iwtiat2 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#562,905)

Usually not at 2000 AGL, though. I’ve seen KC10s fly over Philly frequently, but they’re usually triple that altitude or more. I always assumed they were flying out of McGuire or Dover, but judging that I usually see them running East/West I assumed McGuire since that flight path makes more sense. The never show up on FlightTracker but show up on abs exchange. It’s an unusual flight pattern for one of these, but could be it had to make a landing at PHL since people reported it going south down Broad.

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Thorinprod t1_iwtj05a wrote

Replying to baldude69 (#563,581)

He landed at PHL, I heard him on ATC as we were coming in. It's weird that he went to Philly, he either broke and had to emergency down, or the Navy is up to their tricks

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Thorinprod t1_iwtjwnm wrote

Replying to baldude69 (#563,628)

I was spacing out looking at stars and stuff, I didn't hear anything weird. It could be the Navy showing off the jet to politicians or people in the area, I don't know. Sometimes we just land places for fun

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EDIT: Another comment found out. It was an EA-18 in town to do a flyover for the Villanova game.

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K3R3G3 t1_iwttfn5 wrote

Replying to Juicy_Cheeseberders (#563,757)

Ahh, the recruiting bit makes sense. I figured there had to be some benefit. I've known for while that they're not just moving planes and making a trip there for that. They make it part of the training and schedule things so it's a swing-by in the process of something necessary, like getting the craft where it needs to be. It's not cheap to fly them. Thanks - I'll check out the links.

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Bored_Panda_ t1_iwugpf8 wrote

Replying to dentduv (#563,295)

I feel like I forgot the exact episode I was on. But it was probably the first episode of Season 7, as I was on the fourth episode one hour later when I stopped and started wondering about what that noise was, before coming here to check. We should do a Seinfeld Philly watching party somewhere!

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Bored_Panda_ t1_iwuk331 wrote

So, any resolution on what it was? Seems like this is the type of thing that could become an urban legend, if not resolved.

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crispydukes t1_iwukyqk wrote

I heard it in Pennsport.

After it was so loud for so long, I popped my head out and looked. It was an aircraft flying due south right over us, maybe a little west of us.

It was too far away to determine if it was a plane or helicopter.

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briizilla t1_iwuo27q wrote

Replying to sbamericana (#561,835)

I live close to Bidens DE residence and at the beginning of the summer they scrambled a fighter jet because a small plane flew too close or something. It was so loud even from far away that I ran outside to see what was happening....it flew right over my house and even though I was watching it and knew exactly what it was it was so unbelievably loud that it still startled me as it flew over. It was incredible.

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William_d7 t1_iwuqy7e wrote

Could it have been the big Antonov that keeps picking up military deliveries at PHL?

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krakenvictim t1_iwuz40a wrote

Heard in queens village on 5th too!

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