Fears that mystery contrails over Grimsby were air crash prove unfounded
HAVE you seen strange contrails in the skies over Grimsby?
This picture was taken by a reader near the Oasis Wintringham Academy yesterday morning and appears to show a contrail stretching straight across the sky, then starting to peter out, before suddenly dropping to the ground.
As posted on www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk, the woman, who did not wish to be named, said: "I hadn't seen it until the school bus driver pointed it out. It just drops out of the sky.
"It must be over Mablethorpe way. We wondered if there had been a plane crash and I was telling the teachers nearby to put the TV on, but there was nothing about it.
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"At the bottom of the trail, there was a strange, orange glow and I could see some black smoke.
"We also saw a smaller plane flying towards it, then it suddenly swung around and went back the other way. It's really strange."
However, fears she had witnessed the aftermath of a disaster luckily proved to be unfounded.
After being sent the picture by the Grimsby Telegraph, a spokesman for the Met Office said: "Condensation trails only occur high in the atmosphere. Today the aircraft would have to be above 29,000ft.
"As the aircraft moves away from the viewer it 'appears' to be heading closer and closer to the ground, but it is still at the same height above the ground. It is just from the viewer's perspective that it appears to be falling.
"The contrail in the picture has probably been there for a little while, and the strong winds at high level will distort the trail as well."
Reader Pat Copley also got in touch to say she had seen the trails, but that there was "nothing sinister" about it.
She said: "Where we live we have open views across the countryside and the orange glow the lady said she saw was the sun.
"I was also watching the trails in the sky this morning. I will agree there was a lot more than usual, but we also could see the planes, although they were very high."
Commenting online, davel60Friday, added: "An aircraft is travelling from left to right. It then changes direction, flying away from the viewer towards the rising sun. Also, I'm not so sure these trails are a new thing.
"There are lots of photographs and film from the Second World War of aircraft producing these trails, but then, the X-Files didn't exist then, not with Mulder on the case. No one to investigate then."
Share your sightings:
Have you seen anything strange in the Lincolnshire skies? If so, send us your pictures and videos by e-mailing pictures@grimsbytelegraph.co.uk. Please don't forget to include details of where and when you spotted the phenomenon and your name and contact details.
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by grimrich
Wednesday, January 30 2013, 3:24PM
“heres some evidenece form the THE TRUSTED M.O.D that they have been spraying stuff in skies since the 40s http://tinyurl.com/af8gjep”
by 4caster
Saturday, January 26 2013, 9:51PM
“This was yesterday's news, and was well discussed with 45 comments. News, by definition, should be new.”
by mberry
Saturday, January 26 2013, 6:38PM
“wow realy? intresting feature for sure aha ;0)”
by davel60
Saturday, January 26 2013, 3:58PM
“Each to their own Wolla247, as soon as someone mentions football or says, "Did you see Blah, Blah, Blah on TV last night?", my attention span is... Oooo look, a robin...”
by Wolla247
Saturday, January 26 2013, 3:31PM
“No one cares, its another pointless boring story that could be anything. Grimsby Telegraph your stories are showing desperation for news lately, a lot of pointless stories.”
by davel60
Saturday, January 26 2013, 2:36PM
“Thanks chimchereeGC, but I think once some people allow their belief system to override common sense and logic, no matter what anyone says or shows them in terms of hard evidence, once the word "conspiracy" raises it's persuasive head, you' re wasting your time.”
by chimchereeGC
Saturday, January 26 2013, 2:11PM
“As someone who has worked on 'planes for many a year back in the day, I can tell you these are bog-standard contrails that can linger in the air for anything from a couple of seconds to hours due to sublimation (to do with ice crystals). However, if the air already has a lot of water vapour in it, then the ice will sublimate slower, and the trail will last longer. The trails also can get blown around in the skies so a trail in the normal air space and flight path will move across a bit, the next 'plane comes along and leaves its trail etc etc until you have a few next to each other. Nothing suspicious, just atmospheric conditions.”
by davel60
Saturday, January 26 2013, 1:15PM
“These images depicting The Battle Of Britain over London in 1940 won't help.
http://tinyurl.com/bxfqz9s
http://tinyurl.com/an4gpo5
Clearly, the second one is an image of David Icke, possibly drawn by an alien custard.”
by havntone
Saturday, January 26 2013, 12:31PM
“Silly women for reporting it in the first place. Does she go around with her eyes shut all the week. This is an everyday occurance. You may note it over Burwell, south of Louth as well.”
by davel60
Saturday, January 26 2013, 11:51AM
“Yes Gy_Pete, the snow is melting on my cold frame, there's irony for you.”