Maybe a covering for a FLIR? It sounds like a PAVE LOW modded blackhawk.

Originally posted by HERACAT
Maybe a covering for a FLIR? It sounds like a PAVE LOW modded blackhawk.

That was my first thought mate but this was a lot bigger than any F.L.I.R. I had seen. I have just gone through about 150 pages on google and couldn't find anything like it. The Pod thing was about where the side door is (Starboard side).

Where was it exactly on the aircraft?

Hey, I saw something just like that too, a black helicopter flying low above my house extremely loudly. We get helicopters all the time here being near a military base but I've never seen anything like this type. It reminded me of a modified Sea-king or maybe a Black Hawk as you said.

I've heard of them having those pod's on the side before, they're long range radars, a Navy helicopter once landed in our school with one on the side.

What worried me was that after this black chopper passed over the whole street smelt of gas for a while and there was a white smoke drifting down the road a few feet above the ground that got blown away after a few minutes. I thought we might be being poisoned!!

Quite weird, but can't really say anything for sure.

Hey Mate,

Similar but the one I saw was slightly smaller and jet Black. MM will have too see if it comes over gain. Will get some pictures

The picture you have post is for sonar/submarine detection I think. Strange that all this is going on and the Russians are starting the exercise too

[edit on 23-9-2008 by StarTraveller]

Yeah I'll be keeping a look out for any others. I get loads of things going over where I am so I'm always watching out anyway.

Yeah I think they may be for SONAR, which I why I thought only the Navy used them normally. You may have a point with the Russia thing, there could be a worry with all the Russian subs sneaking around down there.

I wouldn't be surprised if lots of people started seeing more and more military craft around. I've definitely seen an increase in the number here. Keeps me up every night doing their training exercises in their massive C-130J's over-head!

Originally posted by GrooveCat
Yeah I think they may be for SONAR, which I why I thought only the Navy used them normally. You may have a point with the Russia thing, there could be a worry with all the Russian subs sneaking around down there.

The USN and other naval forces fly the SH-60 (now MH-60) Seahawk/Oceanhawk. It looks almost identical to a UH-60, but it has a double tail wheel that drops down on a strut under the back of the passenger cabin.

In the US the NEST teams have been getting blackhawk's like that.
the pod contains radiation detection equipment.

But the are also supposed to look like navy blackhawks with sonar units so that they don't scare the public.

Yes a navy blackhawk flying around a city miles from the ocean with a weird pod on it will not cause questions.

Customs and border protection service also has blackhawks with high power radars rigged like that for tracking aircraft fly at low levels.(ie drug planes)

Originally posted by StarTraveller
Hey Mate,

Similar but the one I saw was slightly smaller and jet Black. MM will have too see if it comes over gain. Will get some pictures

The picture you have post is for sonar/submarine detection I think. Strange that all this is going on and the Russians are starting the exercise too

[edit on 23-9-2008 by StarTraveller]

If it can fly out - atmo, it can fly in the sea ...

Im in sigs & have been told aswell as this radar & sonar tracking source , we also have pods or maybe inbuilt with it now that jam radio transmissions & are very effective in the electronic warfare side of things, I ve been warned that as a signaller we will probably be using alot of this in the future