yea the wind is a problem, even skydivers have to yell into their mics and you can still barely hear them. if you put on of those fuzzy foam things on it, the wind sheer would probally just rip it off hehe.

i think the problem with this is the sound isn't constant. it stops and starts. how would you know when to launch the phone? who knows if the sound would stop before the phone got high enough?

I already posted the same teory about the cloaking in one of those said threads this morning. You have a great ideal about the cell phone, lets all get to the bottom of this. S&F for ya

I have a much much better Idea.

I am a passionate RC Jet Flyer for now 4 Years and our Technology has a breakthrough in the so called FPV(First Person View) Technology.

Basically all it is would be a transmitter, receiver, battery, special glasses with inbuild monitors and onboard Camera plus Telemetry Equipment.

The Advantage of such a System is that you can fly up to 3km in a Radius and depending on your System you can record everything.

Advanced googles give you everything you need on the monitors such as height, distance from you, direction, how much juice is left in your batteries, audio recording and you can even move the Camera up/down/left/right while you are flying.

You won't get lost really cause it shows the distance and direction from where you are standing. So you can easily find back.

However in such cloudy conditions you need a strong signal.
My mate build a unique omni directional satellite on the ground base next to him and on the aircraft for maximum signal strength and video quality.

You can hear everything while you are in the air and with telemetry you can record it and then connect it to your computer to get all the necessary Data.

In America however to fly Remote Controlled Airplanes you need to be in the AMA Club, in our Country we can fly anywhere at anytime we want.

Plus those planes are not that large and are very quiet as well.

You can fly up to 1 hour with a good sized Battery and enjoy the view.

Unfortunately we don't get anything here in Switzerland with those noises or rumbling sound, otherwise I would have had my FPV Plane Setup build a long time ago.

Why loose money on an Iphone/Android/Smartphone when you invest into something for every time and always coming back?

Of course you also need to know how to fly a such remote controlled glider.

But I tell you...don't you wanna know what really is up there beyond those clouds??? you get LIVE Footage!!!

What if a such RC Plane may hit on a hidden "thing" up there??? Since it gets all recorded and is very small to be recognized on Radar it will go there unnoticed

I may just get myself such a thing in case we ever get anything like that! and I will be ready for it!

It will cost you not an arm or a leg but it will be around the same price like for an iphone and you get a whole telemetry video/audio recording live setup.

What say you?

Rather than start another thread for what amounts to a variation on this one, I had an idea to add to this in reading a rush of new noise reports tonight....

What kind...if any...directional microphone could ordinary people afford to buy, that would effectively allow a general heading for what direction the sound is coming from?

It seems to me that having a map with azimuth lines coming off the various sighting pins might just show another pattern that we can all use in trying to piece this puzzle together.

Okay, I have something that just occurred to me and I'd like to share. Rather than make a whole new thread, I figure it's enough to tack onto my existing one there and bump this thread, since the issues are linked and directly related.


It seems the night of the 25th/26th has been another very active one for sounds heard by people in the skies above. Someone on another thread was lamenting the fact these noises rarely record well on a cell phone or other fairly decent audio...and then I thought about the ones that come across SO strong, it's almost deafening. Those are ALSO the ones picking up the sound of leaves rustling and the breeze blowing across the microphone...and *BINGO*..THAT is the thing to think about, right there.

I'm going to suggest people start describing exactly WHAT they are using to record to noises in the sky when new threads are made........and I think we'll see a pattern which needs to get out so we can solve the problem.

Two Words.... NOISE CANCELLING! Doh!

These Cell Phones and some of the nice ...but not professional... cameras are picking up almost nothing despite the fact the people holding them apparently hear the noise fine. Well. what are these noises to a modern noise cancelling system as any GOOD cell phone has built in standard these days? I'll bet they sound just like what they're designed to filter OUT. Background noise and the hiss of wind.

So.... better equipment may be the opposite direction people want to go. I had a surveillance camera for the longest time I got from Sam's club in my carport. It cost me all of $40 at the time and the Mic would pick up a conversation on the porch of the house across the street spoken in normal tones. My Cell phone on the other hand, wouldn't pick up a baseball game with clarity while I'm standing in the middle of it.

Something to consider..as we find ways to properly document these events and seek real answers.