Posted: October 23, 2008
Good day Mr. Vike,
I have never submitted anything to you in the past, but after reading your post: Edmonton, Alberta Loud Sound Rattles Persons Home I am compelled to do so now.
I live in North-East Edmonton, near the old CFB Namao (now called CFB Edmonton). It used to be an active Canadian Air Force base, mostly for Hercules cargo planes and Griffon helicopters, but my understanding is that the air functionality of the base has been mostly closed down, meaning air traffic to and from the base is minimal at best, and only allowed for helicopters I believe I was told. And that's all I see come and go from there, living so close. The next closest airport is in downtown Edmonton, about 15 kilometers south-west of where I live. Hercules planes have landed there over the last couple of years, but it's mostly used for small corporate jets and prop driven planes for the northern communities. Finally, there is the International Airport, but that is approximately 15 kms south of Edmonton, about 40 minutes driving from my house, and the main flight paths for them go over the industrial zone several kilometers east of my house.
On two separate occasions I have heard what I think is the exact same "Loud Sound / Rumbling" as the submitter in your post on Oct. 12, 08. The first occurred in the early-mid evening, and the second in the mid afternoon.
The First Experience
A few weeks ago, my wife and I were sitting in our living room watching TV, which is in the south side of the house. All of a sudden there was this really loud rumbling noise that went right over our house. And I literally mean 'all of a sudden' - there was no gradual growing sound, which an approaching plane would make, or gradual shrinking sound, which a distancing plane would make, it just appeared real loud and real fast and was gone just as quick, in less than two seconds. I thought it was somehow a Hercules plane (they move relatively slow and are loud - you'd hear them for a while coming and going, and see them fairly easily), and that it was crash landing because it was so loud (and I thought therefore very low) and fast! It seemed to literally buzz our house, shaking windows and glasses on the table, as if enroute to CFB Edmonton (which is less than a kilometer away to the north-west of us) to crash land in the fields a couple blocks north of us. I ran to the front windows within 2 or 3 seconds and saw nothing, except for a large dust cloud in the fields to the north. I thought for sure something crashed and hadn't caught on fire yet. We got in our vehicle to check it out and help if we could since we were so close and I was trained in Aircrew Survival, but found nothing. No crash site, no debris, and strangely enough no emergency responders ever showed up. Even the dust was settling, and it could have come from nearby construction machinery anyways, located about 500 yards west of the fields. We watched the local news closely for the next couple of days, but nothing was reported.
The Second Experience
A few days ago, again my wife and I are sitting in the living room watching TV and again the rumbling sound came out of nowhere, loud and fast. I even said "Not again!" as I got up to run to the front windows (it followed the same path as before) again thinking it was a Herc crash landing nearby. I saw nothing, not even the dust cloud this time. But this time the noise stayed for a few more seconds, about 7 or 8 seconds altogether, lingering and fading away, but still quite loud. In fact, it even sounded like it was doubling back, I swear it was going higher in elevation as it faded. It's as if the noise-maker pulled straight up this time, so I ran to the back windows and still saw nothing. This was extra peculiar because it was a bright, cloudless, blue sky, and considering prop driven aircraft's wings, especially Hercules planes, aren't designed to take the g-force of pulling up so sharply at any speed (they'd get stress fractures at least, and snap off if the speed is high enough) let alone at this come-out-of-nowhere speed, I was at a loss for understanding what was happening. Then the noise simply stopped and that was it.
Now, I was an Air Cadet for my teen years, privileged to be around fighter jets, and fly in Hercules planes across Western Canada and Griffon helicopters around Edmonton. I know what they sound like, how they move, what they look like from far off, and even where the landing strips and pads are on CFB Edmonton in relation to my house. This noise was so loud and fast that I was convinced something was just missing our house and crash landing nearby, off approach vectors for landing strips both times.
I didn't think to submit this to you until I read the post from the other Edmontonian. I can't shake the tingles on my spine now, because that makes three of us now who've heard this odd event and nothing's come of it.
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I would like to thank this witness for taking the time to write up and for sending in a good report, and confirming a report I received earlier this month.
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