Look out for a swarm of unmanned flying objects in Greenwich

Published on 8th July 2024 by ianVisits in Churn, London News

If you’re struggling to sleep tonight and have a view of Greenwich town centre, look out for something happening.

Old Royal Naval College (c) ianVisits

A swarm of 500 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) will be flying around the Greenwich Pier next to the Old Royal Naval College tonight and tomorrow night. The reason is unknown, but you don’t hire 500 flying machines and issue an air traffic warning unless you’re filming something fairly decent.

So, the swarm of 500 UAS will be in action from midnight tonight (9th July 00:00) through to 11pm on Wednesday night.

There are two possible scenarios.

This evening is for the main filming, with Wednesday to do any retakes – or the overnight is for practising with the main filming on Wednesday evening. Whichever it is, if you have a view of the Old Royal Naval College and can’t sleep tonight, look outside and tell us what you can see.

Official NOTAMS message:

EGTT/QWULW/IV/BO/AW/000/007/5129N00000E001

UAS SWARM OPR WI 0.1NM RADIUS OF 512907N 0000027W (GREENWICH 
PIER). SWARM COMPRISED 500 UAS. MAX HGT 600FT AGL. FOR INFO 07540 
070509. AR-2024-4189/AU3.

LOWER: Surface
UPPER: 700 Feet AMSL
FROM: 08 Jul 2024 23:00 GMT (09 Jul 00:00 BST) TO: 10 Jul 2024 22:59 GMT (23:59 BST)
SCHEDULE: 08 2300-0300, 09 2300-2359, 10 2200-2259

 

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1 Comment on “Look out for a swarm of unmanned flying objects in Greenwich”

  1. I got a feeling of deja vu reading this, and a Google search shows you reported plans for a similar swarm in October 2023.

    Do we know what that was for yet, and whether this swarm is related to that one?.

    Reply

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