The woman who runs the account tells CTV News that she first spotted the formation in Washington state while driving home from work and pulled over to start grabbing some photographs. Twitter account Evergreen Intel monitors military aircraft and began posting thoughts about which planes could have left the trails over Vancouver Island. The answer to the mystery is in fact military aircraft, but their origin was American, not Canadian. The sighting had all the appearances of commercial aircraft flying in formation at a high altitude, yet none of them were visible on services such as or U.S. (Graeme Alexander)Īlexander assumed the trails were left by a military group of planes, while some others speculated that the Snowbirds were the cause, though the Canadian aerobatics team is currently grounded due to ejection seat concerns. Graeme Alexander takes a photo of the jet trails at Sproat Lake near Port Alberni, B.C. "There was an airline flight that was travelling head on with them and they were below that airline because you could see that trail in the sky as well," he said. "They just came right across the skyline over the lake." "Not a cloud in the sky, and obviously you could see the trails of the planes flying in formation quite high," he said. "I was like, this is really strange, I definitely knew it wasn’t those big airplanes but it was pretty interesting to see," she told CTV News.Ī short time later, Graeme Alexander spotted the aircraft flying over Sproat Lake near Port Alberni.
That’s when she posted a video she had taken on the bus. She didn’t think too much about it until she saw postings on Facebook by people trying to figure out what would have caused the trails. "I thought that was strange, I immediately pulled my phone out and started recording." "I figured it was aircraft, it was just the way they crossed each other," she said. Wendy Brown was riding a transit bus heading to Langford when she noticed contrails being left in the sky. A group of jets left exhaust trails in a formation, leading to theories that ranged from weather-altering flights to signs of Russian aggression. Like all fighter craft, the Barb is unable to jump and requires a ship with fighter bays to carry it.An unusual sight in the skies over Vancouver Island on Saturday sparked conspiracy theories online.However, the player should note that Barbs have very weak shields and armor, so a player can find that Barbs are actually more expensive to use if they keep getting destroyed and needing to be replaced. This makes the Barb a good choice for players who don't want to bother with constantly checking their fighter's ammo supplies, and an economical fighter if the player intends to use a carrier for a lengthy period of time. Meanwhile, Barbs equipped with Proton Guns are capable of hammering away at the hulls of much larger ships from a safe distance, effectively replacing ammo-reliant missile weapons with a rechargeable gun. Barbs equipped with Energy Blasters have the advantage of a built-in turret, making them good dogfighters. These are the standard outfits initially equipped on each proton variant Barb.īarb by name, and Barb by nature, these fighters can be very easy to deal with or a complete annoyance. These are the standard outfits initially equipped on each Barb. Syndicated Systems had to remove the turret mounting hardware to fit the powerful cannon, but the result is a level of short-range firepower that is unheard-of for a craft its size. The Barb's commercial success spurred demand for a variant equipped with a Proton Gun. Though an awkward-looking ship, it seems flexible enough to become a dangerous addition to any fleet with carriers. The design philosophy of the Barb seems to have been "uglier than the Protector," and as you look at the cockpit nestled between the massive gun port and turret mount, you wonder where the power systems are supposed to go. Though the Syndicate doesn't build Fighter carriers, it is testing the waters with the Barb, a cheap and flexible carrier-launched craft featuring newly-developed miniaturized ion engines. The shipyard has separate descriptions for each: The Barb can be purchased either as a stock variant or the proton variant.
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