Many people in Queen Anne, Magnolia and Ballard heard an extremely loud plane roaring overhead last night, Tuesday, November 10, at around 8:30 p.m. Having just returned from a weekend trip, I fell asleep immediately and missed the fiasco that apparently startled quite a few people. I did hear some Twitter chatter on the subject later, though. Some postulated that it was a fighter jet that flew over the hill, while others thought it was a commuter jet flying lower the usual due to the “less than great weather.”

“(It was) the loudest I’ve heard in a long time. Woke up my 6 year old!” wrote MyBallard reader SeattleRichardson in their forum. “That scared the LIFE out of me,” said GinaMarie. A couple weeks ago, a similar incident startled Greenwood residents at 3:30 a.m. No word on the type of plane, but some speculate that it’s a UPS plane flying at low altitude due to the weather.

According to our sister site, Magnolia Voice, there’s going to be a meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, November 12 in the Catherine Blaine Elementary cafeteria to discuss airplane noise in Magnolia, but since we’re next door neighbors and it seems to be affecting Queen Anne as well, I thought it pertinent. Representatives from SeaTac, Boeing Field and Alaska airlines will be presenting information during the Magnolia Community Club’s general meeting, and attendees will be given a chance to share their concerns and ask questions.

Update: Vice President Biden was at Fort Lewis yesterday to honor seven fallen soldiers. Our friends at KING5 were never able to confirm for sure, but it does bring up a new theory: possibly the noise was from a fighter jet escort for Air Force 2?