Near Misses over England

The suggestion that one of these objects was a drone seems impossible. It was at 4000 ft going 240 miles an hour! Duke can drones do that? There is something going on in our skies.
 
The suggestion that one of these objects was a drone seems impossible. It was at 4000 ft going 240 miles an hour! Duke can drones do that? There is something going on in our skies.
Sure, those are relatively low performance figures for a number of military drones. There are also civilian racing drone capable of 200+ mph. But we don't know the speed of what ever it was they sighted, the article says it was the plane, not the drone at that speed. We also don't know the direction of flight for the a/c, only the object (north to south.)
 
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Sure, those are relatively low performance figures for a number of military drones. There are also civilian racing drone capable of 200+ mph. But we don't know the speed of what ever it was they sighted, the article says it was the plane, not the drone at that speed. We also don't know the direction of flight for the a/c, only the object (north to south.)
Good points Duke, thanks. We are fortunate to have your knowledge on aircraft here.