On This Day 2000: Did Concorde Confuse Racing Pigeons?

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Concorde was a technological marvel, but the supersonic jet was blamed for the disappearance of racing pigeons back in 2000.

Dr Jon Hagstrum, a geophysicist at the US Geological Society, claimed the shockwaves created by Concorde were causing pigeons to go deaf and subsequently get lost. But not everyone signed up to his theory... Report by Guinnesse. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn