My spy originally quoted 6000
metres..... which is even worse!!

That clearly does not constitue "low altitude" - hence why I refrained from reproducing that part of the text
Let's hope it was a typo, because even at 6000ft; realistically that's still quite high, and would be of no more impact than any other commercial aircraft usually seen at a similar height, let's say... even 15-20 DME or further from YSSY