This modified Northrop F-5E jet was used during 2003 for NASA’s Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration program. Photo courtesy National Aeronautics and Space Administration The loud booming that jolted Columbia last week was one of at least three events that occurred in the eastern United States over a matter of days,

South Carolina was shaken by confusion and concern on May 28, after residents across the Midlands reported what sounded and felt like a massive explosion. Preliminary data pointed to an unusual atmospheric event in the Midlands,

The cause of a massive sonic boom over South Carolina is still a mystery as residents and US officials scramble to identify the source.

A meteor expert says a Lexington home camera caught the likely culprit: an aircraft breaking the sound barrier, not a fireball from space.

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A huge noise rattled part of the state on Thursday. Multiple theories have been put forward, but the mystery remains.

An apparent meteor passing through the atmosphere just east of Boston caused a loud boom heard over multiple areas of Massachusetts around 2 p.m. on Saturday, according to Ken Mahan, lead meteorologist for the Boston Globe.

Midlands residents heard a loud boom and felt a noticeable shake late Thursday afternoon as many people were getting home from work

The explosions and the boom sounds heard by the residents could be the result of “a rather significant bolide/meteor entering the atmosphere.”