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That Was No Earthquake This Morning in Jersey

Military aircraft stuns residents with a sonic boom

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 20, 2012 4:06 PM CDT

(Newser) – The ground shook and windows rattled in South Jersey this morning, and it remained a mystery for a while—especially after local Air Force personnel said they weren't to blame, reports the Examiner. But officials later confirmed that military aircraft had shaken up the state with a sonic boom, the Star-Ledger reports. Those officials are calling it a "non-incident" unworthy of investigation, but residents say they were shaken up.

"My basement door shook violently for 15 sec or so long enough to creep me out," one person posted on the New Jersey Shore Hurricane News Facebook Page. "Sounded like someone was trying to get out." Another called it "a huge explosion. ... I have never heard a sound like that in my life."

A US Air Force Stealth fighter F-22 Raptor.
A US Air Force Stealth fighter F-22 Raptor.   (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)
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JackNelsonSteward
Oct 21, 2012 5:05 PM CDT
As a resident of central Florida I have been treated to numerous "sonic booms" as shuttles returned to the Kennedy Space Center across the state. Now, maybe it's different when it's an aircraft at relatively low altitude, but I can tell you for sure that none of the booms I've heard lasted anywhere near 15 seconds.
Observer
Oct 21, 2012 10:13 AM CDT
The Pentagon lies about everything they do. Big surprise. Why does any military craft need to break the sound barrier over the our homes? Fuck them.
whatrtheysmoking
Oct 21, 2012 10:07 AM CDT
Sonic Booms do not last that Long they last only 1-sec at the Most !!!! More likely a Underground  Blast !!! Maybe to dig out a new Underground Facility !!!
 

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