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What is causing the mysterious 'booms' heard in 64 locations around the world this year?
Mailonline ^ | 21 November 2017 | Shivali Best For

Posted on 11/21/2017 8:43:13 PM PST by BenLurkin

Incidents of these mystery booms are becoming more frequent

Residents in Alabama were left baffled last week when a loud boom resounded across much of the state.

The boom, nicknamed 'Bama Boom', has left experts stumped, with suggested causes ranging from supersonic aircrafts to meteors exploding in the atmosphere.

This isn't the first time that the mysterious sound has been heard, and incidents are becoming more frequent according to some reports. 

This year alone, similar noises have been reported 64 times this year, in locations including Michigan, Lapland, St Ives, Swansea and Yorkshire.

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The Birmingham National Weather Service tweeted: 'Loud boom heard: we do not see anything indicating large fire/smoke on radar or satellite; nothing on USGS indicating an earthquake.'

The service suggested that the sound was either caused by a sonic boom from aircraft, or a meteorite from the Leonid shower.

But Nasa has since cast doubt on these explanations. Speaking to ABC 3340, Bill Cooke, head of Nasa's Meteoroid Environment Office, said that the boom could have been caused by a supersonic aircraft, a ground explosion, or a bolide - a large meteor that explodes in the atmosphere unrelated to the Leonid shower.

While the noise was picked up by the US Geological Survey, data suggests that the boom wasn't the result of an earthquake.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: aliens; bolides; ilovechili; mybutt; mysterybooms; mysteryexplosions; sorryaboutthat
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

CERN? Maybe I’ve gotten carried away by Q....some here will know what I’m talking about...lol


21 posted on 11/21/2017 9:02:25 PM PST by BamaBelle (I'm voting for Roy Moore!)
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To: BenLurkin

Black project Aurora.


22 posted on 11/21/2017 9:03:49 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: BenLurkin

The Seneca Guns or Mistpouffers are other names for them, along with sky quakes. They have been heard for hundreds of years and theories have ranged from landslides on the continental shelf to underground pockets of natural gas exploding.


23 posted on 11/21/2017 9:04:34 PM PST by LukeL
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgCXupNrwHM


24 posted on 11/21/2017 9:06:50 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: BamaBelle

Those baby black holes are escaping again...


25 posted on 11/21/2017 9:07:43 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: BenLurkin

lit off a bit off flash pointed diesel the other day in my shop stove.
Boom!
Fire starting was my favorite back in Cub Scouts.
I was den leader.
Good thing all doors were open.
I plead hillbilly fun.


26 posted on 11/21/2017 9:08:33 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: LukeL

"Miss Poofter?"


27 posted on 11/21/2017 9:10:15 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Headline: Muslims Fear Backlash from Tomorrow's Terror Attack - Mark Steyn)
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To: right way right

We had a diesel mechanic who killed Black Widow spiders in the garage using a can of WD40 and a Bic lighter. Tiny blow torch.


28 posted on 11/21/2017 9:13:14 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Headline: Muslims Fear Backlash from Tomorrow's Terror Attack - Mark Steyn)
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To: BenLurkin
sky trumpets?
29 posted on 11/21/2017 9:13:52 PM PST by MacNaughton (" ...it is better to die on the losing side than to live under Communism." Whitaker Chambers)
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To: Jeff Chandler
We had a diesel mechanic who killed Black Widow spiders in the garage using a can of WD40 and a Bic lighter. Tiny blow torch.

Endust works well too - sends a blast of hot air into sleeping faces from the end of the rack. Gets them up fast. Drawback is when the OOD walks in...

30 posted on 11/21/2017 9:17:49 PM PST by eldoradude (It doesn't matter how many it takes, the lightbulb has already been stolen.)
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To: MacNaughton

Yeah, came to mind....makes one wonder. There’s various metaphorical “earthquakes” going on.


31 posted on 11/21/2017 9:18:40 PM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Jeff Chandler

We used to kill black widows that way in the concrete barracks at Twenty-nine Palms.


32 posted on 11/21/2017 9:21:35 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: BenLurkin

Global Booming


33 posted on 11/21/2017 9:24:36 PM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: BenLurkin

Global Booming


34 posted on 11/21/2017 9:24:37 PM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear
Sven Hurdehur Image and video hosting by TinyPic Kanamit brain farts are very loud.
35 posted on 11/21/2017 9:27:10 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: BenLurkin

John Lee Hooker.


36 posted on 11/21/2017 9:33:56 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
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To: BenLurkin

37 posted on 11/21/2017 9:36:41 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Now we dance.


38 posted on 11/21/2017 9:38:28 PM PST by LukeL
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To: Jeff Chandler

“Your story has grown tiresome.”


39 posted on 11/21/2017 9:40:24 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: BenLurkin

Aurora


40 posted on 11/21/2017 9:56:08 PM PST by onedoug
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