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I didn't hear nuffin'.
Posted on 03/06/2009 1:28:30 PM PST by TaraP
SANTA CRUZ - The search for the cause of the sonic boom Central Coast residents felt Wednesday morning may be a bust.
Thursday, a Federal Aviation Administration official said the search for the source of the mysterious morning rattling has turned up nothing.
"We reviewed all the radar data for flights in the airspace in Northern California around the time that people reported this boom," said Ian Gregor, FAA spokesman for the Western-Pacific Region. "There were several military aircraft operating but they were slow. None of these aircraft were going supersonic."
Of course, just because officials can't trace the boom - which was reported across the Central Coast and 12 hours before in Orange County - that doesn't mean people imagined the shaking.
To create a sonic boom - shock waves that rock buildings and produce a thunder-like crack - a jet must break the sound barrier by going faster than the speed of sound, which is 767 mph.
Gregor said that because air traffic controllers handle so much traffic it's possible a speeding jet in their midst didn't register as unusual.
The mystery has spurred its share of conspiracy theories. On the Sentinel Web site, readers comments suggested the boom was E.T.'s return, an intercontinental missile that North Korea, or test runs of new, secret U.S. Navy jets.
"It was a chemtrail weather modification program jet making rain for you," a reader going by the handle "sameold" wrote. The easiest answer is probably right. I'm going with aliens," commenter "jarbee" wrote.
Orange County residents had similar theories after thousands of doors and windows across the county rattled and vibrated, but the rest of people's homes remained still Tuesday night. Some blamed jets from nearby Camp Pendleton or suggested an asteroid was the source of the shacking, according to an Orange County Register story. The asteroid passed Monday night. So far, those theories have not panned out either.
And a U.S. Geological Survey spokesperson said the shaking was not caused by an earthquake, though several people called 911 to report a possible rattler after the boom.
Gregor said he doesn't know if they will ever know what caused to boom.
"Obviously something happened, but I don't know," he said.
The Orange County Register reported a sonic boom 12 hours before what was heard on the Central Coast on Wednesday.
California’s economy exploding?
Stocks going down REALLY, REALLY fast?
suggested an asteroid was the source of the shacking
shacking?
Really?
I remember growing up near an air force base that sonic booms were a completely regular occurrence.
I thought everyone in Santa Cruz would be too stoned to notice.
Something big is coming for California, a massive quake that will reach half way to the Mississippi River. A massive inland sea will be formed full of strange creatures, mermaids, and floating dwellings lived in by survivalists ..
Haven’t you heard?
Shack, Rattle and Roll....:0)
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It may not have been a sonic boom. Booming sounds have been heard before major earthquakes so it may be something to do with a quake getting ready to hit.
Been hearing some late night booms here in southern Michigan but I suspect they’re a local making a pond in the middle of the night.
That's the ticket! Be prepared to jam up 911 with mindless calling if there really IS a disaster! What maroons!
Is my Obamassiah going to pay for my floating dwelling, too? Yipee!
All I need is a few minutes notice. I have my inflatable raft ready to go. But these mermaids sound intriguing. I’ll throw in a coupla’ cans of tuna to entice them.
“And a U.S. Geological Survey spokesperson said the shaking was not caused by an earthquake, though several people called 911 to report a possible rattler after the boom.”
I recall when they used to demonstrate them at air shows. That was 1958 or so.
Yes, tha massive inland sea will be stocked with Striped Bass, those who live in the floating dwellings will feed the bass “pellets”, only don’t ask what the pellets are, they do call them calipellets though ....
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I didn't hear nuffin'.
Was there any blasting going on in the area?
When you put it like that it almost makes sense!
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