NEADS says loud noise could have been a sonic boom
We've had lots of phone calls into the newsroom today about a loud booming sound this afternoon. Some viewers even felt their homes shaking. Multimedia NEADS officials say there was plenty of air traffic today, and the sound could have been a sonic boom. But that is not confirmed. Sunday, May 11 at 7:02 AM Isabelle wrote ...Pt. 2-We did have a small (magnitude 2.0) earthquake in northern Virginia this past week, and people do typically hear booms when the pressure waves generated by the earthquake couple with the atmosphere (sound waves being a type of pressure wave as well). We received nearly 700 Did You Feel It reports for that quake (http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/ne/STORE/X1022071_08/ciim_display.html). If you feel that this could have been an earthquake, then report it to their sit for investigation. Flag for moderationSunday, May 11 at 7:00 AM Isabelle wrote ...Here's a partial e-mail received from Mr. Applegate at the USGS in Virginia:Because our monitoring networks are more sparse in the less seismically active eastern US, we do not pick up small events as well as we do in the west, where networks of seismic stations are more dense, but our analysts can usually go back through the data and find the event -- whether an earthquake, a quarry blast, or other type of signal. Flag for moderationSaturday, May 10 at 10:16 AM rp wrote ...I would think being located so close to nuclear power plants in Oswego that a greater effort would be made to find the source of this "boom" than what has been done by the media. It wasn't a sesmic event as that can be easily identified and would have been reported as such. The Rome Daily reported that the Boys From Syracuse did not have any jets in the air at that time either. So what caused it? Flag for moderationFriday, May 9 at 3:12 PM Isabelle wrote ...This is what is quoted from a news article from the Fairfax Times: Fairfax County Police received reports from multiple callers reporting an audible “boom” sound, followed by roughly four seconds of the earth rumbling. There are no reports of damage to property or injuries related to the incident at this time. Regarding the loud boom, “That does happen sometimes,” said Don Blakeman, a seismologist with the USGS. “An earthquake sometimes can be heard, the closer to the epicenter you are.” Flag for moderationFriday, May 9 at 3:08 PM Me wrote ...Rock on-I agree...I googled this the other day and on May 6, 2008 somewhere in Virginia they had the same experience. They thought it was an earthquake-you can view the news report @ www.Fairfaxtimes.com. I thought that it too could be an earthquake. I woke up that morning and the windows were rattling at around 4:30 a.m. I went to the USGS website but there weren't any earthquakes listed for New York. Your theory may be right?? Anyone else with a suggestion? Flag for moderationFriday, May 9 at 11:25 AM Rock On wrote ...I've read all, and I do mean ALL of the comments on this terrific BOOM and no has mentioned if it could have been a seismic event, with one layer of rock slipping off another layer along a fault line deep down inside the earth? Just a thought. Flag for moderationFriday, May 9 at 7:08 AM Thanks CAPT!! wrote ...For the knowledge instead of all this speculation. That makes perfect sense. It shook my house, scared the kids and me! For those talking about 'that plane' overhead... Griffiss does practices or whatever they do and planes fly over my house(on a hill) all the time (VERY CLOSE) I can almost read the print on the bottom of the plane. Sure it's loud & kinda cool, but not like the other day. Sonic boom comes AFTER the plane has gone by... NOT BEFORE. I'm no expert, but even I know that much! Flag for moderationFriday, May 9 at 5:36 AM ME, AGAIN wrote ...Let me try this again because WKTV didn't print my comment the first time. I said: Newschannel 2 has to read my comment to put it on their site so they know that we want to know what that sound was the other day. As news casters, it should be their responsibility to investigate and inform their viewers to what that horrible boom was. C'mon guys, who's keeping you quiet here?? Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 11:23 PM dave wrote ...A lot of blogs. It was an Air force test. They needed to see exactly how fast a fighter jet can get from Syracuse to Plattsburg and then Ft Drum. A very good test at that. But we shood have been informed ahead of time. Homeland security is finally doing it's job. That jet was traveling at Mach speeds for a reason. to see how quickly it can intercept an intruder. It's not called NEADS anymore, It's EADS. Easten Air Defense. This fighter jet was at it's upper limits in the troposhere. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 10:12 PM Nathan, Westmoreland 2 wrote ...WHAT WAS IT? I honestly do not believe it was a sonic boom from a jet. I have been to an air show where they presented to us a stealth fighter. It made several passes and we were able to hear the boom and see it fly over us almost silently. The boom I heard was nothing like the boom I heard and felt here! I think the government definitely needs to step in and answer some questions! Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 10:11 PM Nathan, Westmoreland 1 wrote ...I felt the "boom" too. It shook the entire house, my cat and dog went crazy, and I could feel “it” go through my body. I thought something had exploded, so I searched in and around the house and found nothing. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 7:53 PM Homer wrote ...I think it was the bean burrito that I had for lunch Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 6:34 PM Ret USAF Capt. (cont) wrote ...Also keep in mind that breaking the sound barrier over the US is a no no. Pilots can get in serious trouble if they do. N.E.A.D.S. stated it was a thunder storm lol looks like they're trying to cover for the pilot. That way the gov't won't be liable for any damage the sonic boom could have caused. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 6:30 PM Retired USAF Capt wrote ...After 20 years in the Air force and having piloted several types of aircraft. The noise I heard, along with others throughout the county, was plain as day. It was a jet just barely breaking the sound barrier. For those that live in Rome near the old base. I hate to say your wrong, but you are. When pilots go super sonic it tends to blow windows out of houses. What I'm sure you remember are the jets taking off and reaching speeds just under mach. Which can also shake and rattle homes. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 6:29 PM WOW!! near Steuben!! wrote ...How funny, I heard that too! I thought something hit my house and I was running outside to check!! haha i don't know what it was, but it sure freaked me out! Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 6:23 PM logan in rome wrote ...the grey plane everyone is talking about, is it the same one that use to fly out of oriskany and did touch and goes? that the coast guard or navy used. As far as the noise that was heard. I didn't hear it myself but it seems to be only heard in certain directions. Which would indicate a sonic boom not thunder. Sonic booms travel in a distinct pattern not like thunder which travels in all directions. Griffiss has been used for along time as a refueling base for many military missions. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 5:15 PM Roman wrote ...If it was a sonic boom the North Eastern Air Defence Sector whould know who did it.Thats silly that they say there not sure and cant confirm, NORAD works with NEADS,im sure they know what it was ...It's there JOB to know... Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 5:05 PM Long time rome resident wrote ...I have heard many sonic blasts frome fighter jets in rome when the base was open,this was not one.large meteor's however tend to explode if they do make it through the atmosphere"tunguska siberia"had a major one back in the 40's,with effects much like an atom bomb.if it was the goverment flying somthing top secret,the most likely craft would be the still top secret "aurora" spy plane based at groom lake.satalite images cought its contrail leaving groom lake crossing the US heading east...Hmm. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 4:32 PM anonymous in remsen wrote ...Where are our local elected leaders to address this issue? As residents, we deserve to know what causes a sound loud enough to be heard from Old Forge to at least Clinton! Our politicians are elected to handle this! Does anyone bother to do their jobs anymore?! It's very reassuring to live in a community where our leaders keep us in the dark! Somebody get to the bottom of why windows were shaking all over the central part of the state of New York! Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 4:02 PM Dr.Truth wrote ...I'm still sticking with Hillary Clinton. Look tonight if you see her live on TV. Notice the bright red spot on her forehead. Does that look like a sonic boom caused that? Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 3:52 PM mag wrote ...People from Old Forge to Oneida and who else knows where, all heard and felt this noise. It had to be something near the top of the troposphere. Other wise it would not have been heard by people that live so far apart. My guess because of the different times reported that it was a jet fighter at the upper limits of the troposphere. A sonic Boom Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 3:28 PM Whatever wrote ...Schuyler...no pellet propane explosion here. I live next door to the pellet plant, practically. As far as construed stories?? If we were told the truth, there wouldn't be any construed stories. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 3:23 PM utica wrote ...where is this "big gapping whole" then. I would like to check it out also. location you saw this? Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 3:22 PM Utica, Ny wrote ...So when are we going to find out what the noise was. It just seems really weird. Was it an explosion, sonic boomb?? Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 2:52 PM NYR wrote ...They dropped a missile on mistake in a field has a big gapping whole in it i went and checked it out Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 2:51 PM Boonville wrote ...The loud noise was a sonic boom, plain and simple. Anyone who begs to differ should try googling it. Move on with your lives. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 2:33 PM Rome NY wrote ...Rome heard it loud and clear and we are used to sonic booms- this was different- the ground and trees aren't usually moving like that!! Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 2:22 PM Schuyler, NY wrote ...believe it was a propane explosion in Schuyler at a pellet plant.....No sonic boom, No UFO & No, not Hilary Clinton either. Simply amazing,all the construed stories. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 1:17 PM grog wrote ...where are smelly and fox manure when you need them ? i want to believe ! Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 1:14 PM Holland Patent Science wrote ...You do NOT see the plane AFTER the boom! It is long gone before you hear it. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 1:01 PM C'mon now wrote ...of course it was goventmental... and I have seen that weird gray plane flying around too... Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 12:57 PM look at that wrote ...we are all still here to talk about it - time to move on to other things! Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 12:53 PM Anonymous wrote ...I heard it here in Central NY but I assumed it was just thunder. I didn't feel any shaking. After I did see 3 state troopers go flying past my house but then they came back. We would all like to know what we are dealing with. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 12:41 PM Steuben Resident wrote ...i was in the Kitchen and all of a sudden there was a 1 to 2 second shake. It shook the double wide house and all of the windows in it. i would really like to hear the correct truth about this. I thought it might of been a explosion but it definetly was not thunder. i did not hear any planes or jets above my house either. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 12:35 PM Old Forge wrote ...I work at the Subway in Old Forge and we heard it and there have been questions asked today about it...how hard is it to figure it out!? Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 12:32 PM Anonymous wrote ...I too wish WKTV would update us on this story. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 12:29 PM remsen high school wrote ...it was not thunder it had to be something else.i herd a loud boom and then my hole house shook. it was really scary at first but it happened so fast Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 12:21 PM dj wrote ...So everyone. What was it? aliens, a sonic boom or what? does anyone really know for sure? Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 11:26 AM CONCERNED wrote ...come on already !!! why hasn't anyone found anything out yet and given a FULL report not just a bunch of guesses ? Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 11:14 AM the truth please? wrote ...Why hasn't the sound been confirmed? Everyone is speculating (sonic boom, airplane, UFO, thunder, explosion, etc.) Can anyone just tell us for sure what the noise was? If they can't I am just going to assume that it is someting GOVERNMENTAL and they are keeping it TOP secret! Fess up! What was it??? Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 10:54 AM HollandPatentHighSchool wrote ...I heard the boom around 3:15, it was loud. What was it? I've read comments that it's a UFO, and then a lab of some sort? Let's get the truth people. lol Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 10:52 AM The plane wrote ...That same type of plane has been flying around this area for years...it's nothing new. It's probably just doing touch-and-gos or something. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 10:37 AM Rome Resident wrote ...It was definitely a sonic boom. I heard the "boom" and then saw a plane shortly there after. It broked the sound barrier and caused a classic sonic boom. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 10:36 AM Machias wrote ...I was outside getting the mail and I heard the boom. More interestingly, I FELT the boom. It felt like it washed right over everything and it made my ears pop. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 10:28 AM Caruso wrote ...These comments say alot, how about WKTV keepin us up to date as to what it was! Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 10:18 AM Heather, Rome wrote ...I also heard the "boom." My husband and I immediatly ran outside to see if we saw anything, the scanner mwas going crazy with reports of an explosion, a trooper reported seeing thick smoke near deerfield. Shortly after that NEADS called 911 and reported that they had thunder in the area and for everyone to disregard. Seems a lil odd to me that THEY would call 911 to tell them they had thunder. Just seems a lil suspicious to me, I've never called to report thunder before!!!! Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 10:16 AM ThaDiplomat wrote ...I figured it was a Meth lab in Boonville, NY blowing up! Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 10:15 AM Alex Alsheimer wrote ...I work in Oriskany N.Y just off Airport Rd. it shook our building and sounded like a ton of bricks was dropped on our roof. please e-mail me with other reports... aalsheimer@hotmail.com Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 10:00 AM Dudeguy wrote ...I'm pretty sure this was from a UFO. I have a doctorate in thermodynamics, and I'm pretty sure this was from an over heated plasma cannon off of a UFO that was allowed to cool down too fast when exposed to the damp air near the storm last night. This happens more often than you might think, now most likely there are bits of the plasma cannon littering the ground due to the fact that it cooled down to fast and most likely cracked or exploded. Thus the noise. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 9:58 AM Jack (Clark Mills) wrote ...I work in Marcy. And I'd heard three booms, the first was a softer boom, followed by the two hard booms. I'd heard sonic booms before and this just didn't sound anything like them, the last two you could feel in your chest. It'll be intersting to see what, if anything is found out about this. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 9:52 AM Griffiss wrote ...That gray plane flying overhead is a C-130 ...NOT capable of breaking the sound barrier. "News Chaser"... where was this converter box that exploded ? And was there smoke like "What about it" said ..."I heard a NYS Trooper report "a large column of thick black smoke visible from rt 12 north". this was over the OCSD main 911 dispatch frequency on my scanner. This was about one min. after the booming." Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 9:40 AM Awesomeface wrote ...Dude sorry guys...I was making moonshine in my basement and it exploded. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 9:37 AM NYM wrote ...I heard it in NYM also - it scared the heck out of me! Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 9:34 AM none wrote ...IT WAS A UFO, i was abducted last night, they told me they did it, i now have a strange rash on the back of my neck near a spot where they injected me with a needle, they say hi Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 9:22 AM Trenton wrote ...Yes, I have seen a huge gray plane flying low. About a month ago I saw it while walking my dogs. The amazing thing was, as it came over the tree line you heard no engines. Banked hard right, disappeared again and then came overhead. Flying just above the trees...but very little noise until it was right above you. The noise yesterday was loud very loud. I am sure our government is doing experiments right over our head. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 9:04 AM sh/Remsen wrote ...It was so loud, my windows shook and my son was outside and said he could feel the force of it in the air the trees shook,he felt something exploded. But I have seen the plane everyone was talking about I saw it last week. It was no sonic Boom Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 9:02 AM NEWS CHASER wrote ...IT WAS A CONVERTER BOX THAT BLEW UP IT WENT OFF LIKE A PIPE BOMB I WAS 30 FEET AWAY FROM IT WHEN IT SEND SHARD OF METAL PIECES ALL OVER Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 8:46 AM ME wrote ...I work outside of Utica just East and heard nothing. Anyone else hear it East of Utica?? Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 8:22 AM Dr.Truth wrote ...There are unconfirmed reports that it was Hillary Clinton banging her head against her desk after coming to grips with the fact that her presidential run is over. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 8:17 AM Whitesboro wrote ...I too hear the boom at my house. It shook the windows. It almost sounded like a car hit the house. It was around 3:20 Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 7:57 AM Curious wrote ...I'm 15 and think that it could be possibly be a Meteor strike? That's why no one has said anything?? C'mon let's get this report resolved! Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 7:21 AM Mary Oneida NY wrote ...I know to well what a sonic boom sounds like and this was NOT a sonic boom!!! Look at the perimeter this sound was heard at. Syracuse (where my family lives) heard it too! so it was not just the Mohawk Valley.....I really want to know what being covered up? Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 6:59 AM Grew Up in Stokes, NY wrote ...Just outside of Rome. Sonic booms were a part of our daily lives when the base was around. I can remember hearing them as children and hooting and hollering when they happened. If your not used to them they are scary, but in my day, they were routine!!!! Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 6:36 AM Griffiss wrote ...I work on Griffiss in the hangars, and I KNOW it waasn't any of the planes from here. I heard over the scanner that F.A.A. said no aircraft was in the area due to the storms. Therefore ...no sonic boom. Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 5:37 AM What about it? wrote ...NEWS CHANNEL 2-What about this report from Utica who said "I heard a NYS Trooper report "a large column of thick black smoke visible from rt 12 north". this was over the OCSD main 911 dispatch frequency on my scanner. This was about one min. after the booming." Anything to this 911 report?? Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 12:18 AM Remsen NY wrote ...it hit at about 3:20 for us shook my house and spilled my guitars over about a minute later it hit my girlfriend in New York and when i called my mom up who works on the base in Rome she said she felt it and said it sounded just like any of the other Jets that take off from the base Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 11:25 PM Interested wrote ...Not thunder. Probably not a sonic boom, either. This 'boom' LITERALLY shook houses across a twenty mile radius of Oneida County. Most people I talk to agree that the noise was heard and FELT the strongest around the Holland Patent/Marcy area. I think NEADS and/or some other government agency has ALOT more explaining to do. Hopefully some investigative reporters will not let this story go - someone start digging!! Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 10:36 PM remsen wrote ...My daughter & I thought someone or something hit the house. It shook the whole thing. Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 10:29 PM anonymous whitesboro wrote ...i heard and felt and did not sound like a sonic boom and if it was then why did NEADS originally call oneida county 911 to diregard that it was a storm in the area and now there saying sonic boom also 911 center came radio and told all units emerg. traffic and stand by for a large explosion in the holland patent area then a state trooper reports large column of black smoke in that area since when did black smoke come from a sonic boom Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 10:28 PM Anon wrote ...Has anyone seen that weird unmarked gray plane that has been flying around every day extremely low? Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 10:09 PM anonymus wrote ...my wife and I live near Oneida, I was at work when she told me on the phone that a loud noise just hit, and it scared the cats Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 10:07 PM Michael- (Dolgeville) wrote ...I was outdoors at around 3:25p.m. when I heard what I thought at the time was thunder coming from the north. Never heard a sonic boom before! Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 9:30 PM Jill Carncross wrote ...I was at the high school track when we heard it. We thought it sounded more like consturction work than anything else. Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 9:29 PM Anonymous wrote ...I was working in the Wal-Mart Distribution Center in Marcy. I heard a very loud sound that came from outside. I thought a lighting storm was making it's way by but when I got out of work it was sunny & nice outside. All I know is that it is very loud in the the building I work in. I heard it loud & clear. Not sure what it was. Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 9:09 PM Anonymous wrote ...I heard it up on the glass hill golf course and it shook the ground and trees Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 9:05 PM JP wrote ...It was definitely a classic sonic boom with the "boom-boom" noise. I haven't heard a sonic boom in years but that's definitely what it was. Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 9:04 PM utica, ny wrote ...I heard a NYS Trooper report "a large column of thick black smoke visible from rt 12 north". this was over the OCSD main 911 dispatch frequency on my scanner. This was about one min. after the booming. Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 8:58 PM jim from marcy wrote ...Ive heard sonic booms before and by know means did this sound like one!I work for our local town and was in the town garage and it shook the building!It was so loud we thought something had crashed in the upper field! Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 8:33 PM Holland Patent NY wrote ...That was defiantely not a sonic boom. It rattled the windows and shook the house. IT sounded like an explosion and it felt and sounded like it was right out in out yard. Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 7:37 PM whitesboro resident wrote ...3:18 p.m. loud boom /house shook Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 7:32 PM verona wrote ...my entire house shook- it was really loud Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 7:18 PM sonny wrote ...We lived in Rome ny the base was there sonic booms were always there I loved it God Bless the USA. Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 7:14 PM SincereRomantist wrote ...Morehouse NY write me please~ I thought it was maybe a plane crash Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 6:55 PM nick nardozza wrote ...loud boom in boonville, I'd say sonic boom ! 30 seconds later, I heard a jet at about 30,000 feet heading west sounded like an f-16. Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 6:51 PM Rome NY wrote ...It sounded like my upstairs neighbor threw a 50 pound bowling ball just above my head. My curtains fell off the wall. What was that? Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 6:31 PM RJ wrote ...It was very loud here in marcy, my windows rattled pretty good, I dont believe it was a sonic boom. Flag for moderationWednesday, May 7 at 6:04 PM Morehouse NY wrote ...it did not sound like a sonic boom to me i don,t what it was but it was not that Flag for moderationAdd a commentMost Popular
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Monday, May 12 at 5:34 AM Isabelle wrote ...
Here's an e-mail I received from Mr. Applegate USGS regarding possible earthquake: I heard back from our folks at the National Earthquake Information Center who reviewed the seismic records from stations in your area (they are part of a regional network operated by Columbia University), and there is no indication of any earthquake activity. It is indeed most likely that people heard and felt a sonic boom. Regards, Dave Applegate
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