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6Sumter, SC SOLVED2 weeks ago
“USGS classified it as a sonic boom. 1,707 felt reports across central South Carolina. Not an earthquake.”
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7Brunswick, OH SOLVED3 months ago
“NASA confirmed the boom was a 17,000-pound meteor!”
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7Brookfield Center, OH SOLVED3 months ago
“NASA confirmed the boom was a 17,000-pound meteor!”
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7Norwalk, OH SOLVED3 months ago
“NASA confirmed the boom was a 17,000-pound meteor!”
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7Collinsville SOLVED3 months ago
“It was indeed someone setting off fireworks nearby”
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7Collinsville 4 hours ago
“Thanks for reporting! Who else heard this?”
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6Coulterville, IL 3 days ago
“Thanks for reporting!”
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7Fairview Heights 5 days ago
“Thanks for reporting! What do you think it was? Early Fourth of July celebration maybe?”
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7Lower Saucon Township, PA 2 weeks ago
“🤣”
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5IL 2 weeks ago
“Hey it’s OP. Update: as I drove off after hitting submit I heard more shots off to my right. Was hoping they weren’t aiming at me, but the tree-line obscured the shooter. Probably nothing but you never know!”
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4Fairview Heights 3 weeks ago
“Did it sound like it could be anything? Explosion, fireworks, etc.”
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5O'Fallon 1 month ago
“Thanks for reporting! Maybe you should report it to the police.”
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5Edwardsville 1 month ago
“Thanks for the report! 💥”
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5Collinsville 1 month ago
“Thank you for reporting, BOOMer! 💥”
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5Fairview Heights 1 month ago
“Thanks for reporting!”
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10Saint Louis, MO 2 months ago
“Maybe a jet?🛩️”
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10Collinsville 2 months ago
“Another 10/10?! What’s happening today? Yikes! 💥”
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4Fairview Heights 2 months ago
“Any guesses as to what it was?”
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5Fairview Heights 2 months ago
“Was it something “mechanical” perhaps? Like something you’d hear from an auto shop? 🤣”
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7Crestwood, MO 2 months ago
“Aha! A boom from the past!”
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7Belleville 2 months ago
“Any idea what it was?”
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7Grantwood Village, MO 2 months ago
“Thanks for reporting!”
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7Mesquite, NV 2 months ago
“Nevada!”
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5VA 2 months ago
“Wow, all the way from Virginia! 💥”
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4Troy Crossing 2 months ago
“So was there ever a consensus on what this was?”
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9City of Yonkers, NY 2 months ago
“Any idea what it was? Hopefully nothing dangerous.”
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8MO 2 months ago
“Sweet! 🧨💥”
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5Fairview Heights 2 months ago
“What is your theory on what it is?”
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4Fairview Heights 3 months ago
“Any theories?”
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6Belleville 3 months ago
“That sounds reasonable in March! 🤣”
BOOMer #C6E1 -
5Barnhart, MO 3 months ago
“Controlled blast I hope?! 😆”
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5Maryville 3 months ago
“Any update?”
BOOMer #4BC3 1 -
5Fairview Heights 3 months ago
“I’m wondering if it was an explosion too. Texted someone I know that lives right up that Bunkum Road hill but she didn’t feel anything at her house.”
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1IL 3 months ago
“Country road boom looks like”
BOOMer #9E12 -
5East St. Louis 3 months ago
“Sounded like fireworks to me”
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3Troy Crossing 3 months ago
“It was probably thunder. There was a rainstorm in this area of Collinsville yesterday.”
BOOMer #A8E2 -
2Mascoutah 3 months ago
“What’s up, Mascoutah BOOMer! ✌️”
BOOMer #9D81 -
3Belleville 3 months ago
“What do you think it could be?”
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5Maryville 3 months ago
“Any theories on what it could’ve been?”
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5IL 3 months ago
“Keep us posted!”
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5Jerseyville, IL 3 months ago
“Woo! Jerseyville representing!”
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6Collinsville 3 months ago
“Any update on this”
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5Belleville 3 months ago
“Was this the transformer that blew?”
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7Sullivan, IL 3 months ago
“Did you ever figure out what it was? Military sounds vague! 😳”
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6Fairview Heights 3 months ago
“You ever figure out what it was? Looks like someone else heard it too.”
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5Collinsville 3 months ago
“I’m so glad comments are open now because I’ve been dying to know more about this one!”
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6Belleville 3 months ago
“This must’ve been a doozy! 💥”
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