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UPDATE: NORAD has issued a statement explaining that the loud boom heard over northern Virginia, Washington D.C., and parts of Maryland was related to an “unresponsive aircraft” incident, with F-16s ...

LEONARDO, N.J. (PIX11) — Mysterious explosion-like sounds have residents of a small community in New Jersey on edge. Leonardo, located within Middletown Township, has about 2,700 residents. Some ...

A sonic boom heard across parts of the East and South East of England sounded like "an explosion", shook houses and set off car alarms, according to police emergency call data. The loud bang was heard ...

SLIDELL, La. — Tuesday night, the WWL-TV newsroom got multiple calls that there was a loud boom, or rumble sound, that shook people's windows in the Slidell area. People say their Ring doorbells also ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A loud boom had some residents in northern Utah questioning what they heard. Officials have since confirmed that the sound came from a controlled detonation from theUtah Test ...

Panicked residents in Norfolk and Suffolk have reported a huge bang over the counties, with many suspecting it to be a sonic boom.

Residents of Manheim, Lancaster County, reported a big explosion-like sound in the area around 4 p.m. Sunday. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8.A Lancaster County dispatcher told WGAL that the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. RAF Typhoon jets, like the one pictured, were called to escort a civilian aircraft in August [Getty Images] A sonic boom heard ...