Fire in the Sky

Explosion like boom blamed on fighter jet test in Ohio

13abc.com
Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:03 UTC

People in a part of northwest Ohio now know why their windows shook Thursday morning from what they thought was an explosion.

Turns out it was a sonic boom.

The 180th Fighter Wing confirms that a pilot took an F-16 fighter jet out for a test flight after technicians finished some work on it at Toledo Express Airport. The test required the plane to be throttled up to supersonic speeds, resulting in a boom heard all over Seneca County southeast of Toledo.

Officials with the 180th say when conducting such tests, pilots try to keep the disruptions down by flying to areas not heavily populated.

Comment: This article quotes an Air Force officer, "planes aren't allowed to fly fast enough to create a sonic boom over U.S. land, except over some remote areas."

Reader Comments

Al Today · 2007-09-18T08:12:40Z

Ohio again in the news?

Why all the attention in Ohio?

Laura · 2007-09-18T18:32:50Z

And another?

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"What sounded like sonic booms in the North Myrtle Beach area Wednesday night were probably made by fighter jets from Shaw Air Force Base conducting routine training exercises, an official said.

"Shaw F-16 pilots are conducting night training this week and were flying off the coast of the Grand Strand between 10:30 p.m. and 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, said Judy Lewis with the public affairs division of Shaw Air Force Base."

And what about this one?
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"Was it a meteor, the military or a UFO? A Lexington family is trying to figure out the origin of an unusual light they saw near North Myrtle Beach, S.C. last week."

This one: [Link]

"The countrymen of Carancas (Peru) saw a luminous object that produced a loud sound when it impacted. Apparently it was a meteorite that crashed near the border with Bolivia. [...]

"At the site of impact, said the agency, there were unknown remains of "calcified" mass. The incident didn't affect anyone, but the sound and the explosion were of a great magnitude."

This one: [Link]

"Villagers in southern Peru were struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area, regional authorities said Monday.

"Around midday Saturday, villagers were startled by an explosion and a fireball that many were convinced was an airplane crashing near their remote village, located in the high Andes department of Puno in the Desaguadero region, near the border with Bolivia.

"Residents complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odor," local health department official Jorge Lopez told Peruvian radio RPP."

I think something is up...

Simmi · 2007-09-19T08:58:00Z

Tipping Point

It is coming to a world near you.

I am no expert and like the stink from the crater, something does smell fishy - excuse the pun.

Slow moving, glowing green/blue meteors, other meteors (read UFO) reported almost daily. UFO sightings on the increase, more and more training exercises out to sea where you count them out and back in again minus one or two [accidental losses no doubt] and you do not have to be a rocket scientist to come to a conclusion that this cannot be a good thing.

Something is definitely up