Fireballs
"The whole apartment shook so I was pretty confused. I didn't know what was going on," said Rita Langston of Henderson.
That's the mystery that has the Tri-State talking as we start off the new year. What was that boom? It even took social media by storm with comments rolling in on a post made on the Henderson Watch Facebook page.
"Some of them were saying they heard it in Newburgh, in Evansville, and on the south side of Henderson," Langston said.
They found nothing, just like Muskego police. Instead, they may have witnessed a relatively rare weather phenomenon.
Just after noon on Sunday, the noise ruffled some feathers in southeastern Wisconsin.
"I was watching TV and then I heard a really loud boom," said Michelle Bykowski. "Kinda sounded like something happened in my garage, like it collapsed or something."
From Waukesha to Franklin, Caledonia to Wind Lake, Wisconsinites took to Facebook, asking if others heard a loud booming noise -- like an explosion...
The flash was captured in home surveillance video from Feickert Drive.
The Elk Grove Police Department said the incident is just one example of loud booms people have been reporting for weeks.
"We both jumped out of bed because one of the pictures fell from the wall," said Amy Mantanane.
Two videos were uploaded to the AMS website.
Credit: Jason Sewell.
Loud booms followed by ground shakes were observed by various residents across Tucson at around 11 a.m. Tuesday. Reports of the booms came from various parts of the Old Pueblo, including Marana, the Catalina Foothills and the southwest side of town.
While many Tucsonans speculated that the cause may have been from an earthquake, News 4 Tucson Chief Meteorologist Matt Brode and experts with the University of Arizona said that there was not seismic activity observed near Tucson during that timeframe.
Holy crap did anybody see that huge flaming ball crash by lake allegan ~Robert JamesSome residents in Allegan are left scratching their heads this morning wondering just what happened Sunday evening. An Allegan area resident posted to a social media group called Allegan County Informed on the evening of Sunday, December 27 stating he saw a large fireball come from the sky before crashing into Allegan Lake.
The alleged fireball and resulting crash into Lake Allegan was said to have happened around 6:50 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The resident that claimed to see it all said he saw a "Crazy purple greenish color it made a high pitched squeal going through the sky" before it crashed in or near Lake Allegan.
The fireball was seen from New Jersey to North Carolina right around 7:30 p.m. People reported it as very bright, moving from left to right and seeming to dissolve or flame out at the end. Color reports varied from bright white to orange, red, yellow and ending in green.
One observer wrote it looked like a "trail of fire in the sky."
Residents were shocked wondering what had happened. People heard a thumping sound as their doors, windows and cars shook around 8 pm.
"I was surfing the Internet when I heard a loud sound as if someone had smashed my door. I ignored it, but later got calls from my friends, who said they had a similar experience," said Kunal, a Mohali resident.
"I was sitting in my car when it suddenly shook to my utter surprise. I do not know what is was," said Ravi, a resident of Sector 44, Chandigarh.
Comment: See also: Mysterious booms reported in the Tucson, Arizona area