“Mystery booms” becoming frequent
It has happened again.
Sunday night (March 29) brought reports from the mid-Atlantic of a bright “mystery” flash followed by a loud boom.
A mysterious flash of light and loud boom occurred over the skies of Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Va., on Sunday night, but just what caused the phenomenon is still unknown.
Calls from local residents to 911 began coming in at around 9:45 p.m. EDT, with some people reporting their doors and windows rattled when the boom went off, according to reports from WVEC-TV.
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(Wakefield NWS forecaster Jeff Lewitsky) said meteorologists have looked back at their radar and lightning strike data during the time period and didn’t find anything that could explain the event. He also said they had received no more reports on the incident and no photos of the light streak have come in.
As of now, government officials and scientist cannot make up their minds as to the cause. At first it was a blamed on the remnants of a Russian space rocket falling to earth. Then the Air Force declared that they didn’t know what it was, but it certainly wasn’t man made. Now astronomers seem to believe that it was a meteor burning up and exploding as it entered the earth’s atmosphere.
It probably was a simple meteor–I have no idea. But aside from the major disappointment of missing this show, considering it happened right over top of my house, it does bring to mind some interesting stories from the last few weeks.
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