Sonic Boom - Tyneside?
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Sonic Boom - Tyneside?
Hi, I was walking in Tynemouth tonight (Thurs) and just after 2230 heard a loud but distant bang to the North West. Deep with a lot of reverb/echo.
Police have no reports of explosions so I'm thinking a sonic boom perhaps.
Anyone hear it? Know if it was one?
Cheers
Dan
Police have no reports of explosions so I'm thinking a sonic boom perhaps.
Anyone hear it? Know if it was one?
Cheers
Dan
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What sort of distance is that do you reckon?
Nothing noticed here BTW.
Aircraft returning to Leeming tend to follow A68. Single (military) aircraft heard overflying last night, though cannot recall time.
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There is a large testing facility at Spadeadam where they periodically set off very large gas explosions. Hugely impressive - like a mini nuclear bomb. Always NOTAMed in advance, but not aware of ever having seen them at that time of the day.
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Got this reply from the BGS...
Hello Dan.
Thank you for your online enquiry. I have scrutinised the signals from
the nearest BGS seismograph sites to you for a good few minutes either
side of the date and time stated (10 January 2008 @ 22:30 UTC) and can
inform you that there was no evidence of a seismic disturbance, of any
kind, detected by the BGS seismograph network.
Regards,
Julian
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Julian Bukits
British Geological Survey
So it shall for ever remain a mystery.....
Cheers
Dan
Hello Dan.
Thank you for your online enquiry. I have scrutinised the signals from
the nearest BGS seismograph sites to you for a good few minutes either
side of the date and time stated (10 January 2008 @ 22:30 UTC) and can
inform you that there was no evidence of a seismic disturbance, of any
kind, detected by the BGS seismograph network.
Regards,
Julian
*****************************************************
Julian Bukits
British Geological Survey
So it shall for ever remain a mystery.....
Cheers
Dan
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