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7 Officials: 'Mysterious boom' was sonic boom, probably - 3/04/09 - Los Angeles-Southern...Page 7 of 10 By Eileen Frere ORANGE, Calif. (KABC) -- That "mysterious boom" rattled a lot of nerves and a lot of windows Tuesday night. Local authorities were swamped with phone calls from anxious residents. Orange County seems to have gotten the worst of it. Some people say it felt like an earthquake, although they say their homes didn't shake, but they heard rattling of doors and windows. Others thought someone was trying to break in to their homes. Morning coffee in Placentia and the talk centers around what happened Tuesday night. Thousands of people in Orange County felt something between 9 and 9:30 p.m. "At about 9 o'clock, I'd say, there was a mild shaking," said Fullerton resident Daniel Ungerleider. "I felt my windows rattling a lot, and it was only for about 10 seconds." Story continues below Advertisement Internet Explorer cannot disp Most likely causes: You are not connected to the The website is encountering There might be a typing erro What you can try: Diagnose Connection Problem A number of law enforcement agencies logged calls at the same time Tuesday night. "Most of the people, it was that somebody was either jiggling the door knob, or the door itself, or there was some movement on the window making them believe that there was a prowler," said Sgt. Rick Martinez, Anaheim Police Dept. "I was just sitting there with my roommate watching TV, and all of a sudden it was just like, I heard my windows shaking and we were kind of moving a little bit and I looked at her and I was like, 'Was that an earthquake?'," said Fullerton resident Olivia Vazques. "She's like, 'I don't know.'" According to U.S. Geological Survey officials, they did not record any earthquakes Tuesday night that would be felt across the county. The National Weather Service says there were no reports of strong wind or unusual weather. "I've seen a lot of action in the sky. You know, a lot of rocket, kind of missile-looking kind of things going on," said Placentia resident Laura Meloni. After reviewing data, USGS officials say what they believe rattled windows did in fact come from the sky, a sonic boom likely caused by a high-speed jet. Officials say it was likely a military jet. They are capable of producing a sonic boom, breaking the sound barrier. But where exactly that jet came from and what was it doing still isn't clear. MORE LOCAL HEADLINES FROM ORANGE COUNTY USEFUL LINKS: SEND TIP REPORT TYPO WIDGET (Copyright 2009 KABC-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.) Print Article 14 comments Post A Comment 1 ORANGEC 3/4/09 6:15 PM PST Im in san clemente and my kitchen window rattled it was wird! Mark As Violation 2 lil.dbones 3/4/09 7:21 PM PST I'm in Yorba Linda and we had windows rattle too. Question is, if it was a "sonic boom" where was the "boom". There was no noise, only rattling and it lasted for longer then what I've experienced with past sonic "booms". It also happened twice in a 15 minute period Mark As Violation 3 darryl.gay 3/5/09 6:34 AM PST In south Corona, it felt like a mild earthquake. Last week there was an "unexplained" fireball over Texas, monday an "unexpected" asteroid passed really close to earth, tuesday we get these sonic booms, and now NASA says a failed satellite launch crashed into the Arctic ocean. I went to public school, I did...but something doesn't seem right here. They all cannot be coincidence... Mark As Violation

8 Officials: 'Mysterious boom' was sonic boom, probably - 3/04/09 - Los Angeles-Southern...Page 8 of 10 View All Comments 4-14Collapse Comments 4 gramma51 3/5/09 6:57 AM PST What nerve, things dont happen in OC, after all its a up scale neighborhood,,,,,,,,,,,hahaha Mark As Violation 5 rickppw 3/5/09 9:25 AM PST I live in the Ghetto. I felt the WHOLE HOUSE shake... it was at the same time my Meth Lab exploded! Mark As Violation 6 bludude 3/5/09 9:56 AM PST #4/5, you're hilarious! Although, I live bordering O.C./L.A. counties and my french doors rattled. I thought it had something to do with the Asteroid over the U.S. and didn't question it. Mark As Violation 7 bludude 3/5/09 9:58 AM PST I suppose it could have been a boom cause by military jets. Have been seeing numerous (more than usual) flying overhead the past week, including military helicopters. Mark As Violation 8 angelswolfeyes 3/5/09 9:59 AM PST This is strange. I live in Fullerton and never felt a single thing nor heard anything. Mark As Violation 9 troyhoff 3/5/09 10:04 AM PST Our doors and windows rattled out here in Temecula about 10 minutes ago. It sounded like another sonic boom. First OC on Tuesday, then the central coast yesterday, and now the IE. It's a conspiracy, I tell you! Aliens are coming to take away my foil hat! RUN!!!! Mark As Violation 10 gonzalez411 3/5/09 10:18 AM PST In Murrieta we felt 2 of them today 1 at about 9:15 a small one and another at about 9:45 that one was kind of scary. Anyone know what it was? Mark As Violation Top Of PagePost A Comment 11 JeanneSize 3/5/09 10:19 AM PST It was probably just North Korea, China or Russia testing an ICBM. You gots to saves us Mr. Obama, lordy, lordy! Mark As Violation 12 alex.albaran 3/5/09 11:08 AM PST OSAMA BIN LADDEN!!!!!!! Mark As Violation 13 nickamendez 3/5/09 2:08 PM PST Here In Murrieta,ca. we have been felling the booms alday long we have had around 10 of them and the millitary says that it is not them and they say that it was not an earthquake well should we fell safe or should we fell ok some one is not telling the truth. Mark As Violation 14 makeusee2002 3/5/09 2:16 PM PST I live in Hollywood, and on Saturday had the same thing happen. Our windows shook and my iron gates rattled. My first thought was a quake but then having lived in the AV I knew it was "sonic" in nature. Question is from where? Mark As Violation (Max. 500 Characters) abc7.com and its parent and affiliated companies are not responsible for the content of comments posted above or for anything arising out of use of the above comments or other interaction among the users. While we may delete comments and block or take other action against users who we determine at our discretion have violated our rules, we cannot always do so. Please see our Terms of Use for additional policies applicable to these comments. Post By commenting, you agree to our Terms of Use. abc7 News Team Eileen Frere As our "Eyewitness News" Orange County Bureau Chief, Eileen Frere can be found covering stories across the O.C. from wildfires to landslides... Story Tools Print Comment

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