Blasting sound heard around coventry

I live in Gaydon, 2 mins from Kineton MOD base. If that went up I would be dead.

South UK here....really bad thunder all day, enough to raise an eyebrow or two to even the biggest storm lover like me.

CX.

wow
meteorite
sign of the times maybe
i hope not
this made me jump out of my chair
bloody scary times if it is

Again don't think it is thunder. Blue skys in the midlands. Still not sure what it is. People saying sonic bomb and leamington cement explosion. But nothing is confirmed yet. BBC News apparently mentioned the MOD are looking into an explosion sound hear in the midlands.

From Swindon, and we heard it, it was incredibly loud!! Everyone on Facebook is going crazy!!

Below is a link to the current BBC info on the matter

www.bbc.co.uk...

Is this a new cover up??? Here take a read

Birmingham Airport dismissed suggestions the sound could have been caused by a sonic boom as a plane came in to land.

Sonic boom's only have a lateral spread of 30miles, This has been heard way beyond 30 miles. The plane is also just landing just so how is this possible don't you have to be reaching a certain speed to break the barrier?

Originally posted by python1
I'm from Coventry, and i was in toilet when this happent .

Ahh, so we have the culprit.

BBC News

The Ministry of Defence is investigating reports of a loud bang that has been heard across a large part of England. Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service also said they were looking into what caused the mysterious noise heard at about 18:10 BST. Reports have come from across the West Midlands, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire. One Coventry resident said his house shook. "I thought somebody had thrown a brick through the window," he said. The MoD said it was looking into reports of a loud bang in Oxfordshire. There were reports of the noise being heard from as far apart as Bath, Swindon, Coventry, Rugby and Oxford. Birmingham Airport dismissed suggestions the sound could have been caused by a sonic boom as a plane came in to land.

Twitter feed list #coventry boom

Sonic boom then. Must of been a biggie

New twitter hash trend #bigboom Twitter feeds

Originally posted by Tomaff
People saying sonic bomb and leamington cement explosion. But nothing is confirmed yet.

I don't recall there being a cement factory in Leamington. I know there's one in Rugby though.

on the news
6.6 earthquake
in herefordshire
bbc website

Originally posted by JonoEnglish

Originally posted by python1
I'm from Coventry, and i was in toilet when this happent .

Ahh, so we have the culprit.

Ha ha ha

You made me laugh with that...thanks

PDUK

reply to post by davesmart


Doubt it Dave, they would know if it was a 6.6, there would be more than reports of a bang.

near Swindon also...it's being reported in the local media...

www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk...

www.bbc.co.uk...

MoD inquiry into mysterious bang

The Ministry of Defence is investigating reports of a loud bang that has been heard across a large part of England.

Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service also said it was looking into what caused the mysterious noise heard at about 18:10 BST.

Reports have come from across the West Midlands, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire.

One Coventry resident said his house shook. "I thought somebody had thrown a brick through the window," he said.

Some of those who heard it said the sound lasted just a few seconds.

The MoD said it was looking into reports of a loud bang in Oxfordshire.

The British Geological Survey also said it was investigating the incident.

There were reports of the noise being heard in Bath, Swindon, Coventry, Rugby and Oxford.

Birmingham Airport dismissed suggestions the sound could have been caused by a sonic boom as a plane came in to land.

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Originally posted by woogleuk
reply to post by davesmart

 

Doubt it Dave, they would know if it was a 6.6, there would be more than reports of a bang.

i really hope so
cos if thats a minor one
what else is in store
cheers
dave

MOD just confirmed it was sonic boom caused by two RAF Typhoons.

heres a really far out there idea

what if was a sonic boom
caused by a cloacked aircraft..
i know very far out
but never say never

Originally posted by noface
MOD just confirmed it was sonic boom caused by two RAF Typhoons.

REALLY ??

Do they make that sort of comotion and Air disturbance over such a large area ??

My knowledge of aircraft suggests that's a bit ambitious........ to blame 2 Typhoons......... Surely this would have occureed before UNLESS they were getting a 'Wiggle on' to intercept something else ???

PDUK

Could very well have been a couple of RAF jocks dropping too low over the west midlands whilst at mach #1, that would have definitely made some windows rattle across the region...or at least that will be the official "hush it up quick" coming out from the MOD within the next 24hrs.