THose sounds have been happening for years off the coast of North Carolina. I remember the old timers telling us the “booms” were the sounds of Blackbeard’s ghost firing his cannon, still fighting the colonials.
Those booms off the North Carolina coast are classified according to the “F” scale...
As in,
F-4
F-14
F-15
F-16
F-18
and possibly
F-22
F-35
We tried really hard to create “H” booms, but could never get our “Hogs” out of MCAS New River much above 200mph...
;-)
Ponygirl, we used to live at Carolina Beach right at Snow’s Cut. We would hear the booms all the time. Nobody ever knew what they were as far as I know. It would rattle the windows.