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Unusual Sonic Boom Over Central Florida
10-31-01 | Ovrtaxt

Posted on 10/31/2001 3:17:25 PM PST by ovrtaxt

Did anyone else hear a single, very loud, very defined sonic boom over the north Tampa Bay area today about 11:00 AM? There was nothing on the news about it this evening.

It wasn't the shuttle, there was no shuttle landing today, and the shuttle makes a series of 'softer' booms as it decelerates over Florida. This is unusual because the jets that fly from MacDill Airbase in South Tampa (central command headquarters) have to follow a flight path out into the Gulf of Mexico before going supersonic. There was no jet engine noise at all.


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To: ovrtaxt
Maybe they were scrambling over the nuke facility at Crystal River. That would make sense. Maybe they were up really high. When I was little, we lived in California and the sonic booms out there around LA were usually of the loud variety you described as having never heard before.
61 posted on 11/01/2001 6:53:09 AM PST by floriduh voter
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To: Slippery Fish
Reenactment for you: "B O O M."
62 posted on 11/01/2001 6:55:43 AM PST by floriduh voter
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To: Hatteras; ovrtaxt
Like this?....FREgards
63 posted on 11/01/2001 11:01:51 AM PST by gonzo
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To: gonzo
No, I didn't say 'red x in a box', I said 'donut on a rope', you know, like this:


64 posted on 11/01/2001 12:05:08 PM PST by Hatteras
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To: Chapita
Good to see your name on this thread.
65 posted on 11/01/2001 12:23:49 PM PST by yarddog
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To: ovrtaxt
Yep, clearly heard by Honeymoon Island........
66 posted on 11/01/2001 12:29:45 PM PST by litehaus
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To: ovrtaxt
No, I didn't hear it. Had my windows open, and I'm about 10 miles (due west) as the crow flies from Mac Dill.

5.56mm

67 posted on 11/01/2001 12:32:03 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: ovrtaxt
Or her thighs rumbling as she walked.
68 posted on 11/01/2001 12:36:22 PM PST by Minty
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To: Hatteras
Oh crap! We're both trying to link to Geo-Cities! They don't allow us to do that, soooooo, I'll load it on my website, and post it from there.

Gimme a coupla weeks....FRegards

69 posted on 11/01/2001 5:37:56 PM PST by gonzo
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