^

- We know it was big enough and high enough to be heard a long ways
- had a shockwave associated with it to shake houses

So it was either a secret gov. test, aliens, a weird meteor event, or a weird weather phenomenon

9/7/2008 11:52:08 PM

Or a Pony.

[Edited on September 7, 2008 at 11:53 PM. Reason : Those fucking ponies ]

9/7/2008 11:52:37 PM

Moron, I understand thats what I'm saying. It would be fairly obvious to anybody in the FAA or local airbases if it was a military aircraft. And most of them can't shake a house or knock somebody down from a sonic boom at 35,000 feet. If they are cruising on the deck, they sure as hell can, but it would not cover such a large fucking area. As you said, its too wide.

9/7/2008 11:56:30 PM

Oh i wasn't doubting or questioning you, just rephrasing what I said earlier in an easy-to-read manner incorporating your suggesting that it couldn't be a sonic boom.

9/7/2008 11:57:35 PM

I'm also a supporter of the meteor theory

9/8/2008 12:04:56 AM

wouldn't a meteor detonation that could be heard, be heard over a much much larger area? the atmosphere begins a looong way up

i'm still thinking earthquake. one of the strongest quakes in american history happened in NC....

[Edited on September 8, 2008 at 12:31 AM. Reason : wrongo. but we've had a few damaging ones in the last century]

9/8/2008 12:26:40 AM

Quote :

"the sheriff's office has called surrounding air bases and airports, and none reported a missing plane"

you got to be fucking kidding, PLANE MISSING?!?!


only in nc

9/8/2008 12:29:54 AM

^^ So a meteor you don't believe could happen, but you think an earthquake would cover an area that small and not be noticed by anyone else?

9/8/2008 12:31:07 AM

^^^ This was a pretty large area.

I don't think it was an earthquake because it wouldn't have caused a single, large explosion sound.

9/8/2008 12:32:02 AM

Quote :

"3. Mitchell County Earthquake - July 8, 1926 Centered in the southern part of Mitchell County, North Carolina, MMI VI-VII shaking occurred in the epicentral area. This sharp local earthquake toppled one chimney and cracked several others; cracked house foundations; moved houses on their foundations; broke water pipes; and threw glassware from shelves. The area of damage was about 0.5 miles long and 900 feet wide; but it was felt at least 6 miles from the epicenter and over an area of about 40,000 square miles (104,000 square kilometers). "

9/8/2008 12:33:33 AM

you fail

Quote :

"but it was felt at least 6 miles from the epicenter and over an area of about 40,000 square miles"

9/8/2008 12:36:06 AM

Quote :

"you got to be fucking kidding, PLANE MISSING?!?!"

hahahahahah

no one reported a missing plane, hahahahah

9/8/2008 12:43:33 AM

big ass meth lab or someone built some homemade ecksplosives.

9/8/2008 12:44:28 AM

"Yes, we seem to have a 48 million dollar jet missing but officials are working on it"

9/8/2008 12:45:51 AM

nah its pretty on the money. i can shout real loud and be heard for about sixteen square miles on a calm night.
my point is that they can be very focused on one spot

9/8/2008 12:50:35 AM

Quote :

"you got to be fucking kidding, PLANE MISSING?!?! "

what's so unbelievable about that?

9/8/2008 2:58:22 AM

What's unbelievable is that someone has to spell it out:

No planes are missing = All planes are accounted for = No reason to suspect a crash

9/8/2008 3:20:02 AM

could it be one of those weird atmospheric gas ignitions you hear about sometimes?

like the wrong mixture and then KAPOOOOOOOWEEEEEEEEEE

9/8/2008 3:21:34 AM

so no one found out yet.

cool, just keepin tabs.

9/8/2008 3:30:10 AM

It's Mother Earth reacting to ECU upsetting two ranked teams in a row. She was just a little off and hit the Clayton-Wendell area instead of Greenville.

9/8/2008 6:19:27 AM

what happened?

9/8/2008 6:31:57 AM

9/8/2008 6:41:06 AM

Quote :

"It's Mother Earth reacting to ECU upsetting two ranked teams in a row. She was just a little off and hit the Clayton-Wendell area instead of Greenville."

if that's true, then they beat Mother Earth too. Not a bad winning-streak.

9/8/2008 6:45:42 AM

WHA HA HAPPEN WUZ

9/8/2008 7:14:23 AM

Holy shit Jen is dumb.

9/8/2008 7:58:37 AM

Quote :

"Officials at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Wayne County said planes are not allowed to produce a sonic boom. All of the base's F-15s completed landing at 4:15 p.m., officials said. The National Weather Service officials said they did not know of any events – including an earthquake – that would have caused the noise."

9/8/2008 8:04:43 AM

What do you think, Scully?

9/8/2008 8:20:42 AM

My bad, that was me ejaculating. Totally evaporated the girl I was bwning.

9/8/2008 9:00:19 AM

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/region/N_America.php

Last one this side of the continent was last Wednesday in Missouri, and it was only a 2.7. I think we can safely rule out an earthquake.

9/8/2008 9:06:09 AM

I'm sure that someone knows what this was, but you'll probably never get an answer.

9/8/2008 9:07:49 AM

Quote :

"wouldn't a meteor detonation that could be heard, be heard over a much much larger area?"

I don't think this is always true. It would depend on the angle and speed at which the object entered the atmosphere, as well as the size of the object and at what point it broke up. If it came down almost vertical relative to the Earths surface then I think its entirely possible it would not make much noise until it got closer to the thicker atmosphere in lower altitudes. At that point, it could have finished breaking apart and/or blown up when it hit the higher density air close to the ground. I don't think people heard the sound of it travelling so much as the sound of it slamming into the thick air and just blowing the hell up. If it was a small one, say volleyball to car size, and blew up at a low altitude, then it would not be a huge explosion, and it would have only been heard for a few miles.

[Edited on September 8, 2008 at 9:18 AM. Reason : I still think the funniest would be redneck fireworks/homemade explosives.]

9/8/2008 9:15:36 AM

It was me....I fell down.

9/8/2008 9:16:45 AM

interesting, http://home.att.net/~thehessians/mysterybooms.html

9/8/2008 11:28:32 AM

it was definitely something ON THE GROUND

9/8/2008 5:13:22 PM

lol at nighthawk wanting it to be a meteor explosion so badly

9/8/2008 5:16:26 PM

we're looking into it

9/8/2008 5:17:37 PM

Im guessing a time traveler showed up sort of like in Terminator, hopefully it was myself from the future and he will show up with a sports almanac shortly.

9/8/2008 5:21:58 PM

The sheriff's dept. probaly thinks is the shenanigans of those trashy hispanics

http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/3502350/

9/8/2008 5:24:01 PM

helicopters flying over clayton now, looking for the source of the BOOM

9/8/2008 6:43:12 PM

rednecks + 55 gallon steel drum + oxy acetylene tanks is my official guess.

9/8/2008 7:01:48 PM

i bet it was black hole made by the LHC

9/8/2008 10:14:57 PM

My guess is that it has something to do with diesel fuel and fertilizer.

9/9/2008 12:21:08 AM

I bet it was somebody that popped your moms pantie strap

9/9/2008 7:19:14 AM

pretty weird that "they" haven't come out and said what the fuck happened.

a shit-ton of people's houses shook like crazy and they have no explanation?

9/9/2008 9:32:56 AM

pretty much, yes

WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO HAVE AN EXPLANATION? WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE MYSTERY?

9/9/2008 10:00:11 AM

i dont see how it could have been an explosion and traveled so far like that. it literally felt at my house like the water heater in my crawlspace VIOLENTLY exploded.

9/9/2008 10:13:25 AM

If it was a meteor someone needs to find the debris. That stuff is money.

9/9/2008 10:27:16 AM

I was on the golf course in clayton when the damn thing went off in my backswing. Not only was I scared out of my mind, I was pissed and the proceeding errand shot.

9/9/2008 10:31:39 AM

Oxygen bomb. I blew one up once in HS. Damn, couldnt hear anything for a week.

9/9/2008 10:37:57 AM

GREAT SCOTT

9/9/2008 10:41:38 AM