Huge mystery boom heard over county - big bang theory!

6:48pm Thursday 12th April 2012 in Headlines Photograph of the Author By Amanda Williams

POLICE have been inundated with calls about loud bang, believed to be a series of sonic booms.

Fire crews are also investigating the source of the noise and Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue are liaising with neighbouring counties.

Thames Valley Police duty inspector Phil Rogers said people have reported the noise, from Chipping Norton, Burford, Banbury and North Newington, right out to Swindon and Warwick.

He said: “There have been no reports of any casualties or damage.

“We believe it could be a sonic boom from a supersonic aircraft.”

He added that he believed it to be more than a single incident as the reports were so far spread.

Some have reported the noise was so loud it ‘shook their house’.

Comments(39)

dee white says...
6:59pm Thu 12 Apr 12

people on face book are blowing it all out off proportion claiming it to be anything from a bomb to an earthquake...hmmmm

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Tonyblairisthedevil says...
7:01pm Thu 12 Apr 12

I think its Aliens... just you watch... i am off now to put my tin foil hat on so they cannot scan what brain cells i have left...

But i better go and panic buy some fuel and food first before the daily mail tells everyone to do it

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littlebirdblue2012 says...
7:02pm Thu 12 Apr 12

I live in Carterton and our house shook. Our neighbour came round and said his ceiling fan vibrated so much he thought it was going to fall off!

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Tonyblairisthedevil says...
7:06pm Thu 12 Apr 12

Sonic Boom from Prototype Aircraft....

Either that or Jesus has made an appearance.

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harryw11 says...
7:06pm Thu 12 Apr 12

It was crab people

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Tonyblairisthedevil says...
7:08pm Thu 12 Apr 12

harryw11 wrote:
It was crab people
I knew it... bloody crab people..

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dee white says...
7:10pm Thu 12 Apr 12

just read the oxford mail website police have said it was a sonic boom http://www.oxfordmai
l.co.uk/news/9646658
.Huge_mystery_boom_h
eard_over_county___b
ig_bang_theory_/... sorry no aliens this time,:-)

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Sonicthehedgehog says...
7:12pm Thu 12 Apr 12

Sorry, it was me overtaking the crab.... Put me paws down a bit too hard.

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dee white says...
7:14pm Thu 12 Apr 12

Tonyblairisthedevil wrote:
I think its Aliens... just you watch... i am off now to put my tin foil hat on so they cannot scan what brain cells i have left...

But i better go and panic buy some fuel and food first before the daily mail tells everyone to do it
dam, just went to the shop to get my tin foil they sold out ... you where right peole must be panic buying it ;-)

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eyefriend says...
7:15pm Thu 12 Apr 12

dee white wrote:
people on face book are blowing it all out off proportion claiming it to be anything from a bomb to an earthquake...hmmmm
I too live in Carterton- heard it and felt it- house shaking! If it was a sonic boom- wish they'd warn people so they wouldn't panic!

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Sonicthehedgehog says...
7:16pm Thu 12 Apr 12

Oh aaaw right.

We heard it in lechlade.... Great loud, but short, bang.

Sounded like our air folk.... In something quick.

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YellowRose says...
7:17pm Thu 12 Apr 12

In Witney, heard what I thought was thunder followed by aeroplane noise so realised probably just the usual from Brize Norton but glad it wasn't in the night!

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littlebirdblue2012 says...
7:17pm Thu 12 Apr 12

was heard in Poole and Coventry too so no way can it be a 'sonic boom'

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ryanassbanditnash says...
7:17pm Thu 12 Apr 12

i was bent over taking my pants off and they hit the floor too hard, 12 months without washing them eeeek sorry about the bang lol

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Tonyblairisthedevil says...
7:19pm Thu 12 Apr 12

Are you sure there is no mother ship hiding behind a few of those clouds...

Independance day was based in a true story you know...

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gfof81 says...
7:20pm Thu 12 Apr 12

Earthquakes in Britain are not unheard of. Considering it was felt as far as coventry and rugby suggests that an earthquake is exactly what it was. It would have to be a ridiculously big aircraft to cause that much of a sonic boom. Either way its certainly nothing to panic about. Unfortunately common sense seems to be missing from this report.

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dee white says...
7:21pm Thu 12 Apr 12

eyefriend wrote:
dee white wrote:
people on face book are blowing it all out off proportion claiming it to be anything from a bomb to an earthquake...hmmmm
I too live in Carterton- heard it and felt it- house shaking! If it was a sonic boom- wish they'd warn people so they wouldn't panic!
most people in my street heard it as well i did not hear a dam thing ..gutted now fell like i missed out on something ... i did think some thing was up as we had two police patroling the road then started running .... talk about every man for himself then ...

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moretonmatt says...
7:23pm Thu 12 Apr 12

littlebirdblue2012 wrote:
was heard in Poole and Coventry too so no way can it be a 'sonic boom'
i lived in north cornwall years ago. concorde flew in from usa every day at about 5.25pm you could hear/feel the sonic boom from her when she was still over the irish sea. a good 200miles out. no supersonic flying is actually allowed over land due to damage to buildings and windows. but sometimes raf etc break the rules coz they might have to for training purposes. what with russia and korea posing a very real threat nowadays to our air space.

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littlebirdblue2012 says...
7:23pm Thu 12 Apr 12

dee white wrote:
eyefriend wrote:
dee white wrote:
people on face book are blowing it all out off proportion claiming it to be anything from a bomb to an earthquake...hmmmm
I too live in Carterton- heard it and felt it- house shaking! If it was a sonic boom- wish they'd warn people so they wouldn't panic!
most people in my street heard it as well i did not hear a dam thing ..gutted now fell like i missed out on something ... i did think some thing was up as we had two police patroling the road then started running .... talk about every man for himself then ...
Haha Love it "every man for himself"

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ryanassbanditnash says...
7:28pm Thu 12 Apr 12

sonic boom everytime i shake my ghetto booty :P lol

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dee white says...
7:29pm Thu 12 Apr 12

gfof81 wrote:
Earthquakes in Britain are not unheard of. Considering it was felt as far as coventry and rugby suggests that an earthquake is exactly what it was. It would have to be a ridiculously big aircraft to cause that much of a sonic boom. Either way its certainly nothing to panic about. Unfortunately common sense seems to be missing from this report.
i fully agree i looked on face book after my friend said she heard it and thats where people are saying it was a bomb and other rubbish, really get a grip .... did not know it was heard in coventry as well as you say kind of blows the sonic boom idea out the window,

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moretonmatt says...
7:29pm Thu 12 Apr 12

the sky over moreton is alive with military planes. im an aircraft enthusiast and today there were. usaf F15's high up, an raf a330mrtt low level. gr4 tornado and two eurofighter typhoons buzzing about. all gone now. left about an hour ago. but the boom happened when they were flying about. must be some exercise today.

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VintageCowgirl says...
7:35pm Thu 12 Apr 12

We heard it in warwickshire (near southam). I was looking out of the window at the time & every bird shot straight up in the air. We thought it was a gas explosion, it rattled everything. Friends online heard it in Rugby, Leamington & Coventry.

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Nastyashman says...
7:36pm Thu 12 Apr 12

Relax everyone, it was just a MASSIVE ****...

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littlebirdblue2012 says...
7:39pm Thu 12 Apr 12

http://www.bbc.co.uk
/news/uk-england-176
97328

MoD are saying it was from a typhoon

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NDenny says...
7:40pm Thu 12 Apr 12

There was weird stuff going on over Bath an hour ago. Jet fighters all over the place and then I noticed this thing hovering very high in the sky. Full set of pics for you to zoom in on and speculate. The object seemed to be drifting and then got covered by cloud. The jets were definetely interested in it though.

http://www.flickr.co
m/photos/pallidcreat
ures/7071398119/size
s/o/in/set-721576294
37504062/

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Sonicthehedgehog says...
7:47pm Thu 12 Apr 12

Yeah, that was me......

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carolshort says...
8:05pm Thu 12 Apr 12

we heard it in great rollright and i heard a aircraft but i couldn@t see it

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carolshort says...
8:07pm Thu 12 Apr 12

carolshort wrote:
we heard it in great rollright and i heard a aircraft but i couldn@t see it
we heard it in great rollright and i heard a aircraft but couldn't see it

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eyefriend says...
8:24pm Thu 12 Apr 12

http://www.bbc.co.uk
/news/uk-england-176
97328

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EricTheRed says...
8:54pm Thu 12 Apr 12

the world is ending!!! better go and panic buy some petrol in a foil bag

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TheLastBaron says...
9:47pm Thu 12 Apr 12

All seems a bit fishy

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Unreal22 says...
10:30pm Thu 12 Apr 12

I think it's Quite Funny if a Helicopter needed Assistance... Do they Normally Dispatch not just 1 but 2 Typhoons ? for a Possible Downed helicopter ? or was the Helicopter interacting maybe with something.. ? ?, if so then i did'nt know Typhoons were Vertical take off and landing Craft lol, also thats a lot of hardware for a helicopter needing assistance, Can typhoons Hover ? lol :D, and last,Did the Helicopter come across something "other worldly" ? if so "Who care's" ?.. Grow up maybe, would be nice to know were not alone ! or is that wishful thinking :/ lol

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Geoff Roberts says...
11:13pm Thu 12 Apr 12

It's the illuminati using HAARP in Alaska to create freak weather patterns in order to make us all fear the reptilians and keep in line.

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lsp113 says...
12:31pm Fri 13 Apr 12

I live in London and I heard it twice this week, first one afternoon whilst at work and then secondly at approx 5.30pm when I had just got home from work I thought then it must have been the workmen working opposite demolishing and rebuilding the local school.....

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Dasdard says...
4:32pm Fri 13 Apr 12

I didn't hear a thing and I have a feeling that is contrary to my human rights. I blame the government.

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boby19398 says...
2:25pm Sat 14 Apr 12

To put the record right it was two TYPHOONS sonic boom all because a fase alarm..

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J B Blackett says...
2:58pm Sun 15 Apr 12

I heard it and I was in Reykjavik at the time.
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But , hey folks - come on -it wasn't anything as loud as our fairly recent Eyjafjallajökull volcano explosion. You Englisch ; wimpy or what !
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Apparently there's another 'bang' scheduled for next week. And don't panic this time.

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Buntcuster says...
3:32pm Mon 16 Apr 12

Don't panic it was just the missus falling out of bed

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