U.S. Geological Survey says the alarming sound that rocked the Boston area Saturday was a sonic boom caused by a meteor.

The cause of a massive sonic boom over South Carolina is still a mystery as residents and US officials scramble to identify ...

The U.S. Geological Survey said the sound was heard and felt across Columbia and the Midlands on Thursday, May 28.

A meteor expert says a Lexington home camera caught the likely culprit: an aircraft breaking the sound barrier, not a ...

A huge noise rattled part of the state on Thursday. Multiple theories have been put forward, but the mystery remains.

At 5:24 p.m. May 28, a great many people in the Columbia area heard a loud boom and felt the structures they were in shake.

Two bases say it wasn't them. NASA reported no meteor. A leading theory: an aircraft went supersonic, and the sound bounced for miles.

People living in and around the nation’s capital experienced a rare, if startling, sound that has a rich history in American aviation and possibly a muted future: A sonic boom. The boom was heard ...

Midlands residents heard a loud boom and felt a noticeable shake late Thursday afternoon as many people were getting home from work ...

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