Several people called Hamilton police last weekend reporting, a “big, large booming sound” that caused homes to shake and rattle.
One theory was that the boom could have been caused by military planes conducting training exercises in the area.
Ohio Air National Guard fighter jets from the 180th Fighter Wing’s F-16 Fighting Falcons have been conducting training exercises close to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, but Staff Sgt. Shane Hughes, a spokesman for the Toledo-based unit, said it wasn’t a wayward F-16 that caused the boom.
“You wouldn’t believe it, but I have been asked that question several times,” Hughes told the Journal-News. “But it wasn’t any of our jets that caused that.”
Darin Hubble, public affairs superintendent at the 122nd Fighter Wing Base in Fort Wayne, Ind., said there were no operations being held in the area on Sunday.
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“Plus, we don’t fly any aircraft that would cause a sonic boom,” he said.
Hamilton police Sgt. Brian Robinson said no cause has been determined and no accidents or injuries were reported by residents or business owners.
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