Authorities and residents in Colorado are trying to figure out what caused a mysterious, loud booming sound Monday night, the latest in a series of strange booms reported across the country.
According to the Tech Times, residents in the Colorado towns of Lakewood, Brighton, Lochbuie and Elizabeth reported what sounded like an "explosion" or a "sonic boom" around 9 p.m. The boom was so powerful that it shook windows and left people bewildered, and some just a little frightened.
"It was just like boom and the trailer shook, and I thought, 'what the heck was that?’” resident Ray Armijo told ABC7. "It kind of scared me a bit.”
Lochbuie Police Chief Tracey McCoy told ABC7 there were no reports of property damage or injuries but residents remained a little shook up.
"Some stuff in my room visibly moved," Aleja Moronez said. "Some posters fell off the wall."
Authorities do not know the source of the sound. The Federal Aviation Administration and nearby Buckley Air Force Base said there were no operations at the time of the incident.
One theory is that the sound was a meteorite or a bolide, which is a large meteorite that explodes in the atmosphere. Others speculated on the Lochbuie Police Department's Facebook page that the sound might have come from a deep earthquake or even, some joked, an alien invasion.
Booming sounds have also been reported in other parts of the United States, including New Jersey, Alabama, Idaho and Detroit.
The Colorado boom comes less than a week after the so-called "Bama Boom" shook parts of Alabama.
https://www.wunderground.com/news/2017-11-24-colorado-booming-sounds
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