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werdna

(1,229 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:19 PM 4 hrs ago

According to the National Weather Service out of Cleveland, the sonic boom that many reported hearing in Ohio and Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning was from a meteor. More and video/audio at link.

https://earthsky.org/earth/sonic-boom-from-a-meteor-cleveland-ohio-and-pennsylvania-mar-17-2026/

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Sonic boom from a meteor shakes Ohio and Pennsylvania (Original Post) werdna 4 hrs ago OP

We heard it in Cleveland. PittBlue 4 hrs ago #1

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1. We heard it in Cleveland.

Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:44 PM

4 hrs ago

Scared us…we live 3 miles from the airport and thought maybe it was being bombed! Because you just don’t know what hell is next.