http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-loccfbriefs01110102nov01,0,1115324.story?coll=orl%2Dnews%2Dheadlines
Unexplained 'boom' scares area residents Orlando Sentinel November 1,2002 The mystery of the big bang took on a whole different meaning for some Central Florida residents spooked by a thunderous boom Thursday. Shortly after 4:30 p.m. emergency operators in Seminole and Volusia counties were swamped with calls about the window-rattling boom, but no one has been able to explain what caused the sound. "We've gotten scores of calls," said Seminole County sheriff's spokesman Steve Olson. "It caused all sorts of rattling in the western part of Seminole County." Most of the complaints came from people living west of Interstate 4 from Sanford to Longwood. Dispatchers for sheriff's offices in Lake, Volusia and Seminole counties attributed the boom to a flyby of the Navy's Blue Angels, based in Pensacola. But the precision flight team was nowhere in the area, according to public affairs officers at Patrick Air Force Base in Brevard County and McDill Air Force Base in Tampa. "From all accounts, there were no military aircraft in the area whatsoever," said Capt. Susan Romano, public affairs officer for the 45th Space Wing at Patrick. The Federal Aviation Administration tower at Orlando International Airport reported no military aircraft in the area, as well. No military aircraft capable of breaking the sound barrier left McDill on Thursday, said Lt. Michal Kloeffoer. "We don't have any fighter aircraft scheduled to come here until the middle of next month," she said. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
