Sonic boom from Department of Defense aircraft jars residents in DMV area; DoD confirms no threat to public

Rattled residents took to Twitter to report hearing some sort of explosion in the area at around 3 p.m. on Sunday.

A thunderous explosion heard across the Washington Metropolitan area on Sunday afternoon was a sonic boom from a Department of Defense aircraft, according to officials.

Rattled residents took to Twitter to report hearing some sort of explosion in the area at around 3 p.m. on Sunday.

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“There is no threat at this time,” the DC Homeland Security & Emergency Management said in a tweet regarding the loud noise.

Read more at NBCNews.com.


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