Folks staying on the East Coast of United States were startled by sonic booms on Jan. 28 as a F-35C carried out flight tests over the Atlantic test range off the coast of New Jersey.
By U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist Eli K. Buguey [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The United States Geological Survey said on its website that at least nine sonic booms were recorded over approximately one and a half hours.
Some residents living in South Jersey and parts of New York state called the local police department thinking they were earthquakes.
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