Skyquakes

Skyquakes
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Background
Type	Phenomena
Continent	All
Country	All
One-Time?	No
Theories	· Meteorites  · Military aircraft  · Firearms  · Magnetic fields

Skyquakes are unexplained reports of a phenomenon that sounds like a cannon or a sonic boom coming from the sky. They have been heard in several locations around the world such as the banks of the river Ganges in India, the East Coast and inland Finger Lakes of the United States, as well as areas of the North Sea, Japan and Italy.

Description

Their sound has been described as being like distant but inordinately loud thunder while no clouds are in the sky large enough to generate lightning. Those familiar with the sound of cannon fire say the sound is nearly identical. The booms occasionally cause shock waves that rattle plates.

Possible Explanations

There are many explanations as to what the phenomenon could be. Theories include:

• Meteorites
• Military aircraft
• Firearms
• Magnetic anomalies

Trivia

• Early white settlers in North America were told by the native Haudenosaunee Iroquois that the booms were the sound of the Great Spirit continuing his work of shaping the earth.