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By Sheena Bodie

Published: March 20, 2009

UNDATED—A loud noise was heard shortly before 3 a.m. Friday morning in Aiken, Richmond and Columbia counties.

Local law enforcement agencies also report hearing the boom, but no one knows what caused it.

Chris Turner, and Aiken County resident, told WJBF News Channel 6’s Sheena Bodie what he saw and heard, in a phone interview. We have also been informed that two Aiken County Sheriff’s Office deputies reportedly saw a fireball in the sky.

According to the Director of the DuPont Planetarium at USC-Aiken, Gary Senn, the cause of the boom could have possibly been a meteor. Stay tuned to WJBF Newschannel 6 and WJBF.com for more on this developing story.

Let us know below by leaving a comment to let us know what you saw or heard. You can also report meteor/fireball sightings to the American Meteor Society’s website.

If you happened to capture a photo, video, or cellphone video, please email producers@wjbf.com .
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Posted by ( blue1 ) on March 23, 2009 at 2:22 am

I live in Idaho and on the 4th of March we had a similar thing happen about 5:15 pm. The windows shook and there was 3 loud booms. We thought that there was an earthquake or a plane crash or something,maybe a sonic boom. We contacted the local news and they said no earthquakes were reported, and no military maneuvers were being held at that time and basically that we didnt hear anything. I really wonder what this is, and if maybe they are doing testing and just not letting the public know. If it is happening across the map it seems very strange to me. I would like to know what this was.

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Posted by ( drevenkaine ) on March 22, 2009 at 11:01 pm

In case some of you did not know the same thing or very closely resembling the same thing happened on March 4th in orange county California. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/orange_county&id=6691649


there are no such things as coincidences

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Posted by ( sbartasek ) on March 22, 2009 at 10:28 am

I was up to hear and feel it too. Not sure exactly what time but between 2:30 and 3am. I ran outside after hearing it to look and couldn’t see anything but there are trees all around. From my house close to the Aiken Mall after studying the map to be sure, it sounded like it came from Augusta though at first I was sure it was from the SR site. My fiance described it as sounding sorta like thunder but this was no thunder for sure. Very deep, rumbling, long lasting sound that was louder at first and shook the house (concrete slab foundation), yes, but had no “crack” at the beginning or notably louder portion as lightening would have. Seems very strange to me that they say no ground tremors were picked up. Even if this originated in the air. The boom was heard in North Carolina? Cmon!

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Posted by ( nofrills13 ) on March 21, 2009 at 3:26 pm

Everybody is wrong! Its a cover up. They are testing and doing test at SRS and this was an accident they don’t want the public to know about. Think avout it. They know we would freak and everybody would want to stop all projects and stop spending money on MOX so they covered up the accident. The only problem is now I’m starting to glow in the dark.

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Posted by ( Anonymous ) on March 21, 2009 at 2:48 am

I commented on the noise previously that my dogs were also awakend by the noise. My location is in S. Augusta off of Old Waynesboro Rd. I can say that I have seen many falling stars out this way but never experienced anything quiet like this.

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Posted by ( timebandit ) on March 20, 2009 at 7:49 pm

I didnt hear the one last night,but I live next to tignall Ga and about a month ago we heard a big boom it was heard and felt over about a 15 mile or so radius it was in the washington wilkes news paper but they never found where it came from

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Posted by ( ChelseaS ) on March 20, 2009 at 4:51 pm

I was up and wide awake at 3:00 AM. I can say for sure what time it was, but late at night some time around that time zone, There was a huge boom, but not only that it shook the entire house. No one else in the house heard it or woke up but me, so I got up and looked out the window and there was no rain, no wind, no lightning to explain why i heard this. It was nothing like a car crash, or thunder. I thought i was alone it what i heard until my Dad call 15 minutes ago telling me they were talking about it at work. -Did any ones else feel it too like me? Enough to make the floor feel like it moving, shaking? just for a quick moment? -chel

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Posted by ( kmsc ) on March 20, 2009 at 4:29 pm

That other person was right. If you google it, New York has had 2 of the same instances as well as other places.

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Posted by ( kmsc ) on March 20, 2009 at 4:21 pm

I live on Old Sudlow Lake and didn’t hear a thing!

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Posted by ( linda166 ) on March 20, 2009 at 4:20 pm

we live in south Edgefield county on the McCormick county line. I woke up to a loud boom and looked at the clock it was 2:53 am. I first thought it was thunder, but there was no rain. Then I thought maybe a sonic boom. Thing got quiet and I went back to sleep. Only found out this afternoon it was a possible metor.

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