Mystery over loud 'sonic-boom' bang over south-west

Recordings have been posted on social media. Speculation it could have been a meteor.

Author: Jason BeckPublished 22nd Mar 2021

Mystery surrounds a sonic-boom type noise heard over the south-west - including parts of Devon.

People took to social media to post recordings of the loud bang heard shortly before 3.00pm on Saturday.

Mike McDaid from Dorset captured the boom on a security camera.

He said: "I was out in the garden and the noise was tremendous."

A Ministry of Defence spokesperson told The Mirror newspaper that the bang was not believed to be linked to any RAF planes.

There has been speculation it could have been a meteor entering the earth's atmosphere.

The British Geological Survey ruled out an earthquake.

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