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Western New York State residents baffled by mysterious ‘boom noises’
Posted on March 17, 2013 by The Extinction Protocol
March 17, 2013 – NEW YORK – It
was about midnight on a night last week when Randy Smith took his dog
outside and for the third time this year, heard the mysterious booms.
“Three times in a row I heard it,” Smith said. “It sounds as loud as a
sonic boom. Maybe louder. As soon as it goes off, the dog starts
growling and gets startled.” Smith and his father, Laverne Smith, live
at 748 Lewiston Rd. (Route 77) and have been hearing the booms for
nearly two years now. They cannot pinpoint the source of the noise. “You
can’t tell what direction it’s coming from,” Laverne Smith, 76, said.
“The last good weather we had I was out near the shed and heard it.”
Last year they heard the booms about 10 times, sometimes during the day
and sometimes at night. “It seems to be just around here,” Randy Smith
said. “I asked my sister who lives in Alabama Center and she hasn’t
heard it.” It is a phenomena that has sparked curiosity throughout the
country for several years now. The booms,
however, have grown more frequent. In December, people in Rhode Island,
Alabama, Georgia, Texas, and Oklahoma reported hearing unusual booms and
explosions. Newspaper reports revealed no unusual seismic activity in
those regions, and all the noises have yet to be explained. In
January, hundreds of people in northern Utah called emergency
dispatchers reporting booms and shaking of the earth. The cause remains a
mystery, though the Air Force said it had done training exercises,
dropping bombs in the desert. Locally, 911 dispatchers in Chautauqua
County were inundated with calls on Jan. 13, all reporting hearing a
loud boom that shook houses. Police eventually determined the noise came
from a 20-year-old man using an explosive called Tannerite, a legal
compound that when struck with a bullet explodes. A few days later, on
Jan. 16, residents in Gorham, Ontario County, reported a series of
booms. “It was just a loud, explosion-like sound,” Janet Koller told the
Canandaigua Messenger Post. “We saw nothing. It was dark by then. It
was hard to even tell what direction it came from. It shook the house.”
Ontario County sheriff’s officials said several people called to report
the still unexplained booms. Booms also were reported in Le Roy. Former
Daily News editor Ben Beagle said he was in his living room about 9 p.m.
March 9 when he heard “some booms.” “I thought it was just neighbors,
maybe shutting doors or something. Then, about 9:09 p.m., a series of
boom-boom-booms that I thought must be thunder.” He checked the weather
radar and all was clear, he said. Genesee County Senior Dispatcher Gary
Diegelman said the county’s 911 system did not receive any reports of
booms. He offered a few possible explanations for booms, at least those
heard during the day. Diegelman said the federal Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms often uses stone quarries in Le Roy and Alabama for
training and detonating explosives. “We’ve had them coming in the past
few years and they probably make a good-sized blast,” he said. “At
night, it’s possible its propane cannons they use on farms to scare away
animals.” Those, however, are usually heard during the spring and early
summer when crops are planted are in various stages of growth. Three
farmers contacted this week reported they do not use propane cannons and
weren’t aware of any local farmers that do, at least at this time of
year. So what’s going on? Dr. Mark Castner, director of Braun-Ruddick
Seismograph Station at Canisius College, told WIVB-TV in Buffalo that
booms can be associated with an earthquake, quarry blasts, building
implosions or sonic booms. Seismographic records reported no unusual
activity, however, and officials at Niagara Falls Air Reserve have had
no aircraft flying in the area during the times of the reported booms.
The Smiths live near National Fuel’s Empire Pipeline for natural gas.
Could that be an explanation? No, says spokeswoman Karen Merkel. “I
checked and we have no issues with the pipeline, we’re not doing any
testing and we have no reported leaks,” she said. “We have nothing going
on but we do want to be aware of it.” The Smiths have no idea what
causes the booms around their house. –The Daily News
Thanks to: http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com
Posted on March 17, 2013 by The Extinction Protocol
March 17, 2013 – NEW YORK – Itwas about midnight on a night last week when Randy Smith took his dog
outside and for the third time this year, heard the mysterious booms.
“Three times in a row I heard it,” Smith said. “It sounds as loud as a
sonic boom. Maybe louder. As soon as it goes off, the dog starts
growling and gets startled.” Smith and his father, Laverne Smith, live
at 748 Lewiston Rd. (Route 77) and have been hearing the booms for
nearly two years now. They cannot pinpoint the source of the noise. “You
can’t tell what direction it’s coming from,” Laverne Smith, 76, said.
“The last good weather we had I was out near the shed and heard it.”
Last year they heard the booms about 10 times, sometimes during the day
and sometimes at night. “It seems to be just around here,” Randy Smith
said. “I asked my sister who lives in Alabama Center and she hasn’t
heard it.” It is a phenomena that has sparked curiosity throughout the
country for several years now. The booms,
however, have grown more frequent. In December, people in Rhode Island,
Alabama, Georgia, Texas, and Oklahoma reported hearing unusual booms and
explosions. Newspaper reports revealed no unusual seismic activity in
those regions, and all the noises have yet to be explained. In
January, hundreds of people in northern Utah called emergency
dispatchers reporting booms and shaking of the earth. The cause remains a
mystery, though the Air Force said it had done training exercises,
dropping bombs in the desert. Locally, 911 dispatchers in Chautauqua
County were inundated with calls on Jan. 13, all reporting hearing a
loud boom that shook houses. Police eventually determined the noise came
from a 20-year-old man using an explosive called Tannerite, a legal
compound that when struck with a bullet explodes. A few days later, on
Jan. 16, residents in Gorham, Ontario County, reported a series of
booms. “It was just a loud, explosion-like sound,” Janet Koller told the
Canandaigua Messenger Post. “We saw nothing. It was dark by then. It
was hard to even tell what direction it came from. It shook the house.”
Ontario County sheriff’s officials said several people called to report
the still unexplained booms. Booms also were reported in Le Roy. Former
Daily News editor Ben Beagle said he was in his living room about 9 p.m.
March 9 when he heard “some booms.” “I thought it was just neighbors,
maybe shutting doors or something. Then, about 9:09 p.m., a series of
boom-boom-booms that I thought must be thunder.” He checked the weather
radar and all was clear, he said. Genesee County Senior Dispatcher Gary
Diegelman said the county’s 911 system did not receive any reports of
booms. He offered a few possible explanations for booms, at least those
heard during the day. Diegelman said the federal Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms often uses stone quarries in Le Roy and Alabama for
training and detonating explosives. “We’ve had them coming in the past
few years and they probably make a good-sized blast,” he said. “At
night, it’s possible its propane cannons they use on farms to scare away
animals.” Those, however, are usually heard during the spring and early
summer when crops are planted are in various stages of growth. Three
farmers contacted this week reported they do not use propane cannons and
weren’t aware of any local farmers that do, at least at this time of
year. So what’s going on? Dr. Mark Castner, director of Braun-Ruddick
Seismograph Station at Canisius College, told WIVB-TV in Buffalo that
booms can be associated with an earthquake, quarry blasts, building
implosions or sonic booms. Seismographic records reported no unusual
activity, however, and officials at Niagara Falls Air Reserve have had
no aircraft flying in the area during the times of the reported booms.
The Smiths live near National Fuel’s Empire Pipeline for natural gas.
Could that be an explanation? No, says spokeswoman Karen Merkel. “I
checked and we have no issues with the pipeline, we’re not doing any
testing and we have no reported leaks,” she said. “We have nothing going
on but we do want to be aware of it.” The Smiths have no idea what
causes the booms around their house. –The Daily News
Thanks to: http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com
