More on the BIG BOOM Question...

EYE and EAR on the Big Boom: This in from a Reader:

Concerning the loud boom heard Sept 11, 2009... We were actually at the park that night setting up on the top field for GT Community Day and heard a high pitched sound propelling through the air. Then just directly over us and up about 40 feet, was the big boom! and a plume of grey smoke. It was thought by those of us there that it appeared to be a heavy duty firework or a "mortar". It shook us up momentarily, but on with the set up we went!

BOOM FOLLOW UP:

Looks like your right... this is from NASA's Page... the time was in EDT... Great checking ... Still don't know what your boom was unless it was a chase jet going back to San Diego?

Mission: STS-128 Orbiter: Discovery Primary Payload: Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, science experiment racks, COLBERT treadmillLaunch Date: Aug. 28Launch Time: 11:59 p.m. EDTLaunch Pad: 39A Landing Date: Sept. 11 Landing Time: 8:53 p.m. EDT Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.Mission Duration: 14 daysInclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

Grandpa Terrace,

READER... HEY GRAMPS... it landed befor Sunset... the reported landing time was Eastern Time...

I have been waiting to see if anything appearred on any law enforcement reports, your blog or the paper.

Do you know what the big 'BOOM" was on Friday - 9-11 at about 9:00 pm?? I have heard several different answers but nothing confirmed. The 'BOOM" was heard in the Rollins Park area for several blocks away. It was an Explosion type BOOM...

If you could find out, that would be great.

A New and Loyal Reader


Possible Answer: Space Shuttle Sonic Boom...
Weather forces shuttle landing in California
News ServicesSeptember 12, 2009

Nasa's space shuttle Discovery has landed at the Edwards air force base in California after plans to land at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida were postponed due to bad weather.

The shuttle missed two landing slots on Thursday, before landing shortly before 9 p.m. on Friday.

The shuttle had been on a supply mission to the International Space Station with seven astronauts on board.

Commander Rick Sturckow, pilot Kevin Ford, flight engineer Jose Hernandez, spacewalkers Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang, and astronaut Pat Forrester flew back to Earth with a new crew member, returning space station flight engineer Tim Kopra, who had been in orbit at the station for two months.