BREAKING FIRST ON 3 UPDATE: What's causing these booms?!?!

Felt again today around 1 pm est in downtown Wilmington!

new!!!3/14/2013 1:33am in the fayetteville NC.area loud booming sounds & house shaking i have been hearing them ever sence i been here for about 8 months now but they get worse and more frequent every day

Another boom and shockwave felt today around 3:15pm on Holden Beach, 2013 March 4. Third I've heard in about 4 days.

Here in Oak Island around 2:00 pm the loudest boom like an explosion and everything in the house shook. Lasted only seconds, but very scary.

Just heard a boom and the house shook at 4:15 PM today (Monday, 11/26/12). Am very cautious about earthquakes and so immediately checked the USGS site, which shows no earthquake. The boom / shake was only about half a second...but still strong.

I heard this in southport this morning around 10 am. It was incredibly loud. It built up like rolling thunder, cracked like lightning and then ended with a series of booms. I distinctly remember it echoing off the houses around me (I was outside at the time). My first thought was artillery. The woman I was with heard it as well and we both looked around for a while trying to determine where it came from.

I felt it this morning around 10:00 a.m....scary stuff.

This just happened again! Heard the booming first then the entire house shook, then some more booms and the house shook worse! Really puzzled at to what the booming is but you can feel when it 'goes off' and then the aftershock of it. Hope someone can find an answer to whats been going on.

I heard the boom in the early afternoon of 12/8/11 in Southport, didn't think anything of it. Then around 1am, 12/9/11, I heard it again. Went outside, looked to see if it was thunder, it wasn't. There were a few clouds, but the stars were still visible. Looking south, I saw 2 amber colored lights in the sky. the left light then split into two lights for a total of 3 lights. Went inside to tell my wife, she came out to see the lights were gone. She went back inside as I stayed out. Then it appeared as one of the lights were turning back towards Southport. Same effect as you see a car coming around a curve. There is an airport nearby, but that was not the normal approach or takeoff pattern. I am curious. Thanks.

Not sure but I believe your all wrong any one ever heard of an anti hail cannon? Usually farmers use them to protect their crops from hail damage. Mabe but not positive

At 1AM 12-09-2011

Just heard this big trailing boom coming from outside. Checked the radar and there is no rain clouds.

1:14AM
Just heard four booms in a row, one after another. What the heck is going on out there?

I live in Leland NC, close to the Brunswick and Cape Fear rivers. We just had another of those booms, loud enough to shake the house and scare the pants of off you! It woke my son up and he came out of his room scared. Super loud and shakes the house. What is causing it?!! Today is 11-8-2011 9:15ish pm.

I had the same experience twice over the last 24 hours in the Maryville, TN area (9/20/11). One was at 0530 in the morning and woke my husband and I from sleep - a loud boom and then the house trembling. After, there were several smaller booms with less trembling. At 19:45 this evening, I experienced the same scenario - one large boom with shaking, then several smaller ones. We live near an airport that military planes use, but I have never experienced this before. We also live right on a lake (fresh water) - no salt water near, however.

Around the world this seems to always occur near large bodies of salt water where rivers of fresh water flow into them.

Think of the surface of the ocean as a large bass drum. When salt water and fresh water mix there is a decrease in volume, in other words, when 1 gallon of fresh water and 1 gallon of salt water mix--the resulting volume is less than 2 gallons. Also there is a large energy interchange when two very large volumes mix. The combination of the two could result in rapid volume changes large enough to reverberate and cause sound.

Since this has been going on longer than there have been supersonic aircraft, I would rule that out. There is always the consideration of USO, Unidentified Submerged Objects.

Also consider "The wheel".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C1DVUcIVAs

I have lived in Southport since July 2009 and I hear and feel it all the time. It sounds like a canon. And then the ground and house shakes. I am really worried about what this could be. Someone needs to investigate. I live close to the Oak Island bridge and wildlife boat put in. I just thought it was dredging or something in the waterway. I hope nothing is seriously wrong.

Having been raised in the area I have experienced this several times over the years. Today at 9:55 AM I was more than startled when the first boom occurred following by two much less intense ones seconds after.
The Dog freaked, I freaked. By far the most intense I've ever felt and heard.
Would love to see the situation discussed by a qualified panel on TV.

More booms today at 9:30, perfectly clear sky and no planes visible by eye or could be heard by ear. The mystery continues... maybe I will ocean front property after all. Does anyone have a seismograph I can borrow?

Just heard another loud boom this morning, 9:55AM in Southport. Shook the house. Certainly would like to know what is causing these booms. Not knowing makes me nervous.

if everyone from Wrightsville Beach, to Leland,and all points in between felt and heard the boom at the same time on Saturday Nov. 6th, at 10:15am, as I did, it cannot be a sonic boom. I have lived here for over 25 years, and hear it every few years, usually last a few days, and goes away for a few years-wish I knew what it is, could it be a small earthquake? Don't think it's military either, since it is felt so widespread-

I don't understand what all the ruckus is about. The military doesn't have to be playing "war games" for a jet to fly fast enough to break the sound barrier.

just heard another - southport 10:57am