Thursday, October 18, 2012
Sonic boom may have been military drill: Massachusetts National Guard performed exercise at that time
CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) -- A sonic boom heard in parts of Rhode Island Wednesday night may have been caused by a scripted military exercise.
Residents from around the state reported hearing the noise at about 5:30 p.m., and the Mass. National Guard tells us that two of their F-15s were performing an alert scramble exercise at that time.
The goal of the exercise was to intercept a small Civil Air Patrol aircraft over Martha's Vineyard in order to maintain alert proficiency.
One person told us that one of his home's windows was broken at the time of the sonic boom.
The 104th Fighter Wing is investigating to see if any of their activities could have been the cause of the disturbance.
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