Loud boom noise heard in DC area came from F-16 scrambled to investigate wayward aircraft

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Loud boom noise heard in DC area came from F-16 scrambled to investigate wayward aircraft
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Loud noise heard across DC area was reportedly due to the sonic boom of a F-16 dispatched to respond to an aircraft flying on a 'strange flight path,' according to sources.

an unresponsive Cessna 560 Citation V aircraft over Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia on June 4, 2023.

" NORAD went on to say that "The NORAD aircraft were authorized to travel at supersonic speeds and a sonic boom may have been heard by residents of the region. During this event, the NORAD aircraft also used flares – which may have been visible to the public – in an attempt to draw attention from the pilot." NORAD concluded, "The civilian aircraft was intercepted at approximately 3:20 p.m. Eastern Time.

Multiple Tweets earlier in the afternoon stated that the noise could have been the result of an aircraft sonic boom involved in a military exercise including one from Annapolis's Office of Emergency Management. The city of Bowie also Tweeted that it was from a plane out of Joint Base Andrews. We also have been receiving videos and photos sent into us on Twitter, of various vantage points with sound of the explosion:

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