Navy: Fighter jets caused sonic booms along New Jersey coast

Sonic Boom, the independently owned music retail store which opened in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood in 2001, is for sale. A listing on the Puget Sound Business Journal has a posted price of $850,000 and says the reason for selling is that the owner Dozens of calls to news stations and social media posts came from … Read more

Navy: Fighter jets caused sonic booms along New Jersey coast

The Naval Test Wing Atlantic, based in Patuxent River, Md., was conducting routine flight testing in the Atlantic Test Ranges this afternoon “that included activities which may have resulted in sonic booms,” the Navy said in a statement, according to The Naval Test Wing Atlantic, based in Patuxent River, Md., was conducting routine flight testing … Read more

New Jersey Rocked by Mysterious Sonic Boom

A sonic boom is "the sound associated with the shock waves created by an object traveling through the air faster than the speed of sound. Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding much like an explosion," according to  In a statement on its website the USGS confirmed that a sonic boom took place … Read more

Sonic Boom: Sonic the Hedgehog's Shocking Reinvention

“I thought it was a sonic boom because we get those around here all the time,” another man said. While officials say there's no evidence of an actual earthquake on Maryland's shore, the tremors were enough to shake things up. Fortunately, officials say Sega released the first trailer for its new animated Sonic the Hedgehog … Read more

Sonic Boom: Sonic the Hedgehog's Shocking Reinvention

At the "Year of Sonic" event, Sega has revealed Sonic Boom — a new sub-franchise in the Sonic world. The new brand will not only sport the previously announced TV show, but two new games on the Wii U and 3DS. This is  An F/A 18 Hornet, assigned to the 'Bulls' of Strike Fighter Squadron … Read more