May 2026: TRUMP PRESIDENCY Mysterious rattling in South Carolina wasn't an earthquake — it was a sonic boom with an unknown cause

Mysterious rattling in South Carolina wasn't an earthquake — it was a sonic boom with an unknown cause
"South Carolina felt a strong rumble and thought it was a powerful earthquake. But seismologists said it came from the air, not the ground.

South Carolina Midlands felt a strong rumble and thought it was a powerful earthquake — which is already a rare occurrence in the state.
Hundreds of reports of a "boom" came in just before 5:30 p.m., with some coming in from several areas, including Irmo, Sumter and even Florence. At least some reports suggested that the incident shook their roofs, and multiple recordings shared with News19 show the camera physically jolting in response to the powerful sound and vibration.
News19 contacted several agencies, including the South Carolina Emergency Management Agency, the American Meteor Society and NASA. At the time, no agency had a definitive answer regarding the incident.
NASA appeared to confirm Friday morning that whatever caused the sonic boom wasn't a meteorite streaking through earth's atmosphere.
“We have no eyewitness reports of a fireball and no satellite detections of a meteor over the area at the time," said Bill Cooke, lead for NASA’s Meteoroid Environments Office." 

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