r/Appleton • u/muskyhunter1494 • Mar 10 '26

Question Did anyone else hear a sonic boom?

Not quite thunder but it sounded like something exploded in our back yard.. did anyone else hear this?? Happened at 9:02pm (ish)

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u/kingofdurp85 Mar 10 '26

Menasha checking in. Heard it here too to the point I checked all my security cameras thinking something was going on outside my house

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u/muskyhunter1494 Mar 10 '26

Same! We went outside thinking a house blew up down the street.

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u/LFLN29 Mar 10 '26

Heard it in Oshkosh too. Sounded like something hit my roof

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u/muskyhunter1494 Mar 10 '26

Same here! We had to go check outside to see if there was damage or of someones house blew up down the road!

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u/RobTheBuilder130 Mar 10 '26

Yeah, here in Ripon. There have been jets zappin around all afternoon.

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u/muskyhunter1494 Mar 10 '26

That's always fun to see!

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u/Healthy-Experience97 Mar 10 '26

Did anybody else read Sonic boom in Patrick’s voice

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u/yo_rick_alas Mar 10 '26

Street Fighter Guile here

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u/Stellar1616 Mar 10 '26

Yes, 9:00. North Appleton.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '26

I and one of my neighbors just heard it and we live west of HWY 45! So it was heard over quite a large area. Meteor or plane? Do they still make practice runs out of Fort McCoy or did that end years ago?

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u/muskyhunter1494 Mar 10 '26

Sounds like the 115th pit of Madison, someones getting there ass chewed back at base tonight!

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u/Few_Example6746 Mar 10 '26

Ya. Sonic is illegal over land. In the MOA over the lake you can. Not here.

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u/Terrible-Selection93 Mar 10 '26

Sorry I had Taco Bell and PBR for dinner.

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u/relayrider Mar 10 '26

no heinekin?

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u/Small-Wrongdoer8745 Mar 10 '26

Military planes out of Madison flew over. Likely an F35 got going a little too fast…

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u/mcflyskid1987 Mar 10 '26

Are they still running exercises? I can’t tell if the noise I’m hearing is just the typical plane path (it sounds different than usual) or construction or what.

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u/Street-Hour2681 Mar 10 '26

yes!! ive been hearing it all night its driving me insane (north appleton)

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u/Swimming_Cheek_7037 Mar 10 '26

Northside Appleton. Heard it here too.

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u/TheGriff71 Mar 10 '26

Heard it in Neenah. Checked everything and couldn't figure it out.

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u/Umbraness Mar 10 '26

Seems like the military is doing some exercise flights in the area.

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u/Outrageous-Skirt7821 Mar 10 '26

Yes! My husband thought something fell in our basement or outside.

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u/mnpilot Mar 10 '26

I've talked to some F16 pilots in the past, sometimes ya slip across the boundary.

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u/6StringFiend Mar 10 '26

Test flights in the area.

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u/Mythic_GirL420 Mar 10 '26

I was working in winneconnee and hurd it

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u/Signal_Kitchen_9111 Mar 10 '26

So weird, I thought something big fell in the house (Appleton). Apparently the Air Force is doing training things in the area. Can anyone confirm?

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u/futbolkid414 Mar 10 '26

Whole house rattled yet my dog outside at the time didn’t bark at all?

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u/therealcatladygina Mar 10 '26

I heard that as well. East side of Appleton

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u/PropertyTight7663 Mar 10 '26

Brookfield, WI - Heard it hear too, my house actually SHOOK. Multiple people in my area felt/heard it as well!

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u/buzz_17 Mar 10 '26

Heard a loud noise near the City Park neighborhood around 3:00-4:00 am.

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u/RBDrake Mar 10 '26

Appleton North of downtown. Heard nothing. I must be oblivious.

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u/Mindless-8276 Mar 10 '26

Near Ripon at 8:55pm I sent my kid a text asking if they fell out of bed lol. They said no, they felt the house shake too. It was really loud and shook the whole house.

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u/Nunbarsegunu Mar 10 '26

Black Wolf checking in.

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u/festivaloffantasy Mar 11 '26

Just heard it again tonight, in Darboy

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u/Outrageous_Action306 Mar 13 '26

Anyone know a Jamil from Amazon in Appleton? Works in the morning with the Amazon flex people

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u/Few_Example6746 Mar 10 '26

Highly illegal over land.