The Louisiana loud boom which was heard and rattled many north eastern Louisiana residents is as of this moment still left unexplained. However, now the National Weather Service has added that whatever the cause of the Louisiana loud boom, it has left a debris field.
Some reports also say that the Louisiana loud boom and its accompanying vibration can be described as akin to a "sonic boom."
The mysterious Louisiana loud boom was heard about 4:27 P.M. local time Monday by residents of the area most commonly known as ArkLaTex, according to the Inquisitr. ArkLaTex is a region which includes Northwest Louisiana, Southwest Arkansas and Northeast Texas.
According to WLOX, many residents were jolted by the sound, with some reports saying it shook the ground. Staffers at KSLA News 12 at the studios on Fairfield Ave. also reportedly felt the shaking and heard the reverberation brought on by the deafening sound in Shreveport's Highland neighborhood at 4:27 p.m.
Meanwhile, several homes and businesses also reported that the Louisiana loud boom had been so loud that windows rattled, reports KTBS.
Calls have reportedly been coming in to the KTBS newsroom. Numerous residents also sent messages and commented on Facebook.
"I was laying in the bed about to get ready to go to work and it was like a big boom. It knocked the pictures off the wall, the trophies over and it busted the next door neighbor window," said David Toal, a resident in the area where the Louisiana loud boom was heard.
Another Louisiana loud boom area resident also said that the boom was so loud, she thought her house might collapse.
"My couch came up off the floor a little bit, my back wall felt like it was going to cave in, it was so loud!" said Linda Stewart, a resident of Shirley Francis Rd. in Greenwood.
The area where the Louisiana loud boom was most apparent is specked with many oil refineries and pipelines. There are some military installations in the area, but KSLA (Shreveport) said their investigation turned up nil with the refineries and military installations there.
Officials at Calumet in Shreveport and in Cotton Valley said there have been no explosions or incidents at either facility. Other media organizations in the area said a report of the Louisiana loud boom at Calumet is unsubstantiated, as confirmed with the Shreveport Fire Department. They confirmed no calls linking the plant in Shreveport.
An oil tank fire which appeared to have been caused by lightning earlier in the day might explain the Louisiana loud boom, but the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office said no explosions resulted from that incident.
A Barksdale Air Force Base spokesperson also denied any activity on the base which could have resulted in the Louisiana loud boom.
There had also reportedly been precipitation in the area during the event of the Louisiana loud boom which might explain the reason of the sound. However, WLOX Meteorologist Jeff Castle said any source of thunder is already too far away. The United States Geologic Survey also denied any seismic activity in the region the day the Louisiana loud boom was heard.
KTBS said they contacted local police about the mysterious boom to explain its cause, but they still haven't determined the cause of the sound.
The source of the "sonic" ear-splitting boom heard across ArkLaTex may remain a mystery, but it is worth pointing out again the debris field it caused.
NWS Senior Forecaster Marty Mayeaux told KSLA their radar picked up evidence of the debris field. He said that the debris field that resulted from the Louisiana loud boom had risen 1,000 to 1,500 feet into the air and had drifted east. Mayeaux added that the debris field was hugely akin to debris that the NWS radar picked up after a Camp Minden explosion in 2012.
However, a military explosion may still be impossible since as noted above; there have been no reported incidents at any military bases in the region where the Louisiana loud boom took place. Sheriff Gary Sexton of Webster Parish confirmed that there were no reports of any untoward incident at Camp Minden, where explosives are reportedly stored in blast-resistant bunkers.
A meteor explosion is also suspected to have caused the Louisiana loud boom, since the deafening sound and debris field is consistent with one, according to amateur astronomers at Lunar Meteorite Hunters.
"IF it was a large meteoroid fragmentation a LOUD BOOM would result. IF media witness reports are correct, and IF this event was meteor related, the detonation occurred near Greenwood, LA and Waskom, LA areas at 18-25 miles above the Earth," they said.
While the Louisiana loud boom still remains a mystery, KSLA News 12 is continuing to check with numerous law enforcement agencies and across the area to track down its possible source.
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