Loud Explosions last evening 5-15-19?

kayaking1 · 05-16-2019, 06:08 AM

Anyone else hear two very loud explosions last evening? Not anything like fireworks, but very distinct in the area of Moultonborough/Center Harbor. Heard it from Wakondah Pond.

ApS · 05-16-2019, 06:36 AM

Probably not dynamite. They're using blast suppression nowadays. But that wasn't the case when they built the Walgreen's boathouse. One blast rolled me out of a hammock, and they're 1/2 mile away!

C-Bass · 05-16-2019, 07:27 AM

I live in Moultonborough and didn't hear anything. What time?

Barney Bear · 05-16-2019, 07:34 AM

Sonic booms, perhaps?

The Real BigGuy · 05-16-2019, 07:47 AM

Don’t think planes can go supersonic over continental US

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Andromeda321 · 05-16-2019, 10:56 AM

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Can't isn't the same as don't. The military definitely sometimes does outside the designated corridors in remote areas.

LIforrelaxin · 05-16-2019, 12:21 PM

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They aren't supposed to. But as stated by someone else that doesn't mean anything. To my knowledge however the military abides to this ruling, because it can result in a Court Marshall I do believe. And if they did have permission to do it, it would be in a remote area, not the Lakes Region of NH...

Woodsy · 05-16-2019, 02:43 PM

There are a few High Altitude Supersonic Corridor (HASSC) in the US, none in the Lakes Region. Edwards AFB has one....

I am fairly confident the only time supersonic low altitude (below 60,000ft) flight was authorized over CONUS was 9/11.

My guess is somewhere near there a transformer blew up.

Woodsy

kayaking1 · 05-16-2019, 05:31 PM

first sound around 8ish and the second around 10:30. Nothing like a sonic boom, really sounded like an explosion.

8gv · 05-16-2019, 06:33 PM

I occasionally hear these sounds over where I live off Paugus Bay.

I have no clue what they are.

One possibility is someone is out in the woods testing their explosive making skills.

Aliens?

billy · 05-16-2019, 07:20 PM

Cannon? There are a few around

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Mr. V · 05-16-2019, 07:30 PM

Probably someone lighting off some big fireworks, like M-2000's or the like.

ARV · 05-16-2019, 07:47 PM

I also live in the Wakondah Pond area and did not hear anything. I was thinking about the construction going on in the neighborhood, but it probably wouldn’t be that so late at night.

8gv · 05-16-2019, 08:15 PM

Oh, I forgot to mention that I only hear these sounds during darkness.

Hillcountry · 05-17-2019, 07:57 AM

Tannerite is sold at gun shops and by shooting at and hitting a “jar” of the stuff you can make a big boom. I hear it occasionally from a local home gun shop.
It is also used for destroying beaver dams...place a couple pounds of it strategically on or in a beaver dam...stand back 100 feet and shoot the plastic jar..BOOM!
Google tannerite/beaver dams and there are many YouTubes of it!

Andromeda321 · 05-17-2019, 02:36 PM

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Cannon? There are a few around

Yes! Do those pirate guys on Blackey's Cove still have a cannon they fire off? Our first place on the lake was across from them maybe a dozen years ago, and you could hear that thing from really far away. Location would be about right too.

tummyman · 05-17-2019, 07:26 PM

We also heard it. I am on Blackey Cove and it ABSOLUTELY was not coming from the "pirates" cannon. Sounded more towards Center Harbor. Not from Blackey Cove.

05-16-2019, 06:08 AM	#1
kayaking1 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 9 Thanks: 8 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Loud Explosions last evening 5-15-19? Anyone else hear two very loud explosions last evening? Not anything like fireworks, but very distinct in the area of Moultonborough/Center Harbor. Heard it from Wakondah Pond.

05-16-2019, 06:36 AM	#2
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,937 Thanks: 2,205 Thanked 776 Times in 553 Posts	Probably not dynamite. They're using blast suppression nowadays. But that wasn't the case when they built the Walgreen's boathouse. One blast rolled me out of a hammock, and they're 1/2 mile away! __________________ Is it "Common Sense" isn't.

05-16-2019, 07:34 AM	#4
Barney Bear Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 962 Thanks: 495 Thanked 273 Times in 174 Posts	Boom, Boom Sonic booms, perhaps?

05-16-2019, 02:43 PM	#8
Woodsy Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Weirs Beach Posts: 1,965 Thanks: 80 Thanked 979 Times in 440 Posts	There are a few High Altitude Supersonic Corridor (HASSC) in the US, none in the Lakes Region. Edwards AFB has one.... I am fairly confident the only time supersonic low altitude (below 60,000ft) flight was authorized over CONUS was 9/11. My guess is somewhere near there a transformer blew up. Woodsy __________________ The only way to eliminate ignorant behavior is through education. You can't fix stupid.

05-16-2019, 07:30 PM	#12
Mr. V Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: the left coast (Portland)and West Alton Posts: 1,388 Thanks: 63 Thanked 253 Times in 172 Posts	Probably someone lighting off some big fireworks, like M-2000's or the like. __________________ basking in the benign indifference of the universe

05-16-2019, 07:27 AM	#3
C-Bass Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 157 Thanks: 1 Thanked 34 Times in 17 Posts	I live in Moultonborough and didn't hear anything. What time?

05-16-2019, 07:47 AM	#5
The Real BigGuy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,306 Thanks: 125 Thanked 467 Times in 285 Posts	Don’t think planes can go supersonic over continental US Sent from my iPhone using Winnipesaukee Forum mobile app

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05-16-2019, 05:31 PM	#9
kayaking1 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 9 Thanks: 8 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	first sound around 8ish and the second around 10:30. Nothing like a sonic boom, really sounded like an explosion.

05-16-2019, 06:33 PM	#10
8gv Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,092 Thanks: 64 Thanked 744 Times in 478 Posts	I occasionally hear these sounds over where I live off Paugus Bay. I have no clue what they are. One possibility is someone is out in the woods testing their explosive making skills. Aliens?

05-16-2019, 07:20 PM	#11
billy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 87 Thanks: 192 Thanked 38 Times in 19 Posts	Cannon? There are a few around Sent from my iPhone using Winnipesaukee Forum mobile app

05-16-2019, 07:47 PM	#13
ARV Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 53 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Same area heard nothing I also live in the Wakondah Pond area and did not hear anything. I was thinking about the construction going on in the neighborhood, but it probably wouldn’t be that so late at night.

05-16-2019, 08:15 PM	#14
8gv Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,092 Thanks: 64 Thanked 744 Times in 478 Posts	Oh, I forgot to mention that I only hear these sounds during darkness.

05-17-2019, 07:57 AM	#15
Hillcountry Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: In the hills Posts: 2,420 Thanks: 1,677 Thanked 786 Times in 466 Posts	Tannerite is sold at gun shops and by shooting at and hitting a “jar” of the stuff you can make a big boom. I hear it occasionally from a local home gun shop. It is also used for destroying beaver dams...place a couple pounds of it strategically on or in a beaver dam...stand back 100 feet and shoot the plastic jar..BOOM! Google tannerite/beaver dams and there are many YouTubes of it!

05-17-2019, 07:26 PM	#17
tummyman Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 831 Thanks: 256 Thanked 671 Times in 242 Posts	We also heard it. I am on Blackey Cove and it ABSOLUTELY was not coming from the "pirates" cannon. Sounded more towards Center Harbor. Not from Blackey Cove.