Mysterious, earth-shaking booms have been reported in recent weeks by
dozens of Bordentown and Hamilton residents, and authorities are at a
loss to explain them. The most likely culprit, Joint Base
McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst,
says it wasn’t them. While the military base
routinely hosts artillery training on weekends and warns residents in
advance, the mystery booms have come at odd hours and on weekdays when
the range is inactive. The latest boom jolted residents at 10 p.m.
Monday. A closed Facebook group for Bordentown Township residents lit up
with people asking each other, “Did anyone just feel that loud rumble?
Was in the garage and the garage doors both rattled hard and I could
feel the rumble under my feet,” was one of a dozen replies. A similar
online conversation unfolded on March 19 after the noise was heard
around 9 p.m. Another series of reports occurred on March 17, a Tuesday.
Some have reported hearing several booms in succession during the span
of an hour. Residents in adjacent Hamilton Township in Mercer County
also reported hearing the noise. Bordentown City police they had heard
about online chatter about the explosions, but no one there had fielded
any calls about them. Bordentown Township police Capt. Norman Hand was
unaware of the sounds Tuesday, and nobody in the police department was
talking about it, he said. FULL REPORT
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