Please note I did not see this with my own eyes but the boom was so loud it shook the house. I reviewed my doorbell camera and you can see a bright flash appear about a second before the boom. It was definitely not a firework, those are much quieter on our doorbell camera. We recently had a lightning strike about 100 yards away and the thunder that followed was still not as loud as the sound in this video. I’ve gone through all plausible scenarios and the only thing that could’ve caused this was either a meteor or a jet flying beyond Mach 1. I live near NAS Oceana but don’t believe this was a jet because of the flash of light and that they never break the sound barrier over land.
Video
Location
Address
Virginia Beach, VA
Latitude
36° 45' 42.44'' N (36.761789°)
Longitude
76° 8' 41.23'' W (-76.144787°)
Elevation
3.690929m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2022-08-13 20:48 EDT
UT Date & Time
2022-08-14 00:48 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
104°
Moving
Facing azimuth
324.08°
First azimuth
2.26°
First elevation
57°
Last azimuth
25.34°
Last elevation
36°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-18
Color
Unknown. This was filmed by my doorbell camera and shook the house.
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Very loud boom
Delayed Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Boom occurred about 1 second after the sky lit up. Shook the house and my dog began to bark.
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Please see video. Light appeared to the right of the camera and a second later the boom hit.
