Very Loud Explosion Sound

[jd415]

Myself, my neighbors and many posts to Nextdoor \ Ring Neighbors we all heard a VERY loud explosion sound. One big one and then another one a few seconds later. Definitely not fireworks and I don't think a transformer explosion because we heard 2 sounds. I think either it was a sonic boom or even small meteor exploding in the atmosphere? Not sure, any ideas?

 

[bigredfish]

The first one sounds like an incoming JDAM..... Enough to set off a car alarm... local gangs seriously upped their game?

And do your neighbors lights always flash like that?

Lets hope it was a meteor or military plane sonic boom, otherwise its time to stock up on canned goods.

 

[wittaj]

Kinda seemed like a sonic boom.

@bigredfish - His neighbors lights are doing your Christmas light thing LOL

 

[TonyR]

I was also thinking sonic boom but the first boom comes after the bright flash that occurred at the 2 second mark......like a really big, homemade pyrotechnic device.

 

[The Automation Guy]

It's not a meteor or anything like that. The flash of light is too fast for something like that. (Meteors burn up in the atmosphere over a period of time). The fact that there is a flash of light at all also means it's also probably not a sonic boom from an airplane or other flying object.

I think all the evidence points to some sort of explosion. It could easily have been a transformer (with another one blowing a few seconds later due to the sudden shift in power requirements), but it could also be something else entirely as well.

 

[IReallyLikePizza2]

Sounds like fireworks to me, but I wasn't there of course

 

[robpur]

The first one sounds like an incoming JDAM..... Enough to set off a car alarm... local gangs seriously upped their game?

I'll go with the Israeli JDAM theory. Do you have, or did you have any Palestinians living in the area?

 

[OICU2]

Looks like the flash came from the right side, find more folks with cameras in that direction and see what they caught...

 

[wpiman]

What it hot and humid out? Sounded like maybe lightning..... You should be able to find a lightning strike detector for you area online somewhere.

 

[looney2ns]

Yeah, I'll bet it is related to a problem with the power grid.
Too many folks plugging in their EV's?

 

[IReallyLikePizza2]

My cat keeps trying to stop it, but I smack him away

 

[lulu5kamz]

I always check the local power companies outage website. For this area it updates quickly to show current power outages.

 

[StevenFromTexas]

It looks and sounds like transformer explosions from the ones I've picked up on my cameras where I know for a fact that's what happened. That's my two cent opinion that used to cost one cent a few years ago.

 

[StevenFromTexas]

What camera are you using at the beginning of the video? That sound sounds like what I get from one camera I have that has known audio problems.

 

[jd415]

I really think it was a homemade IED someone made in their backyard. This has been going on for years and this person sets them off a few times a year. If it was fireworks I always hear the noise first when it shoots up and then the bang a second later but not this time. If it was a transformer why would there be 2 bangs? Also there were no power outages in the area and also checked fire department dispatch and nothing related to this.

@StevenFromTexas first video is Color4K-T and second video is a Color4K-X. Both of them the audio doesn't sound so good, you hear a lot of noise that you dont hear if you are physically outside. I even tried with the noise filter on. Using the built in camera microphone. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[wittaj]

Turn off the Noise Filter. Maybe drop Mic volume to 90.

 

[lulu5kamz]

Turn off the Noise Filter. Maybe drop Mic volume to 90.

I have a Color 4K-X that has very good audio. I also have a Color 4K-T that has bad audio, so I use the audio from another nearby camera. For the Color 4k-X I have the microphone set at 85 and the Noise Filter at Disable.

 

[JDreaming]

This is what I use for my Color-4K-X.

 

[StevenFromTexas]

@StevenFromTexas first video is Color4K-T and second video is a Color4K-X. Both of them the audio doesn't sound so good, you hear a lot of noise that you dont hear if you are physically outside. I even tried with the noise filter on. Using the built in camera microphone. Anyone have any ideas?

That's exactly what I thought the first camera was . . . IPC-Color4K-T. It's something when you can idenify the camera by the sound it makes.

As far as the audio, I've tried every possible audio configuration on the IPC-Color4K-T and absolutely nothing will do much to improve it.

 

[garycrist]

The color tells you it was either Ti. or Al. flash salute. Looking at the shadows, it was launched the next
block over to the right of the camera.