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December 17, 2024
Residents across the area felt or heard a big boom early Tuesday afternoon,
Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore said Santa Rosa County was notified by Eglin said the base was the source of the boom. Eglin officials did not specify exactly what caused the boom, but we’ve learned a SpaceX capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico south of Panama City at 12:39 p.m,.
“At 1:39 p.m. EST, the unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of Florida, marking the return of the company’s 31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station for NASA,” NASA said. “The spacecraft carried back to Earth thousands of pounds of supplies and scientific experiments designed to take advantage of the space station’s microgravity environment after undocking at 11:05 a.m. Dec. 16, from the forward port of the space station’s Harmony module.”
Local emergency officials in Escambia County were not notified in advance of a potential sonic boom.
NorthEscambia.com was flooded with people saying they heard or felt an explosion that rattled their homes and businesses.
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13 Responses to “Eglin Air Force Base Said To Be Source Of Boom, SpaceX Splashes Down”
Heard the loud “Boom” & at the same time felt it as it briefly shook our house here in Belforest, Al near Daphne, Al.
Heard and felt it in Elsanor Alabama. Wish we knew when the rockets were coming in. Would love to see it coming in at night. Thanks for the excitement, Elon!!!!
Yep boom here in Milton , I thought it was my old junky car exploding…
I did not look outside, I figured die in peace , die in peace my junk…
Very loud in jay!
Very cool, Elon!
I was in Atmore by the fire dept and heard the boom. Glad to know what it was.
Heard it in Destin too!
Felt it in Hammock Bay Freeport
Heard and felt slightly in Walnut Hill…….Enon area. Thought someone had waited to long to light a fire after pouring gasoline on a trash pile. It happens.
It was bad here in molino fl . It actually made dishes fall off of my China cabinet and cracked my sheet rock on the wall and my dog has been acting nervous since the boom
We were wondering what in the world that loud boom was. Felt and heard it in century florida.
heard/felt it just north of KPNS….
I heard it and felt it jar my house in Excel, Al shortly after 12:00 Non.