The Howell County Sheriff’s Department stayed busy Wednesday afternoon answering one question: “what was that boom?”
KY3 television reports the boom happened around 12:15 p.m. Wednesday. The sheriff’s department alone took more than 40 calls, one from KY3 News, in a short period of time. The West Plains Police Department says calls about the boom kept its five lines ringing. The calls did not slow down for more than an hour-and-a-half.
Social media reports across the Twin Lakes Area included accounts of the loud noise.
The National Weather Service out of Little Rock called KY3 because it too had so many questions from callers.
So what was it? Law enforcement is investigating too. KY3 News has calls into Whiteman Air Force Base in Knob Knoster and the Air Force Division at Fort Leonard Wood about the boom as they try to determine the source of the noise.
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