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Sonic boom heard across DC area identified as F-16 fighter jet

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intercept an unresponsive small plane that flew over D.C. Sunday triggered report of a loud boom that was heard across the area.

Reports began to come into the FOX 5 DC newsroom as well on Twitter around 3 p.m. of what sounded like an explosion as far away as Annapolis, including D.C.

and Northern Virginia. According to FOX News, an F-16 fighter jet was "cleared supersonic to respond" to unknown Cessna ignoring radio queries flying on "strange flight path" outside nation’s capital, officials say.

According to the FAA, a Cessna aircraft reportedly crashed near Staunton, Virginia which was reported earlier to FOX 5 DC. FOX News' Lucas Tomlinson obtained a statement from NORAD confirming they were dispatched to investigate "an unresponsive Cessna 560 Citation V aircraft over Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia on June 4, 2023." NORAD went on to say that "The NORAD aircraft were authorized to travel at supersonic speeds and a sonic boom may have been heard by residents of the region.

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