Sort of a common occurrence here in Coventry, we just had two Navy jets fly over the house yesterday and one of them opened the throttles heading back toward Hartford
I was fishing up at Dog lake at white pass in Washington state one afternoon. It was dead silent and I was trolling for brookies in this alpine lake. I saw a shadow whip by and a large black B1 bomber plane bank in the distance and then KABOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
seemed like the whole lake jumped up....I yelled "HOLY SH!%"
and freaked for a few seconds not know what just happened...
Yes, I have heard a sonic boom..
On another note, didnt bother the fish at all.. the bite was still on!!
50 years ago this month, I got in the way of a sonic boom from an F4 Phantom at nearly mach 2, <30 feet over my head. Witnesses say I flipped end over end about 4 times before I came down and destroyed every ligament in my right knee. One side of my body was a single huge bruise and I peed blood for 3 weeks. I still can't walk right (it's getting much worse).