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The March 1, 1963 edition of the Arizona Republic Newspaper includes an article called “Shaken Up By Sonic Booms”. This article tells of multiple sonic booms over the town of Springerville, Arizona that were being caused by aircraft from Williams Air Force Base. Some of these booms were so loud they cracked windows in the town. | The March 1, 1963 edition of the Arizona Republic Newspaper includes an article called “Shaken Up By Sonic Booms”. This article tells of multiple sonic booms over the town of Springerville, Arizona that were being caused by aircraft from Williams Air Force Base. Some of these booms were so loud they cracked windows in the town. | ||
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The Williams Air Force Base was operating F-5 Freedom Fighters and T-38 Talons in 1963, which where both supersonic jets. Springerville is around 120 miles east of Phoenix, Arizona, where the Williams Air Force Base was located. Rattlesnake Mesa is around 80 miles south-east of Phoenix. The speed of sound is 768 miles per hour. It is very possible that the flight paths of these jets were in transition after the complaints from Springerville. | The Williams Air Force Base was operating F-5 Freedom Fighters and T-38 Talons in 1963, which where both supersonic jets. Springerville is around 120 miles east of Phoenix, Arizona, where the Williams Air Force Base was located. Rattlesnake Mesa is around 80 miles south-east of Phoenix. The speed of sound is 768 miles per hour. It is very possible that the flight paths of these jets were in transition after the complaints from Springerville. | ||
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If Gene Norman is right, what looked like a plane leaving a trail was actually a plane leaving a trail. | If Gene Norman is right, what looked like a plane leaving a trail was actually a plane leaving a trail. | ||
=The Cloud, the Crater, and the Peak= | =The Cloud, the Crater, and the Peak= | ||