Simon Boston, who was at a petrol station in Necton, near Swaffham, Norfolk, said the "huge boom" sounded like a car crash.

A sonic boom heard across parts of the East and South East of England sounded like "an explosion", shook houses and set off car alarms, according to police emergency call data. The loud bang was heard ...

A sonic boom occurs due to shock waves created by an object travelling through the air at a rate faster than the speed of sound. They often sound like an explosion to the human ear, due to the amount ...